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@ -13,21 +13,22 @@ To report a bug or a make a suggestions, go to:
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[software] http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=swbugs
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INSTALLATION
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Detailed instructions are in reference/howto.html.
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Detailed instructions are in reference/Guide_Windows.html and
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reference/Guide_MacOSX.html. For Linux, see the Arduino playground:
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http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/Linux
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If you are using a USB Arduino, you will need to install the drivers for the
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FTDI chip on the board. These can be found in the drivers/ directory.
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* On Windows, you will need to unzip FTDI USB Drivers.zip. Then plug in the
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Arduino board and point the Windows Add Hardware wizard to the FTDI USB
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Drivers directory.
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* On Windows, plug in the Arduino board and point the Windows Add Hardware
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wizard to the drivers/FTDI USB Drivers sub-directory of the Arduino
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application directory.
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* On the Mac, mount the FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_1_6.dmg (on PPC Macs) or the
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FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_2_6_Intel.dmg (on Intel Macs) disk image and run the
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included FTDIUSBSerialDriver.pkg. Also run the macosx_setup.command (after
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moving the Arduino distribution to your /Applications folder). It corrects
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permission on a few files for use with the serial port and will prompt you
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for your password. You may need to reboot after running this script.
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included FTDIUSBSerialDriver.pkg. You will need to restart your computer.
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* On Linux, drivers are included in kernel versions 2.4.20 or greater.
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CREDITS
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Arduino is an open source project, owned by nobody and supported by many.
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@ -45,111 +46,117 @@ from Processing and Wiring.
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UPDATES
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0007
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0007 - 2006.12.25
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Added attachInterrupt() and detachInterrupt() functions for handling of
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external interrupts on pins 2 and 3.
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Implemented shiftOut() routine; see reference for details.
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Replaced avr-lib's uart routines with custom code for handling serial
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communication and modified C++ serial commands to call the C serial commands,
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saving ~1 KB of space; the code may behave slightly differently in border
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cases (e.g. non-standard speeds, or on overflow).
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Adding Sonar library for controlling Parallax Ultrasonic PING))) sensors.
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Defining binary constants: e.g. B1010 is 6.
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Digital pins 0 and 1 can be used for i/o until a call to Serial.begin().
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* Smaller core (about 3.5 KB instead of 4.5 KB).
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* Added a SoftwareSerial library (thanks to Antonio, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, and
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bigengineer for their help).
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* Implemented a Serial.flush() routine; see reference for details.
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* Digital pins 0 and 1 can be used for i/o until a call to Serial.begin().
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* Replaced avr-lib's uart routines with custom code for handling serial
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communication and modified C++ serial commands to call the C serial commands;
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the code may behave slightly differently in border cases (e.g. non-standard
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speeds, or on overflow).
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* Added attachInterrupt() and detachInterrupt() functions for handling of
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external interrupts on pins 2 and 3.
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* Implemented shiftOut() routine; see reference for details.
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* Defining binary constants: e.g. B1010 is 6.
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* Mac versions no longer require running of the macosx_setup.command script.
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* Windows version comes with the FTDI USB drivers already unzipped.
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0006 - 2006.10.21
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Mac version no longer requires Java 1.5, meaning it should run on 10.3.9.
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Added support for analog inputs 6 and 7 and pwm on pins 5 and 6 on the
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on the ATmega168 used in the Arduino Mini (extra analog inputs not available
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in DIP ATmega168s).
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You now select the baud rate for the serial monitor from within the editor
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status bar when the serial monitor is running instead of from the Tools menu.
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Pressing enter within the serial monitor edit box no longer appends a newline
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to the message sent to the board.
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Included the Wire (TWI) library from Wiring.
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Updated the reference.
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* Mac version no longer requires Java 1.5, meaning it should run on 10.3.9.
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* Added support for analog inputs 6 and 7 and pwm on pins 5 and 6 on the
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on the ATmega168 used in the Arduino Mini (extra analog inputs not available
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in DIP ATmega168s).
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* You now select the baud rate for the serial monitor from within the editor
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status bar when the serial monitor is running instead of from the Tools menu.
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* Pressing enter within the serial monitor edit box no longer appends a newline
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to the message sent to the board.
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* Included the Wire (TWI) library from Wiring.
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* Updated the reference.
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0005 - 2006.09.26
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Applied patch from Hans Steiner to improve Linux support by searching for avr
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tools in the user's path instead of expecting them at a fixed location.
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Added an upload.verbose preference for help in debugging.
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ATmega168 support!
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New Wiring-compatible randomSeed(), random(max) and random(min, max) functions
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(except operating on longs instead of floats).
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Fixed bug that sometimes caused uploading of old versions of a sketch.
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Serial monitor nows include an interface to send messages to the Arduino
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board. Pressing return appends a newline, pushing the send button doesn't.
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Now displaying "burning bootloader..." and "compiling..." status messages.
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* Applied patch from Hans Steiner to improve Linux support by searching for avr
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tools in the user's path instead of expecting them at a fixed location.
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* Added an upload.verbose preference for help in debugging.
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* ATmega168 support!
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* New Wiring-compatible randomSeed(), random(max) and random(min, max) functions
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(except operating on longs instead of floats).
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* Fixed bug that sometimes caused uploading of old versions of a sketch.
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* Serial monitor nows include an interface to send messages to the Arduino
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board. Pressing return appends a newline, pushing the send button doesn't.
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* Now displaying "burning bootloader..." and "compiling..." status messages.
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0004 - 2006.04.26
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Main sketch is now compiled as C++ (instead of C).
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Updated avr toolchain.
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printInteger(), printHex(), etc. now handle longs.
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millis() fixed (now overflows after days, not minutes)
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Fixed path to java in Windows run.bat.
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Added Matrix and Sprite libraries (written with Nicholas Zambetti).
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PWM now working on pin 11 (in addition to pins 9 and 10).
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Slowed PWM frequency (on all three PWM pins) to 1KHz.
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Now give an error if compiled sketch is too big.
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Fixed abs(), min(), max(), and constrain() macros.
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Added menu items to the IDE to burn bootloader.
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Now display binary sketch size on upload, and give error if too big.
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Added C++ serial library.
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Resynced with Processing/Wiring IDE code (improved auto-format, faster logging
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to serial monitor console, other bug fixes)
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New library system.
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Updated to latest version of the RXTX serial library; Mac users will need to
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rerun macosx_setup.command.
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* Main sketch is now compiled as C++ (instead of C).
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* Updated avr toolchain.
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* printInteger(), printHex(), etc. now handle longs.
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* millis() fixed (now overflows after days, not minutes)
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* Fixed path to java in Windows run.bat.
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* Added Matrix and Sprite libraries (written with Nicholas Zambetti).
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* PWM now working on pin 11 (in addition to pins 9 and 10).
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* Slowed PWM frequency (on all three PWM pins) to 1KHz.
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* Now give an error if compiled sketch is too big.
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* Fixed abs(), min(), max(), and constrain() macros.
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* Added menu items to the IDE to burn bootloader.
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* Now display binary sketch size on upload, and give error if too big.
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* Added C++ serial library.
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* Resynced with Processing/Wiring IDE code (improved auto-format, faster logging
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to serial monitor console, other bug fixes)
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* New library system.
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* Updated to latest version of the RXTX serial library; Mac users will need to
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rerun macosx_setup.command.
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0003 - 2006.01.16
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API Changes
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Reversed the analog input pins to correspond to newer boards. This means
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a call, for example, to analogRead(0) must be changed to analogRead(5) in
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order to read the same physical pin.
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Added a printNewline() function (which sends '\n' = ASCII 10).
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* Reversed the analog input pins to correspond to newer boards. This means
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a call, for example, to analogRead(0) must be changed to analogRead(5) in
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order to read the same physical pin.
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* Added a printNewline() function (which sends '\n' = ASCII 10).
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New Stuff
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Reference is included (features native to C not yet documented).
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Serial monitor added (click the toolbar button to turn it on or off). Baud
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rate is controlled by the Serial Monitor Baud Rate Menu, defaults to 9600. Icon
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and implementation from Wiring.
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Serial port menu now automatically refreshes when opened.
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New blue color scheme and icons courtesy of Noah Shibley (colors are hardcoded
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into the source to ensure consistency with image files).
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Keyspan and FTDI USB drivers included with Mac and Windows distributions.
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* Reference is included (features native to C not yet documented).
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* Serial monitor added (click the toolbar button to turn it on or off). Baud
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rate is controlled by the Serial Monitor Baud Rate Menu, defaults to 9600.
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Icon and implementation from Wiring.
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* Serial port menu now automatically refreshes when opened.
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* New blue color scheme and icons courtesy of Noah Shibley (colors are hardcoded
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into the source to ensure consistency with image files).
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* Keyspan and FTDI USB drivers included with Mac and Windows distributions.
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Bug Fixes
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millis() now updates every millisecond instead of every second.
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Bootloader included with Windows distribution (it was already in the Mac dist).
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Updated icon of the Windows executable.
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Now flushing the serial port before uploading (should fix some errors).
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Improved accuracy of the delayMicroseconds() function.
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* millis() now updates every millisecond instead of every second.
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* Bootloader included with Windows distribution (it was already in the Mac
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dist).
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* Updated icon of the Windows executable.
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* Now flushing the serial port before uploading (should fix some errors).
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* Improved accuracy of the delayMicroseconds() function.
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Other
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Upload rate no longer selectable from a menu within the IDE. Instead, edit the
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serial.download_rate item in the preferences.txt file.
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Created Xcode project for building Arduino on the Mac (doesn't yet regenerate
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the grammar files or package the distribution); active target should be "App".
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Removed unused or unimplemented items from menus.
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* Upload rate no longer selectable from a menu within the IDE. Instead, edit
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the serial.download_rate item in the preferences.txt file.
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* Created Xcode project for building Arduino on the Mac (doesn't yet regenerate
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the grammar files or package the distribution); active target should be "App".
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* Removed unused or unimplemented items from menus.
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0002 - 2005.10.05
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New build process no longer uses makefiles; now controlled by preferences.txt.
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core/ replaced with targets/; can now link against Wiring libraries.
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Replaced print() with printString, printInteger, printHex, printByte, etc.
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Added menu for selecting serial port speed.
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Updated icon.
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Bootloader shrunk to less than 1 KB; fuses updated accordingly.
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Added serialRead(), serialAvailable(), and delayMicroseconds().
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* New build process no longer uses makefiles; now controlled by preferences.txt.
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* core/ replaced with targets/; can now link against Wiring libraries.
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* Replaced print() with printString, printInteger, printHex, printByte, etc.
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* Added menu for selecting serial port speed.
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* Updated icon.
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* Bootloader shrunk to less than 1 KB; fuses updated accordingly.
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* Added serialRead(), serialAvailable(), and delayMicroseconds().
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0001 - 2005.08.25
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This is the first released of the unified IDE + language library
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it's a terrible hack... but it works. at the moment it's in alpha stage
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but it can be used to work.
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The processing preprocessor is included but not used.
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* This is the first released of the unified IDE + language library
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it's a terrible hack... but it works. at the moment it's in alpha stage
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but it can be used to work.
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* The processing preprocessor is included but not used.
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