Re-read my post. If what I said doesnt make sense, keeping reading until it does. There is no Arduino IDE for the beaglebone to compile binaries for the beagelbone.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/12/2015 09:06 PM, William Hermans wrote: > > *As I said in my first post. Nothing says you have to run the Arduino >> IDE on the Beagelbone, just because the beaglebone is connected to, and >> communicating with the Arduino. Did you miss this part of my post ? Or did >> I miss something in yours ?* > > > Let me put it another way. Porting the IDE could be a very useful > learning experience for you and your son. However it is not necessary, and > potentially a huge time sink. At least if I understand your posts > correctly. The Arduino controller can still be programmed via your sons > Linux PC. Once programmed, it does not matter where the code came from, as > long as it is running on the Arduino, and functioning correctly. > > On the beaglebone side it gets a bit more complicated. You can compile > natively, or cross compile. In the end however, again it does not matter > really. So long as the code is there, and functioning correctly. With that > said, there is no Arduino IDE for the beagelbone, to compile binaries for > the beaglebone. This is where your son will have to pick up another > language. I would recommend C first, and C++ second. Since Arduino > libraries seem to be loosely based on C++. Also fundamental understanding > of gcc toolchains, and the stdlib for Linux is a must. > > William, > > Where do you find the info that the Arduino IDE isn't available for BBB? > Clearly it *is* available from the Debian repos. The real problem is he > needs a newer version that hasn't yet been released to sid or jessie. I > believe there is a newer version in experimental, don't recall what version > it is though. There is nothing to port... > > Mike > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
