Hi, it was myself who changed it to libraries in an attempt to get it to work, I have now changed it back to c:\Users\Myname\Documents\Arduino.
Hi, I am unsure which location to check if those files are there. Which location should they be?
Hi Bob, I have been trying to use code tags in that post since you said to do that. I dont know what they are, and when I try to edit the post to do that, I dont know how to do it.
I cant download Threewire.h in the library manager. I read that threewire was inbuilt.
LiquidCrystal.h is there, with a notebook icon. Are those files needing to be there as just the .h file or are they to be present in the yellow folder format?
That is part of the Rtc by Makuna library which is available from the library manager.
What model of RTC are you going to use?
One of the problems stems from saving sketches. I dont know how to do that and I previously saved a sketch as sketch_june5a.ino June5a referrs to the date it was saved. Now whenever I open the IDE that name is present at the top and the compile error shows it is looking in c:/users/Myname/appdata/Local/Temp/.arduinoIDE-unsaved......../Sketch_june5a.ino:3:10 :fatal error: etc
That path is not the documents\Arduino one.This is what is confusing me, how to understand what is going on there. As I have those files in the \documents\arduino folder, however the compiler error path shows the above path!
I have the DS3231 rtc. Btw, for my education on this, if the yellow folder is present and inside it is the .h file, amongst all the other files in the yellow file directory, that is acceptable to the IDE? Or does it have to be present in the Arduino directory as a stand-alone .h file? I do appreciate your help here btw, it is very good of you.
The compiler is currently asking for threewire, which I cannot find in the file manager.
Refer to this it may be helpful
Installing Libraries | Arduino Documentation
The instructions are in the link that I posted
To add code tags to code already posted edit the post, select the code and click the < CODE / > icon and save the post
To post code from the IDE, right click in the IDE edit window, select "Copy for forum" and paste the clipboard into a post here. The code tags will have been added by the copy
I have already read all that three times, and also various others online. I cant relate it to the problem I have. The compiler is looking into a different folder than the one that is listed in preferences. Also, I wish those articles went into it much further and clearer as they are very concise and ambiguous, to me.
Great if you read but still I am unable to understand that you have download the libaries or not
Yes. The folders for each user added library should be at
C:\Users\YourName\Documents\Arduino\libraries
The ide will find and add what is needed.
does it have to be present in the Arduino directory as a stand-alone .h file?
No. The .h file for the library is in the specific library folder and not stand alone. It may in a file called "src". Typically there will also be a folder called examples which give example codes which are found through File>examples in the ide drop down menus.
Thank you that is very useful. I am learning. I do appreciate your help.
The last week and including this week, in my breaks at work I have been reading "programming arduino getting started with sketches" and this week "programming arduino next steps" and my ignorance is slowly going. The second book is wonderful and I am learning a lot. I wish to build an LCD RTC with a UNO and also an FM radio with the TEA chip, so I dont know how long those projects will take :p. I would have a go at the DAB radio instead but the parts, or the chips seem quite expensive at the moment.
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