Managing a multi-file project using the arduino-cli

Projects Programming
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A few months ago I discovered the arduino-cli and started using it for my projects because I really didn't like the arduino IDE and I wanted to improve my programming skills.
The problem is that I am now working on a bigger and more important project than usual and I need to manage it using multiple files.
The problem is that I have no idea how to use the arduino-cli to manage this using a makefile.

This is a simple test project with a main.ino

#include "blink.hpp"

void setup() {
    pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
    blink();
}

a header file (blink.hpp)

#pragma once

void blink();

a .cpp file (blink.cpp)

#include "blink.hpp"

void blink() {
    digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
    delay(100);
    digitalWrite(13, LOW);
    delay(200);
}

In case someone thinks I am trying to just make someone do my work and gets offended, I'm not doing that, I just need someone to help me get started

2

by cli, you presumably mean command line interface, or that you are executing commands directly instead of using the IDE to execute them.

i write all my code in a cygwin shell using vi. i write my code in a separate directory with a .ino matching the directory name. any addition files i create as .cpp file that include "Arduino.h" and which usually have a corresponding .h file.

but i use the IDE to compile, link, convert to .hex and download to the board. otherwise, i need to create a makefile to compile the separate source files and execute the other commands to build a .hex and download. i am proficient with makefiles and use them for all sorts of things besides build c code

a current project has the following file which i run on an esp32

Koala.ino  koala.h   menus.cpp   pcRead.h    utils.cpp  vars.h
file.cpp   menu.cpp  menus.h     server.cpp  utils.h
file.h     menu.h    pcRead.cpp  server.h    vars.cpp
3

thanks a lot, I didn't think about using the IDE for compiling and linking.
I've been writing makefiles for a week now but I don't quite know if I am doing it right, do you have any tips?

4

post you makefile

chapter 8 of The Unix Programming Environment on Program Development discusses the use of make (amoung other very interesting things)

5

You may want to check out Eclipse / Sloeber. It's a real, full-featured IDE and you don't have to mess around with vi, makefiles, and a CLI as if it was still the 1980s.

6

some of us use Linux (cygwin) as a development environment when working on large projects with project specific tools chains. how many editors are you going to learn to use over the course of your career

7

gfvalvo:
You may want to check out Eclipse / Sloeber. It's a real, full-featured IDE and you don't have to mess around with vi, makefiles, and a CLI as if it was still the 1980s.

This whole topic started because I want to avoid as much as possible using an IDE, I use VS code as a text editor

8

I am trying this code but it don't work. What is wrong? I tried a lot of options already .

1 int switchState = 0;

2void setup () {
  3 pinMode (3, OUTPUT);
  4 pinMode (4, OUTPUT);
  5 pinMode (5, OUTPUT);
  6 pinMode (2, OUTPUT);
  7
}


 8 void loop() {
  9   switchState = digitalRead(2);
  10 // this is a comment




  11 if (switchState == LOW) {
    12 // the button is not pressed










    13 digitalWrite(3, HIGH); // green LED
    14 digitalWrite(4, LOW); // red LED
    15 digitalWrite(5, LOW); // red LED
    16
  }



  17 else {  // the button is pressed
    18 digitalWrite (3, LOW);
    19 digitalWrite (4, HIGH);
    20 digitalWrite (5, HIGH);





    21 delay(250)  // wait for a quarter second
    22 // toggle the LEDs
    23 digitalWrite(4, HIGH);
    24 digitalWrite (5, LOW);
    25 delay(250); // wait for a quarter second


    26
  }
  27
} // go back to the beginning of the loop
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Don't hijack a thread that has nothing to do with your problem. Please start a new topic. Also please read the sticky threads at the top of the forum, for instructions on how to use it.