Design and Implementation of Specialized Integrated Development Environment for IoT Programming Experiment Course
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52731/liir.v004.177Keywords:
Cross-compiling, microcomputer programming, arduino-cli, IoT educationAbstract
The department to which the authors belong started an IoT (Internet of Things) programming experiment for third-year university students in 2021. This experiment involves the development of programs written in the C language, specifically tailored for the M5StickC-Plus platform. In the preceding years, the authors employed tools such as the Arduino IDE, the command-line build tool arduino-cli, and the Visual Studio Code Arduino extension to create their experimental environment. However, configuring these tools for the desired environment proved to be intricate, and managing serial connections during the coding process posed further complexities. To address these challenges, the authors designed a streamlined integrated development environment (IDE) using Java language. This dedicated IDE excels in presenting an organized array of sample source files, facilitating source code editing, and enabling efficient device programming. Consequently, the issues encountered while using the Arduino IDE and Visual Studio Code were successfully mitigated, resulting in a smoother progression of experiments for the students.
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