New Feather Board?

[geekguy]

I would love to see Adafruit's take on a Feather board using the STM32F405RG (Cortex-M4) with the WICED WiFi module. It might have both Arduino and MicroPython programming options. This is the same processor used on the MicroPython Board. I am especially interested in the possibility of having a WiFi capable Feather that can run full MicroPython. Having this power in a Feather sized board would be awesome!

Is this a possibility for the future?

8-Dale

[adafruit_support_rick]

I think we'll probably leave it at this for the foreseeable future:
https://www.adafruit.com/products/3056

[geekguy]

I think we'll probably leave it at this for the foreseeable future:
https://www.adafruit.com/products/3056

That one is on my radar. I have not been able to get the Arduino stuff manually installed into Arduino IDE 1.6.8 on OS X though.

8-Dale

[adafruit_support_rick]

I have not been able to get the Arduino stuff manually installed into Arduino IDE 1.6.8 on OS X though.

Really? What seems to be the problem?

[geekguy]

Really? What seems to be the problem?

I do not know. I just did a complete reinstall according to the tutorial ( https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing- ... i/overview ). and restarted the Arduino IDE. However, I do not get a board selection for the WICED board. I cloned the Git repo. I do not have a WICED Feather yet.

8-Dale

[adafruit_support_rick]

It doesn't show up with the rest of the adafruit boards. It's in a separate grouping. I have enough boards installed that I actually have to scroll down in the boards list to find it.

[geekguy]

It doesn't show up with the rest of the adafruit boards. It's in a separate grouping. I have enough boards installed that I actually have to scroll down in the boards list to find it.

I also have many boards installed, and have to scroll to see them all. There is no "Adafruit Feather Boards" catagory, and the "Adafruit WICED Feather" does not show up anywhere.

8-Dale

[adafruit_support_rick]

Hmmm. Let's go over it. I have the WICED folder installed like this:

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/Users/rick/Documents/Arduino/hardware/Adafruit_WICED_Arduino

On windows, it would still go in your sketchbook folder (not the Arduino program folder):

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C:\Users\rick\Documents\Arduino\hardware\Adafruit_WICED_Arduino

Do you have the Arduino SAM Boards (32-bits ARM Cortex-M3) board package installed?

Can you see the Arduino Due in your boards list?

[geekguy]

Hmmm. Let's go over it. I have the WICED folder installed like this:

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/Users/rick/Documents/Arduino/hardware/Adafruit_WICED_Arduino

This is what I have.

Do you have the Arduino SAM Boards (32-bits ARM Cortex-M3) board package installed?

Can you see the Arduino Due in your boards list?

Yes, and yes.

8-Dale

[adafruit_support_rick]

Well, the only difference I can see is that you cloned the repo and I just copied it. Can't see why that would be a problem.
What version of the IDE are you running? Maybe upgrade to the latest?

[geekguy]

Well, the only difference I can see is that you cloned the repo and I just copied it. Can't see why that would be a problem.

I have tried it both ways - cloning the repo, and using the zip arching. Same results.

What version of the IDE are you running? Maybe upgrade to the latest?

v1.6.8, the very latest.

I am thoroughly mystified. Maybe there is something weird in the OS X version of the IDE. I am also running the very latest version of OS X El Capitan.

8-Dale

[ktownsend]

This is strange to me since almost all the development was done on OS X using 10.11.4, although I'm on Arduino 1.6.5 (the very latest version has some issues).

The only two things I can think of are file permission issues or something that I didn't encounter with Arduino 1.6.8. Is there any chance you could try with 1.6.5 just to see what happen, but I'll update to 1.6.8 here on another machine to test with.

[geekguy]

The only two things I can think of are file permission issues or something that I didn't encounter with Arduino 1.6.8. Is there any chance you could try with 1.6.5 just to see what happen, but I'll update to 1.6.8 here on another machine to test with.

Even with 1.6.5, I don't see the WICED board. :-( There has to be something weird with my laptop, but I don't know what it is.

8-Dale

[adafruit_support_rick]

Double-check that you have the right sketchbook path specified in Arduino Preferences.

[geekguy]

Double-check that you have the right sketchbook path specified in Arduino Preferences.

I do.

8-Dale