Possible Linux release?

[lankv2]

I created a linux version of the software setup. It uses the official arduino ide appimage bundled with the sketch files in it's own home directory so it should be portable and not interfere with any existing arduino ide setup. All you have to do is extract the archive, run the appimage and you should be ready to configure the firmware! I've tested it and it works on my system of debian 12. If anyone would be willing to test it on their system please reach out. Btw, the appimage is unmodified.

[Ancyker]

As I said in Discord, but will repeat here in case anyone feels differently, I believe the whole point of providing the portable IDE is to simplify updating the firmware for less-technical users. I'd assume if you are running Linux as your main OS you have some technical capability in which case you can just go the usual route for compiling the firmware.

However, perhaps we should make a quick start guide for Linux users.

The command to install the Arduino CLI under Linux is quite simple (omit BINDIR=~/.local/bin and run as root for a global install):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arduino/arduino-cli/master/install.sh | BINDIR=~/.local/bin sh

Once installed and added to PATH, you can run these commands to install the AVR core and libs:

arduino-cli core install arduino:avr
arduino-cli lib install sdfat
arduino-cli lib install U8g2
arduino-cli lib install RotaryEncoder
arduino-cli lib install RTClib
arduino-cli lib install FreqCount
arduino-cli lib install "Adafruit BusIO"
arduino-cli lib install "Adafruit NeoPixel"
arduino-cli lib install "Etherkit Si5351"

Setup the project (only run this the first time):

OSCR_DIR=~/Arduino/OSCR
mkdir -p "$OSCR_DIR"
cd "$OSCR_DIR"
git clone https://github.com/sanni/cartreader.git project
mkdir build

Update the project source (only run this after the first time):

OSCR_DIR=~/Arduino/OSCR
cd "$OSCR_DIR/project"
git pull

Build the firmware:

cd "$OSCR_DIR/project/Cart_Reader"
arduino-cli compile -v -b arduino:avr:mega --build-path "$OSCR_DIR/build" --output-dir "$OSCR_DIR/build"

Upload the firmware (replace <DEVICE_NAME> with the device name):

arduino-cli upload "$OSCR_DIR/build/Cart_Reader.ino.hex" -p /dev/<DEVICE_NAME> -b arduino:avr:mega