Electron 0.2 Released
I’m happy to announce Electron 0.2. We’ve done a lot of work to improve the compiler and library tools. The biggest news is Windows and Linux support. Also, you don’t need to pre-install the regular Arduino IDE anymore. Electron will auto-download it’s own copy of the required toolchain. Here’s the details:
* Initial Windows and Linux support!
* You don’t need to modify settings.js anymore. Electron will auto detect your Arduino/Sketchbook dir.
* You don’t need the regular Arduino IDE installed anymore. The appropriate toolchain will be auto-downloaded for you the first time you compile something.
* User installed libs work now. Note that user installed libs take a priority over libs installed by the IDE.
* the serial port will be automatically closed and reopened when you upload a sketch. If this crashes your computer please let me know. I might need to increase the timeouts.
* Preliminary support for auto-detecting which board you are using by the USB VID/PID. Special thanks to PixnBits for that.
* Set the serial port speed
* Sketch rename works now
* download progress is shown in the browser (partially)
* tons of under the hood fixes
* auto scroll the console
The `arduino-data` project was also updated with new boards an libraries:
* New boards: TinyLily and Gamebuino
* More networking libs: CmdMessenger, OneWire, PS2Keyboard, SerialControl, SSoftware2Mobile, Webduino
* More specs on various boards
* The rest of the built in libraries: Ethernet, Firmata, GSM, LiquidCrystal, SD, SoftwareSerial, TFT, WiFi
* Support library sub-dependencies
Thanks to contributors:
* Dan O’Donovan / Dan-Emutex
* Nick Oliver / PixnBits
* Sean McCarthy / seandmcarthy
* trosper
You can get the latest code on the github project. Please test this with every board and OS you have. File bugs in the issue tracker</a>.
I’ve registered a domain for Electron, electron.pw, though don’t bother going there yet. I haven’t built the website. If anyone is a talented webdev who’d like to help with that job, please contact me.
I’ve you’d a sneak peek of the next version of Electron, check out the mockup here. It’s got a new library picker, a proper tree based file picker, and resizable panes. It still needs a lot of work before it can go live, but this will give you an idea of where we are going.
Thank you, and keep on testing.