README.md

Arduino Playground

Playing with Arduino UNO on MacOS via Visual Studio Code

Installing tools

1. brew install arduino-cli # use "--build-from-source" for Apple Silicon
2. arduino-cli core update-index
3. arduino-cli core install arduino:avr

vscode-arduino configurations

arduino.json

{
    "sketch": "Blink.ino",
    "port": "/dev/cu.usbserial-142220", 
    "configuration": "cpu=atmega328",
    "board": "arduino:avr:uno",
    "programmer": "avrispmkii"
}

• look for a port from arduino-cli board list output

settings.json

{
    "arduino.additionalUrls": "",
    "arduino.useArduinoCli": true,
    "arduino.enableUSBDetection": true,
    "arduino.path": "/usr/local/bin",
    "arduino.commandPath": "arduino-cli"
}

• find a path with which arduino-cli