Manually Installing the *.brd Files
If you are using an older version of the Arduino IDE and do not have access to the Arduino Board Manager, then
you'll need to install the *.brd files the old fashioned way.
To begin,
, and unzip its contents into a
'hardware' directory
within your Arduino
sketchbook.
Note:
These Arduino addon files only work with
Arduino 1.5
and up. If you're using an earlier version of
Arduino, either update (and get some cool new features), or download the older version of the Addon.
Where's your Arduino sketchbook? Well, by default, it should an '
Arduino
' folder in your
home directory
, but to
double check you can go to
File
>
Preferences
within Arduino and check the '
Sketchbook location
' text box. Just
make sure you close all Arduino windows once you're done.
Once you've unzipped that folder into the '
hardware
' folder within your Arduino sketchbook (you may actually have
to create a hardware folder), your directory structure should look something like this:
The structure of this directory is critical -- it should look something like
"
.../Arduino/hardware/[manufacturer]/[architecture]
", in this case
[manufacturer]
is "
sparkfun
", and
[architecture]
is "
avr
."
.../Arduino/hardware/sparkfun/avr
There's a lot going on in that addon, but one of the most important files is '
boards.txt
', which will add a few new
entries to your '
Tools
>
Board
' menu.
To double-check that the board definitions have been added to Arduino,
open up Arduino
, and check under the
'
Tools
>
Board
' menu. There should be some new entires for 'SparkFun Pro Micro', 'SparkFun FioV3', 'Qduino
Mini', and other 32U4-based boards.
