Using IDE version v1.0.1

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Hello All,

I see several internet article that mentions to use an older version of the IDE for some projects. Can someone please shed some light on why this is so?

Thanks

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Because they are old articles?

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KeithRB:
Because they are old articles?

No they mention that some sketches will only work with 1.0.1 and the sketches will not work in newer IDE. No sure why this is the case however.

This is the article in question that make me wonder

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Are you sure that at the time the article was written that the IDE version recommended was not the latest available ?

There were some changes between versions earlier than 1.0 and later, such that libraries written for earlier versions often needed to be updated and there were also minor functional changes such as the introduction of Serial.write() instead of the use of an extra parameter on Serial.print() to do the same thing.

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It is the comment section that made me wonder.

First comment

I am building this project with your Arduino sketch using Arduino IDE v 1.0.5.

Reply

As stated in “The Arduino sketch” paragraph, please use Arduino IDE v1.0.1 for this project.

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Have you read the later comments ?

1.0.5 seems to work for some people but I am willing to bet that the problem is with the libraries and/or where they are installed rather than the IDE version.

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UKHeliBob:
Have you read the later comments ?

1.0.5 seems to work for some people but I am willing to bet that the problem is with the libraries and/or where they are installed rather than the IDE version.

Thanks for confirming