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Adding Libraries, Boards

Adding Libraries, Boards

Owned by Rajesh Panicker (Unlicensed)
Last updated: 26 May 2024 by Rajesh Panicker
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Adding Contributed Libraries

The beauty of Arduino platform is that there are contributed libraries available for most peripherals. All you need to do is to Google.

  • To add a .zip file, Sketch > Include Library > Add .ZIP Library > select the .zip file.

  • Alternatively (if the library is unzipped), copy the folder to Documents\Arduino\libraries.

  • After including the library, the path has to be exactly as shown below Documents\Arduino\libraries\<lib_name>\<lib_name>.h/.cpp files.

  • Restart the Arduino IDE after adding the library.

  • You can see that the library at Sketch > Include Library.

  • Many libraries come with example programs, which can be your starting point. The example programs can be found at File > Examples > Examples from contributed libraries.

Adding Support for Boards

To add support for ESP32, go to File>Preferences>Settings>Additional Board Manager URLs, copy-paste https://espressif.github.io/arduino-esp32/package_esp32_index.jsonLinks to an external site. and click OK. Next, go to Tools>Board>Boards Manager. In the search window that comes up, type in “esp32”, and click Install. This will take a while.

Support for other boards that have support for Arduino IDE can be done in a similar manner, with the appropriate .json file.