NodeMcu ESP8266 and Arduino Uno ide(s)

IGraham · December 9, 2017, 3:57pm

Hi

I've been having a bit of a play with a NodeMcu ESP8266 and have eventually got the thing to work, so far using just the serial monitor to prove I'm on the right track.
One of the problems i had was getting and setting the correct values within the Arduino ide 'tools' for the NodeMcu ESP8266 which had been set up for an Arduino Uno.
However its necessary to change the settings depending upon the device I'm working on (NodeMcu ESP8266 or Aduino Uno)

I was wondering as the Arduino ide 'tools' settings are different for a Arduino Uno and a NodeMcu ESP8266 is there a way to open a version of the ide that has the relevant settings for the device being worked on in place.
I'm assuming that will need two separate installations of the Arduino ide (or am i wrong).
If i have separate installations will i have any problems with shared folders, files, librarys etc

Any advice gratefully received

pert · December 9, 2017, 4:09pm

You can configure the Arduino IDE to run in portable mode by creating a folder named portable in the Arduino IDE installation folder. That would allow you to have one set for Uno and another set for ESP8266.

More info:

I believe you could also do it with a single IDE installation by using the Arduino IDE CLI:

github.com

arduino/Arduino/blob/master/build/shared/manpage.adoc

// Generate a manpage with: a2x -f manpage manpage.adoc
// or HTML with: a2x -f xhtml manpage.adoc
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// This file uses {empty}:: in some places, to allow putting multiple
// paragraphs inside a single label list item. This is a bit ugly and
// non-semantic, but it seems this is the best way to do this. Asciidoc
// also supports putting a plus sign on a line by itself to join two
// paragraphs into a single list item. However, the indentation on the
// second paragraph makes that formatted with a fixed-size font.
// Removing the indentation completely makes the asciidoc source very
// unreadable. Also, for the --board option, there is a a paragraph,
// followed by a list, followed by another paragraph. The + approach can
// only put the latter paragraph into the inner list, not the outer
// one...

ARDUINO(1)
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IGraham · December 9, 2017, 4:30pm

thanks for the reply, the portable install looks quite doable/easy and I'll give that a go. The second suggestion I'll have to do a bit reading, is not immediately obvious how its working.
again thanks

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