1. First steps with Arduino
The Arduino Integrated Development Environment - or Arduino Software (IDE) - contains a text editor for writing code, a message area, a text console, a toolbar with buttons for common functions, and a series of menus. It connects to different boards’ hardware to upload programs and communicate with them.
You need to download and install Arduino IDE you can find it here for different O.S.
After installing Arduino IDE you will see the next window.
After you have the Arduino IDE, you will have to install the board, don't worry it is nothing to write home about, here is a quick guide on how to install it:
To add board support for wch, start Arduino and open the Preferences window (File > Preferences).
Now copy and paste the following URL into the 'Additional Boards Manager URLs' input field:
https://electroniccats.github.io/Arduino_Boards_Index/package_electroniccats_index.json
- If there is already an URL from another manufacturer in that field, click the button at the right end of the field. This will open an editing window allowing you to paste the above URL onto a new line.
- Press the "OK" button.
- Open the "Boards Manager" that is in Tools>Board>Boards Manager.
- Now write "WCH" (without quotes) in the search bar.
- Click in install, just wait to finish installing, and only close the window.
IMAGEN DE BOARD MANAGER
- In Tools>Boards, scroll down in the boards' list you can see the WCH Boards boards.
You cannot use the Arduino IDE to compile to the board if your operating system is Windows. You must use the WCHISPStudio program, and you must enable the compile option in the (File > Preferences) area.
Visit the related area of the wiki to get usage instructions for this utility here