To follow these notes https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli, here were my steps.
I first got an Adafruit FLORA working on my laptop via the Arduino GUI:
- https://learn.adafruit.com/getting-started-with-flora?view=all
- https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-ide-setup/arduino-1-dot-6-x-ide
Then I downloaded the arduino-cli for Windows and followed along with the first link above and this one: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/efficient-arduino-programming-with-arduino-cli-and-visual-studio-code/introduction-to-the-arduino-cli
I renamed the executable, moved it to C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-cli, and added that path to the PATH User Environment Variable.
I couldn't find the arduino-cli.yaml to add the URLs to the Board Manager until I found: arduino/arduino-cli#5
Then from CMD, I did: arduino-cli.exe config init and this showed the path (or maybe generated the file?): Config file PATH: C:\Users\dpb6\AppData\Local\Arduino15\arduino-cli.yaml
Then in that yaml file, I added the last 3 lines below to add Adafruit and ESP8266 boards:
proxy_type: auto
sketchbook_path: C:\Users\dpb6\Documents\Arduino
arduino_data: C:\Users\dpb6\AppData\Local\Arduino15
board_manager:
additional_urls:
- https://adafruit.github.io/arduino-board-index/package_adafruit_index.json
- http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
Then, back in CMD, I did: arduino-cli core update-index to download the JSON files from the new URLs:
Updating index: package_index.json downloaded
Updating index: package_index.json downloaded
Updating index: package_adafruit_index.json downloaded
Updating index: package_esp8266com_index.json downloaded
Then I connected the FLORA microcontroller to a USB port and did: arduino-cli board list which returned:
Port Type Board Name FQBN
COM10 Serial Port (USB) Unknown
Since the Board Name and FQBN are unknown, I needed to install support for the FLORA.
I searched for the type of board in the board manager lists: arduino-cli core search flora, which returned:
Searching for platforms matching 'flora'
ID Version Name
TeeOnArdu:avr 1.0.3 Adafruit TeeOnArdu
adafruit:avr 1.4.13 Adafruit AVR Boards
I installed the board I wanted: arduino-cli core install adafruit:avr
I then listed the cores that were attached: arduino-cli core list, which showed:
ID Installed Latest Name
adafruit:avr@1.4.13 1.4.13 1.4.13 Adafruit AVR Boards
Then, I Listed All arduino-cli board listall flora to get the Fully Qualified Board Name (FQBN):
Board Name FQBN
Adafruit Flora adafruit:avr:flora8
And I listed the attached boards again arduino-cli board list to see that the Board Name and FQBN are now associated with the FLORA plugged in via USB:
Port Type Board Name FQBN
COM10 Serial Port (USB) Adafruit Flora adafruit:avr:flora8
I was getting errors on "compile", until I found this: arduino/arduino-cli#177 (comment) and did the following:
arduino-cli core install arduino:avr
After which I could compile the code: arduino-cli compile --fqbn adafruit:avr:flora8 C:/Users/dpb6/Downloads/repos/myFirstSketch which returned:
Build options changed, rebuilding all
Sketch uses 4130 bytes (14%) of program storage space. Maximum is 28672 bytes.
Global variables use 149 bytes of dynamic memory.
And finally, I uploaded the binaries to the board: arduino-cli upload -p COM10 -v --fqbn adafruit:avr:flora8 C:/Users/dpb6/Downloads/repos/myFirstSketch:
avrdude: Version 6.3-20171130
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\dpb6\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino14/etc/avrdude.conf"
Using Port : COM11
Using Programmer : avr109
Overriding Baud Rate : 57600
AVR Part : ATmega32U4
Chip Erase delay : 9000 us
PAGEL : PD7
BS2 : PA0
RESET disposition : dedicated
RETRY pulse : SCK
serial program mode : yes
parallel program mode : yes
Timeout : 200
StabDelay : 100
CmdexeDelay : 25
SyncLoops : 32
ByteDelay : 0
PollIndex : 3
PollValue : 0x53
Memory Detail :
Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack
----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
eeprom 65 20 4 0 no 1024 4 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
flash 65 6 128 0 yes 32768 128 256 4500 4500 0x00 0x00
lfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
hfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
efuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
lock 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
calibration 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00
signature 0 0 0 0 no 3 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00
Programmer Type : butterfly
Description : Atmel AppNote AVR109 Boot Loader
Connecting to programmer: .
Found programmer: Id = "CATERIN"; type = S
Software Version = 1.0; No Hardware Version given.
Programmer supports auto addr increment.
Programmer supports buffered memory access with buffersize=128 bytes.
Programmer supports the following devices:
Device code: 0x44
avrdude: devcode selected: 0x44
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.01s
avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9587 (probably m32u4)
avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as FF
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as D0
avrdude: safemode: efuse reads as CB
avrdude: reading input file "C:/Users/dpb6/Downloads/repos/myFirstSketch/myFirstSketch.adafruit.avr.flora8.hex"
avrdude: writing flash (4130 bytes):
Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.49s
avrdude: 4130 bytes of flash written
avrdude: verifying flash memory against C:/Users/dpb6/Downloads/repos/myFirstSketch/myFirstSketch.adafruit.avr.flora8.hex:
avrdude: load data flash data from input file C:/Users/dpb6/Downloads/repos/myFirstSketch/myFirstSketch.adafruit.avr.flora8.hex:
avrdude: input file C:/Users/dpb6/Downloads/repos/myFirstSketch/myFirstSketch.adafruit.avr.flora8.hex contains 4130 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.15s
avrdude: verifying ...
avrdude: 4130 bytes of flash verified
avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as FF
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as D0
avrdude: safemode: efuse reads as CB
avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK (E:CB, H:D0, L:FF)
avrdude done. Thank you.
This ends the README!