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RadioHead library for Arduino CDT anyone? [message #1759104]

Thu, 06 April 2017 12:41

Joachim Banzhaf

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Registered: April 2017

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Hi,

I have written a sketch that uses the RadioHead library on the arduino ide.
Since I now want to move to eclipse, how do I integrate this lib the proper eclipse way?
It is not available with the Arduino downloads manager.
I can download the zip file (http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/arduino/RadioHead/RadioHead-1.74.zip) and extract it. But where to? Anything else to configure in the IDE or will it then be picked up like the libs from the downloads manager (project properties/libraries)?

Thanks,
Joachim

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Re: RadioHead library for Arduino CDT anyone? [message #1759119 is a reply to message #1759104]

Thu, 06 April 2017 15:19

Doug Schaefer

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Registered: July 2009

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Did you try unzipping it into the .arduino/libraries directory? If you install another library you can see what the format is. I do a directory scan looking for the libraries so it should be picked up there on Eclipse restart. If not, raise a bug and I can double check.

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Re: RadioHead library for Arduino CDT anyone? [message #1759128 is a reply to message #1759119]

Thu, 06 April 2017 17:10

Tauno Voipio

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The zip file does not contain a library, but the sources and headers. The Documents directory is empty. There are some README files, though.

It seems to me that some form of documentation or instructions are needed.

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Tauno Voipio

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Re: RadioHead library for Arduino CDT anyone? [message #1759167 is a reply to message #1759128]

Fri, 07 April 2017 08:38

Joachim Banzhaf

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Registered: April 2017

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@Doug: I unzipped the RadioHead directory in ~/.arduino/libraries. Unfortunately this did not work: It does not show up in the downloads manager libraries or project libraries.
I had to create that directory first. So far there were just an .arduino15/ and an .arduinocde/ in my home directory.

@Tauno: yes it does not contain a precompiled lib. It contains what the arduino.cc IDE expects in its libraries folder to be able to build and use the library from there automatically.

Sooner rather than later I want to build my own libs in eclipse, so learning how to integrate RadioHead lib sources as a separate eclipse project and use that in my sketch would help me a lot. I couldn't find an example so far, and there is only a template for sketch projects, but not for sketch libs.

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Re: RadioHead library for Arduino CDT anyone? [message #1759354 is a reply to message #1759167]

Mon, 10 April 2017 20:13

Russ Hedger

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Registered: April 2017

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I have managed to install the Radiohead libraries so that they are detected and compile by the Arduino CDT plugin. I'll detail this when I have my first post approved, when I should be able to post a message containing a URL.

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Re: RadioHead library for Arduino CDT anyone? [message #1759431 is a reply to message #1759167]

Tue, 11 April 2017 16:21

Russ Hedger

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Registered: April 2017

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joachim,

This is quite easy to do. In the Arduino plugin's libraries folder, create a subfolder naming the library, and within this a subfolder for the version, and unzip the Radiohead library into this. Using Radiohead 1.7.4 on Linux, I created a folder with this path:

.arduinocdt/libraries/Radiohead/1.7.4/

You then need to add a text file named 'library.properties' into the folder where you unzipped the Radiohead library. I edited one from an existing library to get the format:

name=Radiohead
version=1.7.4
author=Mike McCauley
maintainer=Mike McCauley
sentence=RadioHead Packet Radio library for embedded microprocessors
paragraph=This is the RadioHead Packet Radio library for embedded microprocessors. It provides a complete object-oriented library for sending and receiving packetized messages via a variety of common data radios and other transports on a range of embedded microprocessors.
category=Communication
url=http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/arduino/RadioHead/
architectures=*

Restart the Eclipse IDE and you will be able to add the library via the project properties menu (it shows up under Libraries --> Communication).

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Re: RadioHead library for Arduino CDT anyone? [message #1760099 is a reply to message #1759431]

Sat, 22 April 2017 14:13

Joachim Banzhaf

Messages: 4
Registered: April 2017

Junior Member

Thanks! I'll try that.

P.S.: got it running Smile

[Updated on: Sat, 22 April 2017 18:49]

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