Using the Board Manager
Since the release of Arduino 1.6.4, adding third party boards to the Arduino IDE is easily achieved through the
board manager. If you're running an older version of Arduino (v1.6.3 or earlier), we recommend upgrading now. As
always, you can download the latest version of Arduino from arduino.cc.
To begin, you'll need to point the Arduino IDE board manager to a custom URL. Open up Arduino, then go to the
Preferences (
File
>
Preferences
). Then, towards the bottom of the window, paste this URL into the "Additional
Board Manager URLs" text box:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sparkfun/Arduino_Boards/master/IDE_Board_Manager/package_spark
fun_index.json
You can add multiple URLs by clicking the window icon, and pasting in one URL per line.
Click OK. Then open the Board Manager by clicking Tools, then hovering over the Board selection tab and clicking
Board Manager.
Search for '
sparkfun
' in the Board Manager. You should see the
SparkFun AVR Boards
package appear. Click
install, wait a few moments, and all the
*.brd
files you'll need should be installed, indicated by the blue 'Installed'
that is printed next to the package.
