Arduino Setup for Explore M3 Revision as of 13:23, 17 May 2016 by Sandeep (Talk | contribs) (diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

This page is placeholder for adding Arduino IDE support for Explore M3. Since there could be a few changes on bootloader front etc till the board goes for crowdfunding, this will be updated later. Also with the new board management feature on Arduino, the board can be added with a simple URL for all major Operating Systems. So do check back later!

Manual Installation

Windows

1. Download and install the Arduino IDE (1.6.5 or later).
2. Download and extract the contents of repository inside Arduino>Hardware directory of your Arduino Installation. Usually found under Documents>Arduino>Hardware. Verify that the directory structure looks like C:\Users\myPC\Documents\Arduino\hardware\Explore-M3. Note: This is for beta testers only, to get access to repo, please send an email with your github user-id
3. Installing the Device Firmware Upgrade(DFU) Driver. This driver is used for programming the Explore M3.
   1. To upload a new program to Explore M3, put the board in programming mode by holding down the boot-loader switch, press and release the reset switch and then release the boot-loader switch.
   2. The board shows up as unknown device in device manager.
      
   3. Go to ..\Documents\Arduino\hardware\Explore-M3\tools\win and run the Zidag utility.
   4. Click on Options and select List All Devices
   5. Select the device as Explore M3 and assign WinUSB driver as shown
   6. Click on Install driver
   7. Verify in the device Manager that the driver is successfully installed.
4. Install Virtual COM driver
5. Select the board as Explore M3 as shown below: Tools>Boards>Explore M3