Arduino IDE: Question regarding uploading to the arduino

XJ0461 · May 3, 2018, 2:19am

After looking around for a while I noticed a lack of information describing the process of converting the text written into the IDE to the .hex file that gets uploaded. I’m attempting to create a Visual Basic program that will convert a text file of code to the arduino readable .hex file, then upload it.

So far I’ve got the uploading part working as intended, but I’m unsure how to convert the text file so it can be uploaded.

I’ve run the program (which also creates the code) and copied it to the IDE and uploaded it from there which works fine but I’m looking to make the process fully automatic.

Any insight into how to convert the text file to a .hex file that the arduino can read would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

pert · May 3, 2018, 2:26am

File > Preferences > Show verbose output during: > compilation (check) > OK
Sketch > Verify/Compile
After the compilation finishes, examine the contents of the black console window at the bottom of the Arduino IDE window. There you will find all the commands the Arduino ran to compile the code

You can find a description of the process here:

If you prefer to still use the Arduino IDE then you will find the CLI reference useful:

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
//
// 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)
==========
:doctype: manpage

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XJ0461 · May 3, 2018, 2:29am

Thanks pert, guess I wasn’t looking hard enough.

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