WAVGAT boards can't find them

[vaxman]

Hello,

I'm happy with my new IDE 2.2.1 and prefer to also upload to WAVGAT's pro mini (for old projects) I have.

However, I can't seem to find it in the board's list, and no reference on how to install it in google.

Appreciate any help.

Thanks.

[ptillisch]

Hi @vaxman. Please provide a detailed description of what you mean by "WAVGAT's pro mini".

I ask because it has been my observation that the Chinese derivative/clone boards branded "WAVGAT" typically use either of two microcontroller families:

• Microchip AVR (i.e., ATmega328P)
• Logic Green (i.e., LGT8F328P)

If your board has the AVR chip, you can simply select Tools > Board > Arduino AVR Boards > Arduino Pro or Pro Mini from the Arduino IDE, followed by making the appropriate configuration from the Tools > Processor menu.

However, if your board has the Logic Green microcontroller, you must install a 3rd party boards platform (like this one).

To make matters far more confusing, the unscrupulous sellers of these boards sometimes lie in the product listings by advertise the boards with the Logic Green chips as instead having the more well supported Microchip brand chip.

[vaxman]

It was the later.

Thank you very much.

[ptillisch]

You are welcome. I'm glad if I was able to be of assistance.

You should be able to follow the instructions in the readme of the 3rd party boards platform to install it, after which the additional Logic Green microcontroller-based boards will be added to the list of boards in Arduino IDE. If you have any questions or problems while doing that, let us know and we'll provide assistance.

The dbuezas boards platform I linked above looked to me like the best one, but there are a couple of other alternative 3rd party platforms I can suggest in case you have problems with that one. I don't have much experience working with the LGT8F328P boards. I bought one of them just to have it in my board hoard, but never found a reason to do more than upload a blink sketch to try it out.