RPi plus Arduino

[jogl]

I would like to use an RPi 3 and an Arduino Uno together. I want them to be connected via USB so that I can use the R Pi 3 to program the Uno and so that the two can send data back and forth. The R Pi 3 would hang on my LAN.

The R Pi 3 and Uno combination will be located remotely. I will use a remote desktop viewer to access the R Pi 3 and run the Arduino IDE when Uno program changes are desired.

I have been reading through some of the the existing threads on getting the Arduino IDE to work and haven't quite figured out which revision I should load. I would like to use the latest one that can be installed without a lot of rigmarole.

What versions of Raspian and the Arduino IDE should I load to make all of this work with minimal pain?

Thanks.

[DougieLawson]

You can install the Arduino IDE with sudo apt-get install arduino that works with Unos and Nanos.

Or if you have a really modern Arduino (or want to play with ESP8266s) then grab a copy of https://www.arduino.cc/download_handler ... arm.tar.xz and install that. Beware 1.8.0 has an ugly font problem that should get fixed in a few days time.

If you don't need the IDE then there's always the command ino tool from http://inotool.org/

[B.Goode]

What versions of Raspian

Raspbian?

Unless you know some reason to do something different, use the most recent release, which at the time of writing is late November 2016. Since you are apparently planning to use the Arduino IDE which has a graphical interface you will need the full version of the os, not the lite version.

[jogl]

Thanks Dougie:

If I understand correctly,

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apt-get install arduino

will get me 1.0.5, right?

That inotool looks very interesting at first glance, I will be reading up some about that.

[W. H. Heydt]

Thanks Dougie:

If I understand correctly,

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apt-get install arduino

will get me 1.0.5, right?

That inotool looks very interesting at first glance, I will be reading up some about that.

You will need to prefix the command with "sudo" because apt-get needs root privileges to install software.

[DougieLawson]

Version 1.0.5 is a bit old (because of DebIan being very conservative with its update policy) but it works for stock Arduinos.

I like inotool because I don't like GUIs. I can edit Arduino C++ code with vi and compile it from a command line.

[RetiredProgrammer]

Thanks Dougie:

If I understand correctly,

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apt-get install arduino

will get me 1.0.5, right?

That inotool looks very interesting at first glance, I will be reading up some about that.

If you want the latest Arduino IDE (1.8.1), follow the simple steps at https://medium.com/@ronm333/installing- ... .oeijmb71i

[DougieLawson]

If you want the official version of 181 get it from https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software - there's now an official ARM port (and nightly build) of the standard Arduino IDE.