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bamatika edited this page Apr 27, 2022 · 6 revisions

Software Instructions

  1. Download Arduino IDE

  2. Install Arduino boards to flash the Adafruit Feather M4 Click Tools > Board: > Board Manager > And then search and install: Arduino SAMD Boards (tested with v1.8.11) Adafruit SAMD Boards (tested with v1.7.10) (Go get a coffee, these will take ~10 minutes each to install)

  3. Install Force Library - click tools, manage library, and search for and install:

    • Force (v1.4.1) by Lex Kravitz
  1. Accept dependency libraries:
    • Adafruit GFX Library (v1.10.14) by Adafruit
    • Adafruit NeoPixel (v1.10.4) by Adafruit
    • Adafruit seesaw Library (v1.6.1) by Adafruit
    • Adafruit SPIFlash (v3.9.1) by Adafruit
    • Adafruit ST7735 and ST7789 Library (v1.9.3) by Adafruit
    • SdFat - Adafruit Fork (v1.5.11) by Bill Greiman
    • Adafruit BusIO (v1.11.4) by Adafruit
  1. Install last two dependency libraries - click tools, manage library, and search for and install:
    • HX711 Arduino Library (v0.7.5) by Bogdan Necula
    • RTClib (v1.13.0) by Adafruit **** NOTE THE VERSION NUMBER, VERSIONS NEWER THAN 1.13.0 WILL NOT WORK WITH FORCE ****
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