Hello, I'm learning to program the processor Renesas RA4M1 that is used on the New arduino R4. I think it's close to the same when I'm bootloading my arduino zero clones.
My question is does it program the same way using the Arduino IDE or is there a different bootloader program out there?
Joseph
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jim-p
January 17, 2025, 8:34am
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@josephchrzempiec
My question is does it program the same way using the Arduino IDE
I'm not sure I understand.
Are you trying to burn a bootloader to the R4 or just use it with the IDE?
If you "upload" and not "bootload" then yes it is the same but you need to install the board package.
Spend some time here to learn how the R4 works
https://docs.arduino.cc/tutorials/uno-r4-minima/cheat-sheet/
jim-p
January 17, 2025, 9:54am
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Seems like you have an almost identical topic already open
Hello, I was wondering If the MinIMA uses the same SWD hardware programmer the arduino zero uses? The other question is Would any SWD hardware programmer work?
Joseph
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Hi @josephchrzempiec .
Unfortunately, no. The "Arduino UNO R4 Boards " platform is not configured for use with Arduino IDE's Burn Bootloader feature . So if you select Tools > Burn Bootloader from the Arduino IDE menus, you will only get an error message:
Property 'bootloader.tool.serial' is undefined
Yes. You can find some instructions here:
https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-renesas/tree/main/bootloaders/UNO_R4#rocket-how-to-load-bootloader-uno-r4-minima
and some related discussion here:
I have looked everywhere and still have not found complete instructions on burning the bootload to the R4 Minima or WIFI development boards. There are many discussions but no actual proven way to do it. Has anyone had success doing it?
I have build an R4 Clone board but cannot get it to bootload.
@ptillisch thank you very much.
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@jim-p yes kind of but one is for hardware and the other software I fix it to reflect that.
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