Which version of the IDE should I use?

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hello,

I have received my Sainsmart's Arduino MEGA 2560 (and touchscreen), it is, I think, a clone of the Arduino Mega 2560 rev. 2.

In the manual, they say to use the Arduino IDE v0023. What problems will I have if I use the most recent IDE ? Maybe I just have to modify a little the provided touchscreen libraries so that they compile fine (if there are errors...I haven't tried yet) ?

Thanks!

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IDE v1.0.1. If you plan on using the ethernet shield with it, this is the only version that works reliably.

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Sorry I forgot to say that the provided libraries were for the touchscreen.

I can see in a screenshot of the manual, that the IDE v1.0.1 is already available so.. why they tell me to use 0023?

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The touchscreen may use functions that have changed since V0023. I use a few versions of the IDE on my computers, so you can try a newer version without overwriting the previous versions.

One of the major changes was a header name change. The file WProgram.h is now Arduino.h. If you can live with small edits like that, I recommend at least trying v1.0.1.

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Thanks, yes I will try :wink:

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Got my screen working with IDE 1.0.1 thanks to the UTFT library! Now for the touch feature.. 8)