INSTALL.txt

USING COSA WITH THE ARDUINO IDE/BOARDS MANAGER
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1. Add the URL to the Cosa package definition file to the Arduino IDE
   Preferences>Additional Boards Manager URLs field.
   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikaelpatel/Cosa/master/package_cosa_index.json

2. Open the Arduino IDE Boards Manager in the Tools>Board menu.

3. Select Cosa and install.


USING COSA WITH THE ARDUINO IDE/TOOLCHAIN
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1. Download and install Arduino IDE. Default install directory in Cosa
   build script is $HOME/opt/arduino-VERSION

2. Download and install Cosa. Default install directory for Cosa is
   $HOME/Sketchbook/hardware/Cosa (Arduino 1.0.X)
   $HOME/Sketchbook/hardware/Cosa/avr (Arduino 1.5.X)

3. Start Arduino IDE.
   cd $HOME/opt/arduino-VERSION ; ./arduino

4. Open sketch, compile and upload, and start serial monitor.
   a. Set board; Tools>Board>Cosa BOARD
   b. Set port; Tools>Port>
   c. Open example sketch; File>Sketchbook/hardware>Cosa>...
   d. Compile and upload; File>Upload
   e. Open Serial Monitor; Tools>Serial Monitor


USING COSA WITH THE GCC AVR TOOLCHAIN (UBUNTU)
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1. Install gcc-avr (1:48-2.1) with avr-libc and avrdude with Ubuntu
   Software Center or apt-get.

2. Set environment variable COSA_DIR to the Cosa install directory.
   COSA_DIR=$HOME/Cosa ; export COSA_DIR

3. Set environment variable GCC_AVR_VER to gcc-4.2.
   GCC_AVR_VER=gcc-avr-4.2 ; export GCC_AVR_VER

4. Add COSA_DIR/build to PATH
   or add a symbolic link in local bin to COSA_DIR/bin/cosa.
   ln -s $COSA_DIR/build/cosa $HOME/bin/cosa

5. Run command line build with board.
   cd Cosa/example/Benchmarks/CosaBenchmarksPins
   cosa nano avanti