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Connection error
Submitted by Adam Zydek on Fri, 2019-12-20 06:04
I have a problem with serial communication with arduino. when i make connection in connection Type -> Arduino
and click next then eclipse is doing nothing. I cant create connection between eclipse and arduino .
please help
Regards
Check defined board type inside the code (#ifdef)
Submitted by Executer Exe on Wed, 2019-12-18 06:32
Hi,
In Arduino I was able to check the type of board we are compiling to by
#if defined(ESP8266) //GPIO Pins #define RX 15 #endif #if defined(ESP32) //GPIO Pins #define RX 14 #endifBut in eclipse arduino it not detects that ESP32 defined even if connection to ESP32 board created. How to configure it properly?
mDNS not works with ESP32 board
Submitted by Executer Exe on Wed, 2019-12-18 06:12
Hi, did anyone have an idea how to solve:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=506397
Arduino Download M. - Cannot install platform Arduino Avr Board
Submitted by Abdullah SARGIN on Tue, 2019-12-03 07:26
Arduino Download M. - Cannot install platform Arduino Avr Board
Product: Eclipse IDE 4.13.0.20190917-0000 (org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product)Installed Features:
org.eclipse.platform 4.13.0.v20190916-1323
Problem for ESP8266
Submitted by Kenny Tam on Sun, 2019-08-18 01:18
I have no problem creating and executing an Arduino Project. However, when I choose to use for NodeMCU, it fails to compile as the "local.eagle.app.v6.common.ld" is not created. I suspect that the "recipe.hooks.linking.prelink.1.pattern" of the platform.txt is not performed and not sure how I can add this in the auto-created makefile.
Please help if someone know how to make it. Thanks in advance.
ESP8266: no build target
Submitted by Juha Meriluoto on Tue, 2019-03-05 05:09
On Oxygen.3: creating and building AVR-based projects works ok, but when target is ESP8266, the Makefile TARGETS-list is empty so nothing gets built.
Arduino IDE on 2018-09/Mac not working
Submitted by Ken Dinsmore on Wed, 2018-10-10 22:54
I installed the c++ version of Eclipse, Eclipse c++ IDE for Arduino 3.0 and the Arduino AVR board platform. When I start a new Arduino project, enter a name and use the default location, the Finish button enables, but when I press it, nothing happens. The same setup on Windows works fine. Is the Mac version still a work in progress?
Thank You
Re: Arduino IDE on 2018-09/Mac not working
Submitted by Ruro Uni on Sun, 2018-12-23 07:45
in eclipse 2018-12 i have same problem, i use linux (opensuse tumbleweed)
Re: Arduino IDE on 2018-09/Mac not working
Submitted by Bogdan Dumitru Genis on Tue, 2018-11-13 23:12
Hello there,
I'm experiencing the same thing as well on my MAC. Some help will be appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Bogdan
Bug Arduino.h
Submitted by Joel Voisin on Tue, 2018-09-25 10:39
I have installed Eclipse Oxgen and plugin and it's not work.Bug for arduino.h ; why? I installed and it is not functional; why do not many people say that it does not work? can you get your job done? Thank you
How to add esp8266 to plugin?
Submitted by Hieu Tran on Sat, 2018-08-11 01:18
How to add esp8266 to plugin?
Arduino Libraries
Submitted by Doug Schaefer on Fri, 2018-05-04 14:25
I would love if someone would contribute to this open source project and add Arduino Library support. If you're interested raise a bug and we can start the discussions there.
Will come the function to create Arduino Libraries?
Submitted by Dennis Möller on Wed, 2018-05-02 19:12
I miss the funktion to create Arduino Libraries.
Is this project still alive?
Submitted by Alexander Schliebner on Sun, 2018-04-01 17:12
There seems to be not much activity.
How can I change the Baudrate?
Submitted by Alexander Schliebner on Mon, 2018-03-26 02:18
Hi! I'm using Eclipse Oxygene on Ubuntu with the Eclipse C++ IDE for Arduino plugin. In order to program an Arduino Nano clone I have to set the baudrate to 57600. But I did not find any option to alter the baudrate neither in Eclipse nor in the system configuration. It always uses 115200. I guess this is hard coded?!
Doesn't work with the Arduino Robot-Control board!
Submitted by Jacob Kamminga on Tue, 2017-11-07 19:49
Hi Doug,
I have used the ArduinoCDT plugin for about a year on my Mac. Using it on Uno boards or Uno like boards without any problems. Also using it on a DFRobot board (Romeo4Edison), which includes an Intel Edison. I was able to hack the upload scripts "cluploadEdison_osx.sh" to enable upload using the wifi ability of the Edison.
I started using the Plugin on the Arduino Robot-Control board but wasn't able to upload to the board.
This board serial port needs to be set in accept upload mode by opening the port at 1200bps. That works fine from the Arduino-IDE. There is an option to use the use the reset button on the board twice within a vew seconds to set boards serial port to accept upload mode. But that isn't very robust and sometimes put the board in a non responsive state which is only resolved by burning the boot loader again.
This to show you I have tried to work arround it using stuff available.
So I downloaded the Java source code of the Arduino IDE and reversed engineerd what they did to get the board in accept upload mode.
I then scripted that functionality in a bash script.
So my mode is now:
1) compile the code.
2) have an command console open, run my script.
3) Successfull execution allows me to upload the code to the board.
Would it be posible to get this functionlity fixed or included in a next release?
Best regards,
Jacob
And here the script:
#!/bin/sh
#
ME=`basename "$0"`
echo "$ME: starting script"
#
echo "$ME: find the Arduino port"
ARDUINO_UPLOAD_PORT="$(find /dev/cu.usbmodem* 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)"
if [ ! -e "$ARDUINO_UPLOAD_PORT" ]
then
echo "$ME: No port available"
exit
fi
echo "$ME: port "$ARDUINO_UPLOAD_PORT""
# reset the Arduino
echo "$ME: reset the Arduino"
stty -f "${ARDUINO_UPLOAD_PORT}" 1200
echo "$ME: wait to give the board time to reboot"
sleep 0.4
echo "wait for it..."
while :; do
sleep 0.25
[ -c "${ARDUINO_UPLOAD_PORT}" ] && break
echo "$ME: going"
done
echo "$ME: Press Upload now !"
Ardunio project. lost is' "Arduino..ness..."
Submitted by Paul Carew on Tue, 2017-08-22 18:58
Hello Doug,
I upgraded/updated my Neon eclipse to Oxygen.
One of my prior Arduino projects somehow is no longer recognized as Arduino.
The launch bar only shows 'Debug" as an option and it can't find Arduino.h anymore.
Can you let me know where I need to go to tweak/update the project settings?
Is there a preference file somwhere that holds this?
Paul.
Re: Ardunio project. lost is' "Arduino..ness..."
Submitted by Paul Carew on Wed, 2017-08-23 16:03
Doug, I have a pretty reasonable background in both Java and 'C'. I'm willing to help with working through some of the Arduino CDT issues.
Would you contact me at Paul.Carew@CloseReachCommunications.com
Cheers
Paul.
Plugin does not close serial port before flash
Submitted by Zeta Investigator on Mon, 2017-08-21 02:57
I'm using Eclipse Oxygen on Windows 7. Problem is, whenever I want to reflash the Arduino (Uno) while serial console is open, it gives an error stating "avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "\\.\COM13": Access is denied."
I've figured it out that I have to first click on the disconnect button (in command shell) then hit the flash button. But in the youtube video tutorial you provided, it seems the plugin automatically closes the serial port before upload and the reopens it.
How can I do this?
Thanks for this awesome plug-in :)
Does not work - Unresolved Inclusion <Arduino.h>
Submitted by Vadim . on Thu, 2017-07-13 02:30
Arduino SAM Boards (32 bits ARM Cortex-M3)
Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers
Version: Oxygen Release (4.7.0)
Build id: 20170620-1800
arduino removes marketplace
Submitted by Charlie Schindler on Tue, 2017-05-16 02:15
why does installing arduino remove marketplace in the help menu?
Problem with Arduino Download Manager
Submitted by Krock Dur on Mon, 2017-05-08 04:49
Hi,
I am on mac os 10.12.4 with eclipse 4.6.3.
When I try to download a platform with Arduino Download Manager, I select "Add" and I get this error :
Error loading http : //arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http : //arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
When I copy this url in my browser, the json is appeared.
Thank You.
Arduino download manager not working
Submitted by Ivan Kostov on Sun, 2017-05-07 08:05
Hi guys,
for some reasons I'm not able to download any package from the download manager. It says ( I have removed the "http's" ):
Error loading arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
When I open the link in a browser everything looks good ( it's not a proxy or firewall issue ).
Any idea ?
Thanks,
Ivan
Create Package / Lib for Arduino Download Manager
Submitted by Rudi W. on Sun, 2017-04-30 23:43
hi
have successfully installed and the Plugin works fine. well done!
is there a readme or other link for create new Package ( ESP32 ) for the
new Arduino Downloads Manager which is available in the Help menu ?
also for board platform SDKs and libraries ?
i would like to import the arduino esp32 part from espressif's github repo arduino-esp32
"espressif/arduino-esp32"
on this fine way over the Arduino Downloads Manager in Help menu.
thank you
best wishes
rudi ;-)
Code completion Suggestion
Submitted by Rikil Shah on Fri, 2017-04-28 06:42
I have successfully installed this plugin and built some of the earlier Arduino codes smoothly. I do have question about code suggestion for all the Arduino functions like pinMode, digitalWrite etc. That is one of the major reason why I turned away from original Arduino IDE. So, is it possible to get code suggestions for all the arduino functions?
Re: Code completion Suggestion
Submitted by Doug Schaefer on Fri, 2017-04-28 10:42
Yes, Control-Space (Command-Space on Mac) is the default key binding for it. It's one of the main reasons I built this plug-in for Eclipse CDT too :)
Arduino.h not found by IDE after a platform update
Submitted by Michael Schmeing on Sun, 2017-04-16 07:08
I have the Eclipse C++ IDE for Arduino installed in Neon. My Arduino is an Arduino M0 pro (and thus my platform package the Arduino SAMD Boards (32-bits ARM Cortex-M0+). Originally, (with version 1.6.6 of the package) everything was fine. But after an update of the platform, suddenly the IDE cannot find the include files (especially Arduino.h) anymore. The compiler on the other hand still finds the includes.
The current version of the package is 1.6.14, but this is not the first version, where I noticed this problem for the first time. I noticed the problem with the previous update that I performed, but I don't know anymore, which version that was.
My Eclipse version is:
Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers
Version: Neon.3 Release (4.6.3)
Build id: 20170314-1500
It was installed from the Eclipse Installer.
Re: Arduino.h not found by IDE after a platform update
Submitted by Russ Hedger on Mon, 2017-04-17 17:01
Michael,
I wonder whether it is related to this intermittent bug?
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=498171
Re: Re: Arduino.h not found by IDE after a platform update
Submitted by Michael Schmeing on Sat, 2017-04-29 06:48
Yes, it seems to be the same problem. My System is an x86_64 Debian testing and the project is within the eclipse workspace. Otherwise, the descriptions match my problem.
Additional Boards
Submitted by Russ Hedger on Tue, 2017-04-11 13:30
I have installed this plugin and successfully programmed several types of Arduino board. However, I am having trouble programming a Sparkfun Pro Micro board (ATmega32U4 8 Mhz 3.3V). Sparkfun boards didn't show up in the platform list of the Arduino Downloads Manager, so I added the Sparkfun json file to the arduinoct directory, restarted Eclipse and was able to add them. When I try to program the Pro Micro board, I get the error listed below. I am able to program an Arduino Micro on /dev/ttyACMx, so it doesn't seem to be the (now fixed) connection bug. I can program the Pro Micro using the Arduino IDE, so the board is OK.
Connecting to programmer: .
Found programmer: Id = "Hello w"; type = o
Software Version = H.e; Hardware Version = l.l
avrdude: error: buffered memory access not supported. Maybe it isn't
a butterfly/AVR109 but a AVR910 device?
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.
avrdude: error: programmer did not respond to command: leave prog mode
avrdude: error: programmer did not respond to command: exit bootloader
Can't set "Serial Port" on a Connection
Submitted by Georg Abenthung on Sun, 2017-04-02 15:37
I'va just installed this plugin from Eclipse Marketplace on a fresh downloaded Eclipse Neon.2 CDT IDE. When I try to add a new "Connection" for my mega2560 board, I can't select a serial port (/dev/ttyACM0 in my case.) Also typing the port manually into the textfield and hitting the "OK" button doesn't work. The field stays empty when I open the connection from the "connection"-View with [RightClick]->Properties on the created connection. The board is recognised correctly by the vanilla Arduino-IDE. I'm running Kubuntu 16.04
Any suggestions?
Re: Can't set "Serial Port" on a Connection
Submitted by Doug Schaefer on Tue, 2017-04-04 10:46
A fix for the ttyACM issue is on the way. Hopefully by tomorrow. Try a Check for Updates then.
Re: Re: Can't set "Serial Port" on a Connection
Submitted by Georg Abenthung on Wed, 2017-04-05 11:53
Thanks /dev/ttyACM0 works now in serial port settings. Is there a public source-code repository/bugtracker for this plugin?
Thanks for the great work and the rapid fix of my problem! Keep up the great work!
Re: Re: Re: Can't set "Serial Port" on a Connection
Submitted by Doug Schaefer on Thu, 2017-04-06 11:02
Good to hear. The bug report is here https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=509118. The fix was in the CDT's serial port plug-in. A link to the code review is in the bug.
Re: Can't set "Serial Port" on a Connection
Submitted by Georg Abenthung on Mon, 2017-04-03 15:40
Today I tried it with a NodeMCU (ESP8266) which is on /dev/ttyUSB0 and it works. It seems that simply /dev/ttyACM* is not configured in the plugin like other posters here mentioned. It would be great, to be able to manually fill out the "Serial Port" field. I could also use the "/dev/serial/by-id/usb-1a86_USB2.0-Serial-if00-port0" ports which are created on Ubuntu for each device.
Can't select a serial port for a connection.
Submitted by Georg Abenthung on Sun, 2017-04-02 12:45
Hi, I just installed this plugin from the Eclipse Marketplace on a freshly downloaded Eclipse Neon CDT IDE. When adding a connection for my Arduino Mega2560 board I can't select it (in my case it would be /dev/ttyACM0 ). When I try to type it manually and click the "OK" button it simply doesn't save my setting.
I'm running Kubuntu 16.04
Configuration/Variants
Submitted by Ken Clough on Wed, 2017-02-15 17:39
Great Plugin. Takes working with Arduino to a new level.
I have created some code that I would like to reuse in several variants for a number of mcu's. I would like to make some compile time configurations. I know that this has been addressed before but I am looking for a very simple solution. If I were able to add a define symbol as in a normal cdt project I could have the project build by selecting a specific include file. The plugin quite correctly removes these definitions.
My problem could easily be solved if the target connection were defined I.E. -DLAUNCH_TARGET. Then using #if's I could configure my variants at compile time.
Cheers,
Ken
Libraries and platform list got lost in Windows
Submitted by J C on Thu, 2017-02-02 04:05
Hello, I am having an issue with the plugin and windows, it apparently loses the libraries and platforms list in the " Arduino Download Manager". If I hit in updates, I get an error saying " No protocol:" clicking Details does not show anything more, only the same erro " No protocol:".
It does happens after building the project and almost all the references withing my project are highlighted in red; however, if I start a new project and include my code the references work fine, but as soon as I build it, they are gone again...
Have someone experienced this?
Thanks
Target is unavailable
Submitted by Al Shishkin on Sat, 2017-01-21 00:07
Great tool, I followed this video and have created and compiled my Arduino test project. But in the 3rd column my run target "Uno" is unavailable, I see only "Local" there. Of course I have created a lot of different connections and got "connected" message in terminal output. I am on Windows 10 x64 and had no problems with standard Arduino IDE and PlatformIO.
Re: Target is unavailable
Submitted by Doug Schaefer on Mon, 2017-03-13 17:05
Yes, there was a version mismatch in the MarketPlace and what we shipped with CDT Neon.2. Doing a Check for Updates will give you the correct version. And the MarketPlace page has been updated properly.
Re: Target is unavailable
Submitted by John Walters on Thu, 2017-02-02 11:52
I went through all of this. I eventually found a part of the setup that required running manually and after this and a restart of eclipse, lo and behold, my targets appeared. I was then able to compile and download a demo app but not run it. I gave up at this point and installed VisualMicro onto Visual Studio 2015. Worked straight out of the box and I was up and running in about 20 minutes.
This is my second attempt with Eclipse. First time was to do cross development on a Raspberry Pi and could never get that tool chain to work. That time I went to Netbeans and again was up and running in under an hour after weeks of faffing with eclipse. It's just too complicated and not in the least bit intuitive. Sorry chaps, needs a serious rethink.
Selecting the correct tool chain
Submitted by John Walters on Sat, 2017-01-07 15:47
I've followed the YouTube video to install Neon C++ for Arduino, have successfully built a "Hello world" sketch and all appears fine. Now to the real task...
May target board will be an Arduino Due. I have loaded the arm-none-eabi-gcc tool chain with the Arduino Download Manager but I can't find any way of selecting it as the active tool chain for my project. Project/Properties/Libraries/Platform Libraries are set to "Arduino SAM Boards" but the build insists on using the avr-gcc tools.
What am I missing?
Did you select the correct 'Launch Target' in the launch bar?
Submitted by Paul Carew on Thu, 2017-01-12 20:10
This is probably similar to what I do to switch between targets...
To switch between Arduino (AVR) and ESP8266 (Expressif), I need to select the correct launch target in the launch bar (3rd dropdown box).
Do you have a launch target configured for the Due board?
Targets not available
Submitted by John Walters on Mon, 2017-01-23 11:40
Hi Paul,
My problem appears to be the same as Al Shiskin; the targets are simply not appearing in the launch Bar. All I have is Local and the option to create new targets. In similar vein, I can create targets that show up in the Connections tab and I can connect to them but that's about it.
Re: Targets not available
Submitted by Paul Carew on Tue, 2017-01-24 12:49
Hello John,
One of the things I noticed in the beginning, was a problem in being able to select Arduino Project launch targets in the Launch Bar. I filed a CDT bug for this https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=500251.
I'm not sure if this is what you're experiencing, but if so I found that after opening a project in the project explorer, I had to 'restart' Eclipse. After the restart, the correct launch target showed up in the launch bar.
Hope this helps.
Paul.
Toolset selection
Submitted by John Walters on Fri, 2017-01-06 12:50
I've followed the YouTube video to the letter and now have a fully functioning IDE that will build a demo project for an ATMega based board. Now for the real work....
The target board will be an Arduino Due with the Cortex M3 CPU. I've downloaded the SAM platform and now have the arm-none-eabi-gcc tool chain installed but I can't work out how to set up the project to use it. I've created a new Launch Target for the Due board but because I don't actually have a target processor connected at this time, it simply uses what appears to be the default tool chain.
How do I configure Eclipse / my project to use the correct tool set?
About Libraries
Submitted by Dario Cimmino on Thu, 2016-12-15 22:59
Hello,
I am having trouble adding a new library, I know you don't have the option of creating your own library yet, but if the library is already written and on github, Is it possible to add it to the library index json file and download it with the Arduino Download manager? Adding the library in the arduinocdt folder does not work and if I modify the json file, It downloads automatically the old one when I try to search for libraries. The attempted methods in the forum does not work.
Do you allow the community to modify the json file to add new libraries? this could be a temporary fix until the private library option is added.
Thanks for the plugin!
D.
Possible work around.
Submitted by Paul Carew on Tue, 2017-01-03 18:55
I responded to your forum posting with the details, but essentially check that you have a 'library.properties' file in the root folder of your library.
Missing project properties
Submitted by Terrance McPharlin on Tue, 2016-12-13 09:50
When one creates an Arduino project, there are a number of differences from what the IDE does for a standard C++ project:
The project Properties, C/C++ General group lacks the "Paths and Symbols" property group. Among the more useful missing properties are:
a. "Preprocessor Include Paths" settings not to mention that an "includes" folder is not created within the project tree (Next to "src" folder)
b. The "Libraries" and "Library Paths" property tabs are not supported, apparently.
Rather than simply explaining that these settings may be added in a future release, perhaps the author could explain his philosophy for omitting these settings. Was it an intentional design decision or simply omitted in these early releases?
Support for Nordic nrf51 (rfDuino) based boards?
Submitted by Terrance McPharlin on Tue, 2016-12-13 01:54
Or possibly the "user defined library support" feature you eluded to in an earlier post.
I'm guessing that a user-defined-bootloader may also be required in such scenarios but I have no idea (yet) how compatible the boards may be or how universal a bootloader could be made...
Is a universal SAMD bootloader feasible? How different would it be from, say, an AVR?
very cool project, keep up the great work, Doug.
My post in the main CDT forum:
https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=1083076&goto=1749742&#...