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9 Installing Arduino Library Files
Installing Arduino Library Files
The programs written to control your Arduino are called sketches and your Blackmagic 3G-SDI
Arduino Shield uses Arduino library files that help make writing sketches easier. After installing
your shield’s setup software, the library files are installed into a folder named ‘Library’. All you
need to do now is copy the folder containing the library files and paste it into your Arduino
libraries folder.
To install the library files on Mac OS X:
1 Open ‘Blackmagic Arduino Shield’ in your ‘applications’ folder.
2 Open the ‘Library’ folder and right click/copy the folder named: BMDSDIControl.
3 Now go to your computer’s ‘documents’ folder and open the Arduino folder.
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You will see a sub-folder named ‘libraries’. Paste the BMDSDIControl folder into the
‘libraries’ folder.
To install the library files on Windows:
1 Open the Programs/Blackmagic Arduino Shield folder.
2 You will now see a subfolder named ‘Library’. Open this folder and then right click/copy
the folder named: BMDSDIControl.
3 Now go to your computer’s ‘documents’ folder and open the Arduino folder.
4 You will see a sub-folder named ‘libraries’. Paste the BMDSDIControl folder into the
‘libraries’ folder.
That’s all you need to do to install the Blackmagic Design library files on your computer. When
running the Arduino software, you will now also have Blackmagic Design example sketches to
choose from.
Simply go to the ‘file’ drop down menu in the Arduino software menu bar, and select ‘examples’.
Now select BMDSDIControl and you will see a list of example sketches you can use.
With the library files stored in the correct folder, your shield can now use them to communicate
with the Arduino board. All you need to do is program the Arduino IDE software. Refer to the
‘Programming Arduino Sketches’ section for more information.
NOTE The Arduino IDE software needs to be closed when installing libraries.
NOTE If an updated library file with examples is released in the future, you will
need to delete the old BMDSDIControl folder and replace it with the new folder
using the method described above.