Arduino CLion setup

This is a tutorial on how to setup your environment to develop in CLion IDE for arduino.

Dependencies

Ant
platformio
python-pip
IntelliJ Plugin Serial Monitor

Setup

Install platformio via python-pip

Run in your application folder: platformio init --ide clion --board %type%

For example: platformio init --ide clion --board uno

Find your board

Run in your terminal: platformio boards

The Ardunio micro controller will be listed under the atmelavr section.

Example output:

Platform: atmelavr
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ID                    MCU            Frequency  Flash   RAM    Name
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1284p16m              ATMEGA1284P    16Mhz     127kB   16kB   Microduino Core+ (ATmega1284P@16M,5V)
1284p8m               ATMEGA1284P    8Mhz      127kB   16kB   Microduino Core+ (ATmega1284P@8M,3.3V)
168pa16m              ATMEGA168P     16Mhz     15kB    1kB    Microduino Core (Atmega168PA@16M,5V)
uno                   ATMEGA328P     16Mhz     31kB    2kB    Arduino Uno

Compiling and uploading

Via Ant - only with CLion

Run ant upload from your project root and it will be all done!

Via CLion

Use the PLATFORMIO_UPLOAD configuration and use build to upload and compile your sketch, Ctrl + F9. (DO NOT USE RUN OR DEBUG)

Via platformio

Run platformio run --target upload

Permission issues

In some cases you must add udev rules, see: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformio/platformio/develop/scripts/99-platformio-udev.rules

Serial Monitor

Install the Serial Monitor plugin in your IDE. You can find it here.

Configure it under File | Settings | Tools | Serial Monitor and configure your port from the drop down list.

platformio can not upload your application to your ardunio while the Serial Monitor is connected.

Links

Blog post about Arduino integration by "Just antoher dev blog"

platformio documentation for CLion integration

CLionArduinoSupport