Arduino IDE on Pi

Installation

For using the Arduino IDE to program the AVR microcontroller on the RPi-UNO-HAT the jumpers TX, RX and RES have to be closed, which is also the default state of these jumpers.

  • Install the Arduino IDE:

    $ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install arduino

  • Install Auto-Reset for AVRdude on GPIO4 (Pin 7):

    $ wget https://github.com/watterott/RPi-UNO-HAT/raw/master/software/autoreset
$ wget https://github.com/watterott/RPi-UNO-HAT/raw/master/software/avrdude-autoreset
$ chmod +x autoreset
$ chmod +x avrdude-autoreset
$ sudo mv autoreset /usr/bin
$ sudo mv avrdude-autoreset /usr/bin
$ sudo mv /usr/bin/avrdude /usr/bin/avrdude-original
$ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/avrdude-autoreset /usr/bin/avrdude

  • Disable Linux serial console:

    $ sudo raspi-config

    Select:

    Interfacing Options > Serial > Disable shell > Enable serial port hardware

    Reboot the system:

    $ sudo reboot

  • Optional: If there are any problems disabling the serial console, then the changes can also be made with nano:

    $ sudo nano /boot/config.txt

    Add the line enable_uart=1

    $ sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt

    Remove references to on Pi 3: console=ttyS0,115200 and kgdboc=ttyS0,115200, on all other Pi models: console=ttyAMA0,115200 and kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200

    $ sudo nano /etc/inittab

    Remove the line on Pi 3: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100, on all other Pi models: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyAMA0 115200 vt100

  • Test AVRdude (depending on the system, a running with sudo is required):

    $ avrdude -c arduino -P /dev/ttyAMA0 -b 57600 -p m328p -v

    or (depending on system):

    $ avrdude -c arduino -P /dev/ttyS0 -b 57600 -p m328p -v

    The device signature of an ATmega328 is 0x1e950f.

  • Run the Arduino IDE.

  • Select Arduino Uno under Tools->Board.

  • Select the hardware serial port /dev/ttyS0 under Tools->Serial Port.

    If the hardware serial port is not recognized then create a symlink to the standard Linux serial port ttyS0:

    $ sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/80-arduinopi.rules

    KERNEL=="ttyAMA0", SYMLINK+="ttyS0",GROUP="dialout",MODE:=0666

    Another problem can be if the user, that runs the Arduino IDE, is not a member of the dialout group (further infos). To add a user to the group run:

    $ sudo usermod -a -G dialout USERNAME

  • Open the Blink Sketch under File->Examples->01.Basics->Blink.

  • Start build and upload: File->Upload.

  • The LED D13 on the RPi-UNO-HAT will start to blink after the upload is finished.