From 35212acfedb27dce792f7df00cf750105914d4bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edoardo T Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:36:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] improve find fqbn FAQ (#274) As reported in multiple issues (#138 #191 #271) finding the right FQBN for a board can be difficult. Improving the documentation may help users to find the relevant information. Specifically, this PR closes #271 and add little improvement as suggested in #191. --- README.md | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a90cd2db727..4859eace41a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -343,8 +343,17 @@ Because: #### How can I find the core/FQBN for a board? +Update the core index to have latest boards informations: + + $ arduino-cli core update-index + Updating index: package_index.json downloaded + See: https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli#step-4-find-and-install-the-right-core +Further help can be found in [this comment](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/issues/138#issuecomment-459169051) in [#138](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/issues/138). + +For a deeper understanding of how FQBN works, you should understand Arduino Hardware specification. You can find more information in this [arduino/Arduino wiki page](https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/wiki/Arduino-IDE-1.5-3rd-party-Hardware-specification) + # Testing Currently Unit and Integration test are available for launch in 2 ways: @@ -366,4 +375,4 @@ Currently Unit and Integration test are available for launch in 2 ways: * test-unit-race: Run unit tests only with race condition detection ``` -For Example to launch unit tests only run: `task test-unit` \ No newline at end of file +For Example to launch unit tests only run: `task test-unit`