[OpenTRV-dev] PlatformIO

[Jeremy Poulter]

Finally got a clean set of builds using Travis IO:
https://travis-ci.org/jeremypoulter/OpenTRV-Arduino-V0p2.

These changes make the V0p2_minimal_hw_compilation_tests.sh script
redundant from a Travis CI POV. Is that script used elsewhere? FYI the exit
0 at the end makes it useless for Travis CI as that hides build errors.

Jeremy

On 16 March 2017 at 11:06, Jeremy Poulter <jeremy at bigjungle.net> wrote:

> Well spotted ;-) I have the code building via Platform IO, and I am
> pondering how to persuade Travis CI to build using both Arduino IDE and
> Platform IO, probably going to just have to move the install/build commands
> into scripts and use a variable to switch between them,
>
> With regard to your questions;
>
> - Ease of setting up.
> Platform IO is comparable to Arduino IDE in terms of setting up. The IDE
> is just an install similar to other apps. You still need to a bit of manual
> install of the V0p2 board config, but I will fond out from the OEM guys how
> to add the config to the main Platform IO repo, I think it is just a case
> of a PR.
>
> - Dependency management with versioning etc.
> The Libraries have full dependency management specifying specific versions
> if needed, and this is project specific so one project does not mess up
> others. This is also specified in the project file so makes getting started
> far easier compared with Arduino IDE.
>
> - The possibility of supporting another MCU.
> Platform IO supports many more MCUs (and CPUs) than Arduino IDE and
> without a lot of the messing around adding additional with a board manager
> as there is a central (online) repository. However that does not
> necessarily translate to easy of moving the OpenTRV code to another CPU, it
> depends on how dependant OpenTRV is on the Arduino APIs and AVR. Also it
> should also be noted that Arduino IDE also supports a huge range of MCUs
> these days
>
> - Maintaining support for building on the Arduino IDE.
> Platform IO projects can easily be built in Arduino IDE and visa-versa. I
> did have to make one change due to some pre-processor weirdness which was
> to move the main content of the .ino file to a .cpp file but an empty .ino
> file is all that is needed to allow builds in Arduino IDE
>
> Here are some other Platform IO IDE advantages;
> - Code completion
> - Built on Atom IDE, with access to all the extensions that supports
> - Huge development effort and support
> - Easy to support building of different configs without changing the code
>
> but there are also some disadvantages;
> - I am not aware of any support for flashing bootloaders (but I have not
> really looked for any)
> - Sometimes there are inconsistencies with Arduino IDE (as mentioned
> above) but I have also had weirdness with an Arduino Mega, but even in
> these cases I find it a much more pleasant experience to code in Platform
> IO and just build with Arduino IDE.
>
> FYI to add the V0p2 support to Platform IO copy https://github.com/
> jeremypoulter/OpenTRV-Arduino-V0p2/raw/master/Arduino/hardware/V0p2.json
> to ~/.platfomio/boards/
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> On 14 March 2017 at 15:52, Deniz Erbilgin <deniz.erbilgin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience/thoughts on PlatformIO?
>>
>> Jeremy P has got our code compiling on it and we've been looking for a
>> better build environment than the Arduino IDE can currently provide.
>>
>> We're specifically interested in:
>> - Ease of setting up.
>> - Dependency management with versioning etc.
>> - The possibility of supporting another MCU.
>> - Maintaining support for building on the Arduino IDE.
>>
>> repo here if anyone wants to take a look:
>> https://github.com/jeremypoulter/OpenTRV-Arduino-V0p2/tree/master/Arduino
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Deniz
>>
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