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In particular, this adds support for the Adafruit SAMD Boards such as the Feather M0
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## Installation on Arduino IDE
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## ATSAMD51 Installation on Arduino IDE
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This is a detailed process for now!
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The ATSAMD51 is a significantly new chip, so this is a detailed process for now! For the SAMD21, please install via the board manager (no extra steps required)
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1. Install Arduino IDE 1.8.5 or greater
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2. Remove the Adafruit SAMD board support package if you have installed it
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3. make a folder in your ArduinoSketchFolder called "hardware", then make a folder "hardware/Adafruit"
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4. in "hardware/Adafruit" git clone https://github.com/adafruit/ArduinoCore-samd, and rename the folder "samd"
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5. Check you now have "ArduinoSketcheFolderName/hardware/Adafruit/samd/boards.txt"
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6. git checkout samd51 from within the cloned repo, and check boards.txt contains "# Adafruit Metro M4 (SAMD51)"
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7. Now we need to update CMSIS! Download https://github.com/adafruit/ArduinoModule-CMSIS-Atmel/archive/master.zip and unzip
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8. Find your Arduino CMSIS, in Mac its "~/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/CMSIS-Atmel/1.1.0/CMSIS" version # may vary, you'll need "Go to folder..." feature in the Finder to get to " ~/Library/Arduino15" as it is hidden. In Windows it is "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\CMSIS-Atmel\1.1.0\CMSIS" Inside is a folder named Device
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2. Install/update the Adafruit SAMD board support package if you have installed it
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3. Now we need to update CMSIS! Download https://github.com/adafruit/ArduinoModule-CMSIS-Atmel/archive/master.zip and unzip
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4. Find your Arduino CMSIS, in Mac its "~/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/CMSIS-Atmel/1.1.0/CMSIS" version # may vary, you'll need "Go to folder..." feature in the Finder to get to " ~/Library/Arduino15" as it is hidden. In Windows it is "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\CMSIS-Atmel\1.1.0\CMSIS" Inside is a folder named Device
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For Linux: the Arduino stuff is located in ~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/CMSIS-Atmel/1.1.0/CMSIS
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9. Inside the downloaded CMSIS zip, go into the CMSIS-Atmel/CMSIS folder, you should see a folder named Device. *DRAG THE DEVICE FOLDER ONLY* from the zip to your arduino Library folder so that Device is merged with Device. It will replace a bunch of files.
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5. Inside the downloaded CMSIS zip, go into the CMSIS-Atmel/CMSIS folder, you should see a folder named Device. *DRAG THE DEVICE FOLDER ONLY* from the zip to your arduino Library folder so that Device is merged with Device. It will replace a bunch of files.
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For Linux, it may be better to just delete the original Device Folder then copy over the new one - the drag/drop worked ok on MACOS, but not so well on my Linux box.
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10. You will also need to replace bossac. For Windows or Mac: Go here https://github.com/adafruit/BOSSA/releases and download either windows exe or mac app of latest bossac. unzip. Go to Step 12.
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6. You will also need to replace bossac. For Windows or Mac: Go here https://github.com/adafruit/BOSSA/releases and download either windows exe or mac app of latest bossac. unzip. Go to Step 12.
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For Linux users it is best to build a copy of bossac locally -
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clone the Adafruit Repostitory to somewhere on your local machine.
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Follow the instructions to build bossac in README.md or at https://github.com/adafruit/BOSSA/tree/arduino.
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11. Replace the binary at ".../Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/bossac/1.7.0/bossac" or "...\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\bossac\1.7.0\bossac"
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12. On Windows 7 you will also need to install the updated serial driver, download https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Windows_Drivers/archive/master.zip to get all the drivers, and point the Device Manager to the unzipped folder. It isn't signed, so just approve the installation manually.
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7. Replace the binary at ".../Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/bossac/1.7.0/bossac" or "...\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\bossac\1.7.0\bossac"
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8. On Windows 7 you will also need to install the updated serial driver, download https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Windows_Drivers/archive/master.zip to get all the drivers, and point the Device Manager to the unzipped folder. It isn't signed, so just approve the installation manually.
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13. That's it!
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