I purchase monthly the Arduino Cloud, but most times when I follow code or techniques previously posted on the internet, I find all of the solutions and examples that provide the solutions using Arduino IDE; especially in cases when I need to add new development boards. (I just found out how to add hardware ti the iCloud version of Arduino and haven't been able to make that work).
So I put Arduino IDE on the same computer that I use for projects with Adruino cloud.
I was wondering if this could be causing some of my issues adding new hardware. Should I remove one or the other Arduino so things don't get confused?
Hi @harleyfrazee. The Arduino IDE installation won't interfere at all with compiling and uploading sketches on Arduino Cloud.
The only possible problem that could occur is if you have Arduino IDE running, with the port of your board selected, and with Serial Monitor or Serial Plotter open. Only one application at a time can have a serial port open, so if the port is open in Serial Monitor or Serial Plotter then Arduino Cloud will not be able to open the port of the board to upload or provision an Arduino IoT Cloud Device.
But as long as you don't have the port open in Arduino IDE, there is no problem.
The same problem would occur with any application that had the serial port open (e.g., a standalone terminal program).