VS Arduino - Can't install Sparkfun AVR boards

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neuralian Newbies Offline Posts: 7 Joined: Jan 20^th, 2014	Can't install Sparkfun AVR boards Jan 26^th, 2016 at 11:13pm	Print Post
	I am using Visual Micro with Arduino 1.6.7 & Atmel Studio 7. Sparkfun AVR boards are installed under the Arduino IDE, but don't appear on the list of boards under Visual Micro/Atmel Studio 7. I have configured the board manager URL, and "Sparkfun AVR boards" appears on the boards installer list. When I run the installer, it acts like it's working and adds Sparkfun AVR boards to the "installed" list under the board manager. But Sparkfun AVR boards don't appear on the list of available boards in Visual Micro. If I restart or rescan , Sparkfun AVR boards vanish from the board manager "installed" list and re-appear as available to be installed. I tried installing the boards within the board manager from a .zip file, which also failed (unable to extract to the required directory; of course the unzipped folder is already in the correct location, because it's installed for Arduino IDE). Thanks.


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12163 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Can't install Sparkfun AVR boards Reply #1 - Jan 26^th, 2016 at 11:21pm	Print Post
	Hi, Arduino 1.6.7 was released after the atmel studio version of visual micro and it contains some major changes to where hardware is saved. There will be a new release of visual micro for atmel studio shortly. The Visual Studio 2015 version of Visual Micro is always the most update to date. If you could post a link to the sparkfun zip you have used I will test it with the latest vm to make sure it works. I am also keen to know what you click to install your zip via the arduino 1.6.7 Ide boards manager (asking because I want to be clear we are talking about the same things)? Thanks


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neuralian Newbies Offline Posts: 7 Joined: Jan 20^th, 2014	Re: Can't install Sparkfun AVR boards (workaround) Reply #2 - Jan 27^th, 2016 at 4:01am	Print Post
	Thanks for the prompt response. "SF32u4_boards-master.zip" downloaded from https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12587. I fixed the problem (Well, found a workaround): Removed "Sparkfun AVR boards" from Arduino 1.6.7 board manager, then manually installed the board files (i.e. unzipped and copied the "sparkfun" folder to Arduino/hardware folder.) I tried installing from the .zip file using the Atmel Studio/Visual Micro board manager, not the Arduino board manager ("install new hardware from zip" is an option at the bottom of the Board Manager tab of Visual Micro explorer).


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12163 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Can't install Sparkfun AVR boards Reply #3 - Feb 6^th, 2016 at 7:49pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the info it is helpful. Visual micro uses the public SharpZip library to expand hardware and tools. It's turned out to be a problem with some compressed files from sparkfun and also from esp8266. Converting to another zip library is almost next on the list!


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