BPI:bit for Arduino
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About BPI:bit
This product adopts esp-wroom-32 module as the core for design, and supports wi-fi, bluetooth, BLE and other wireless communication modes.
The BPI bit (also referred to as BPI-bit, stylised as bpi:bit) is an ESP32 with 32-bit Xtensa LX6 dual-core processor based embedded system. It supports Webduino, Arduino, MicroPython as well as Scratch X programming environments.
More about Banana Pi BPI:bit,please see :BPI-Bit
BPI:bit for Arduino-IDE
Wired connection board
Connect the boards to your computer via the MicroUSB wire, it is same as BPI:bit with microPython.
please see this documents:2 Wired connection board
Development extension package
Arduino-esp32 developer kit, click the previous link to get the developer kit
From arduino-esp32, an open source project of github (espressif), it is recommended to use github DeskTop tool to update the suite at any time.
Windows installation instructions
- Download and install the latest version of the Arduino IDE, Windows Installer from arduino.cc
- Download the arduino development extension package from the espressif/arduino-esp32 open source project
- Unzip the Arduino expansion package: [ARDUINO_SKETCHBOOK_DIR]/hardware/espressif/esp32
- In turn open directory [ARDUINO_SKETCHBOOK_DIR]/hardware/espressif/esp32 /tools, and double-click the get operation. Exe
- When get.exe runs out, you should see the following files in the directory
- Insert the BPI:bit board and wait for the driver to install (or manually install) Serial CH341
- Run the Arduino IDE
- Select your version (bpi-bit) Tools>Board menu
- Select the COM port to which the BIT board is connected, such as COMx
- Compile and upload your engineering code (BIT board design has automatic recording circuit, just click to upload)
Debian/Ubuntu Linux OS installation instructions
- Get and install the latest version of the arduino IDE from the arduino.cc website
- Open the terminal and execute the following command (copy-> paste and click enter):
sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER && \ sudo apt-get install git && \ wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py && \ sudo python get-pip.py && \ sudo pip install pyserial && \ mkdir -p ~/Arduino/hardware/espressif && \ cd ~/Arduino/hardware/espressif && \ git clone https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32.git esp32 && \ cd esp32 && \ git submodule update --init --recursive && \ cd tools && \ python2 get.py
- Rerun the Arduino IDE
- If you have installed arduino to ~/directory, please execute the following code. If not, please start from mkdir-p ~/ arduino /hardware:
cd ~/Arduino/hardware mkdir -p espressif && \ cd espressif && \ git clone https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32.git esp32 && \ cd esp32 && \ git submodule update --init --recursive && \ cd tools && \ python2 get.py
Mac OS install arduino IDE
- Get and install the latest version of the arduino IDE from the arduino.cc website
- Open the terminal and execute the following command (copy-> paste and click enter):
sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER && \ sudo apt-get install git && \ wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py && \ sudo python get-pip.py && \ sudo pip install pyserial && \ mkdir -p ~/Arduino/hardware/espressif && \ cd ~/Arduino/hardware/espressif && \ git clone https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32.git esp32 && \ cd esp32 && \ git submodule update --init --recursive && \ cd tools && \ python2 get.py
The ~/Documents/Arduino directory should be consistent with the "Arduino" > "preference" > "Sketchbook location" (after the software starts). You may need to change the above command if you need to!
If you receive the following error. Use xcode-select --install to install the command-line development tool and try the above command again:
xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun xcode-select --install