Arduino IDE 2.0 Bets Processor drop down not present

Richard_Brown · October 20, 2021, 5:11am

Maybe I am missing something but the new Arduino IDE does not have a processor drop down. Is there some way this can be set in a configuration file? All of the old Arduino IDEs had this as a standard. Why would you remove it?

Thanks and best to you all.
Richard

Koepel · October 20, 2021, 5:19am

Can you explain that or show a screendump ?
When I select the "Arduino AVR Boards" and then the "Arduino Nano", then a "Processor" item is added to the menu.

sterretje · October 20, 2021, 5:47am

@Richard_Brown, your topic has been moved to a more suitable location on the forum.

Richard_Brown · October 20, 2021, 7:16pm

Please take a look at this PNG. It is a screen print of trying to compile Marlin 2.0. There is no processor drop down like there is in all the other Arduino Sketch IDEs. Thanks for getting back to me on this. Best to you. Richard

JohnRob · October 20, 2021, 7:39pm

It seems you have selected the Sangiuno board. What happens when you highlight the Marlin AVR boards?

Richard_Brown · October 20, 2021, 11:30pm

I get "Anet V1.0" or "Anet V1.0 (Optiboot)" but processor is never a drop down. Thanks for your reply. Is there a way to tell this version via a config file what processor to use..

Thanks gain.
Richard

Richard_Brown · October 21, 2021, 1:06am

JohnRob, The selection of processor was standard in all versions of the Arduino IDE since version one. There must be a way to select it. I can no figure out what configuration to add/change to make it work. Thanks for your help. Again best to you. Richard

JohnRob · October 21, 2021, 3:29am

Did you see the youtube video on how to install Marlin on Arduino IDE?

ptillisch · October 21, 2021, 8:34am

Thanks so much for informing us of this issue @Richard_Brown!

I have now submitted a formal bug report to the IDE developers:

github.com/arduino/arduino-ide

Missing board option and Programmer menus for manually installed platforms

opened 06:32AM - 21 Oct 21 UTC

closed 09:12AM - 14 Feb 22 UTC

per1234

priority: high conclusion: resolved topic: code type: imperfection criticality: high

**Describe the bug** Menus are not added to the Arduino IDE **Tools** menu fo…r boards of platforms installed to the sketchbook folder which have [custom board options](https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/dev/platform-specification/#custom-board-options). A **Programmer** menu is not added to the Arduino IDE **Tools** menu when a board of a platform installed to the sketchbook folder is selected. **To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Do a manual installation of the `attiny:avr` boards platform to the sketchbook. For example: ``` git clone https://github.com/damellis/attiny ~/Arduino/hardware/attiny/avr ``` Note: The issue is not specific to the `attiny:avr` platform. It should occur with any platform that has custom board menus. 1. Start the Arduino IDE. 1. Select **Tools > Board > ATtiny Microcontrollers (in Sketchbook) > ATtiny24/44/45** from the Arduino IDE menus. 1. Open the **Tools** menu. Note that there is no **Processor**, **Clock**, or **Programmer** menu, even though [the `attiny:avr:ATtinyX4` board has custom menus.](https://github.com/damellis/attiny/blob/6bba7d452af59d5190025bc870ec9e53d170e4d9/boards.txt#L1-L2) and inherits [programmers](https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-avr/blob/master/programmers.txt) from the [referenced `arduino:avr` core](https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/dev/platform-specification/#core-reference). ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8572152/138220285-afd9cec6-4f24-4fac-bc9e-ad3805dc9111.png) They are handled correctly by the classic IDE: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8572152/138222874-82c00e03-914e-4e20-9603-4d885440f590.png) and by Arduino CLI: ``` per@HAL MINGW64 /c/ide 2/arduino-ide_nightly-20211021_Windows_64bit/resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/build $ ./arduino-cli board details attiny:avr:ATtinyX4 Board name: ATtiny24/44/84 FQBN: attiny:avr:ATtinyX4 Package name: attiny Platform name: ATtiny Microcontrollers Platform architecture: avr Option: Processor cpu ATtiny24 ✔ cpu=attiny24 ATtiny44 cpu=attiny44 ATtiny84 cpu=attiny84 Option: Clock clock Internal 1 MHz ✔ clock=internal1 Internal 8 MHz clock=internal8 External 8 MHz clock=external8 External 16 MHz clock=external16 External 20 MHz clock=external20 Programmers: Id Name ``` (`arduino-cli` doesn't show the board's referenced programmers, but the output is the same even with the working Boards Manager installation, so I'm not sure it's related) If you install the same platform via Boards Manager, the menus are shown as expected: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8572152/138222778-e12edb66-8c96-4e80-bff3-13761fac64b8.png) **Expected behavior** Menus should be added to the **Tools** menu for programmers and custom options of the selected board regardless of how the board's platform was installed. **Desktop (please complete the following information):** - OS: Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04 - Version: 2.0.0-beta.12-nightly.20211021 Date: 2021-10-21T03:03:16.691Z CLI Version: 0.19.1 alpha [718bbbf2] **Additional context** Originally reported at: - https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-ide-2-0-bets-processor-drop-down-not-present/916551 - https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/364 - https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/420 Related: https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/126

The workaround is to install the Sanguino boards platform using the Arduino Boards Manager. I'll provide instructions:

Close all Arduino IDE 2.x windows.
Uninstall the manually installed version of the Sanguino boards platform by deleting this folder:
```
<sketchbook folder>/hardware/Sanguino
```
If you don't know it, you can find the location of the sketchbook folder in the Arduino IDE by opening File > Preferences from the menus and then checking the path shown in the "Sketchbook location" preference.
Please be very careful when deleting things from your computer. When in doubt, back up!
Start Arduino IDE 2.x.
Select File > Preferences from the Arduino IDE menus.
Add the following URL to the "Additional Boards Manager URLs field:
```
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lauszus/Sanguino/master/package_lauszus_sanguino_index.json
```
If you have multiple Additional Boards Manager URLs, separate them with commas.
Click the OK button.
Close all Arduino IDE 2.x windows.
Start Arduino IDE 2.x.
(this is needed because of a bug where the newly added Boards Manager URLs are only recognized after you restart the IDE)
Select Tools > Board > Boards Manager from the Arduino IDE menus.
The Boards Manager side bar will now open in the Arduino IDE.
In the search field, type sanguino
From the list of search results, click on "Sanguino by Kristian Sloth Lauszus".
Click the INSTALL button.
Wait for the installation to finish
"Platform Sanguino:avr@1.0.3 installed" will be shown in the IDE's "Output" pane.

After doing that, you should now be able to select Tools > Board > Sanguino > Sanguino from the Arduino IDE menus and then see the expected "Tools > Processor".

Richard_Brown · October 21, 2021, 10:27pm

I did this and there was no Tools>Processor in the Tools drop down. Also, I have the json in the other Arduino IDEs and all works fine. I think version 2 read the version 1.X config files. I did go back and put it in to version 2.0 just to make sure.

Should there have been a Tools> Processor I have never seen it in the version 2 of Arduino IDE like there has always been in all the version 1.X IDEs

Thanks you for getting back to me on this. Do you have Arduino IDE 1.X in stalled on your machine? Can you look at Tools > Processor.Richard

ptillisch · October 22, 2021, 1:38am

From the screenshot, it looks like you forgot to do step 2 in my instructions above. The "(in Sketchbook)" suffix on the Tools > Board > Sanguino (in Sketchbook) menu item shows that it is still using the Sanguino boards platform that is installed under <sketchbook folder>/hardware/Sanguino, but I told you to delete that.

It does not. Arduino IDE 1.x and 2.x use incompatible configuration systems, with separate configuration files.

There should be after you follow my instructions above exactly.

Yes

Richard_Brown · October 22, 2021, 2:34am

OK let me check that again. I have a few versions of Arduino IDE on my machine and have been using them. I will delete the file. Thanks again.. Richard

Richard_Brown · October 23, 2021, 11:33pm

Still trying to figure out where Arduino 2.0 get that value. I have deleted it from the place you recommended and uninstalled the IDE and reinstalled it but it has not gone away.. Let me try more things.. and any recommendations would be grateful. Note I have at least 3 version of Sketch installed.. Give me a few more days.

Thanks Richard

Richard_Brown · October 24, 2021, 12:57am

OK got it.. Yep, got it. Had to use a regular Arduino Uno and run the blink in it then download Sanguino and compile it. THANKS.. Got it .. Best to you..

Richard

ptillisch · October 24, 2021, 2:46am

I'm very glad to hear it's working now!

Richard_Brown · October 25, 2021, 12:48am

Yes, please do not close this out. I have done an export binaries and I am looking for them now. Quite a trip but getting there.. AGAIN THANKS. Richard

ptillisch · October 25, 2021, 1:25am

There was a change in the way the Sketch > Export Compiled Binary feature works. The classic Arduino IDE saves the compiled binary files to the root of the sketch folder. Arduino IDE 2.x saves them to the build/<FQBN> folder, where <FQBN> is the "fully qualified board name" (machine readable identifier) for the currently selected board, but converted to a valid folder name by replacing all : with .. In this particular case, it will be build/Sanguino.avr.sanguino.

A convenient way to access the sketch folder is by using the Sketch > Show Sketch Folder menu in the Arduino IDE.

The need to document this change in the binary save location was discussed here:

github.com/arduino/arduino-ide

Can't see the hex files after exporting compiled binary

opened 10:55AM - 15 Jul 21 UTC

closed 04:55AM - 19 Jul 21 UTC

Carnoval15

topic: documentation type: imperfection criticality: medium

**Describe the bug** The pro-IDE isn't generating the hex file! **To Reprodu…ce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. easily, make a project, use a simple code 2. click: "Export compiled binary" 3. Check the sketch folder 4. And now you can't see the hex file **Expected behavior** There must be 2 files with hex extension **Screenshots** ![VzR3GIe8WJ](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/67748205/125776681-f8b7c9d2-f4ce-4201-a202-619e89ca5a88.gif) **Desktop (please complete the following information):** - OS: Windows 10 - Version: 21H1 Can anyone fix this? or help me if I do the wrong thing. Thx!

Richard_Brown · October 25, 2021, 2:12am

OK thanks let me check that out.. Thanks again.. Richard

system · April 23, 2022, 2:13am

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