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Install Akafugu boards and libraries in Arduino 1.5.6 and up

2015.8.7

New in Arduino 1.5.6 is a Board Manager that makes it much easier to install libraries. All Akafugu libraries are available for download within Arduino IDE by using the Board Manager.

Here are the instructions:

Install Arduino

If you do not already have the Arduino IDE installed, you can download the full Arduino IDE from Arduino.cc homepage.

Akafugu Boards

Step 1

Prefs

Go to Preferences and add the following to Additional Boards Manager URLs:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/akafugu/akafugu_core/master/package_akafugu_index.json(separate by comma if you already have other URLs)

Step 2

Prefs

Go to "Tools/Board/Boards Manager..." Akafugu will show up in the list, click install.

Step 3

Prefs

The new boards will now appear in Boards menu.

Akafugu Library Packages

Prefs

From Arduino version 1.5.6 all Akafugu libraries are available in the new Library Manager. Go to "Sketch/Include Library/Manage Libraries..." and search for Akafugu.