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Add instructions for adding "dialout" group to allow uploading sketches in Arduino IDE 2.x without permission errors
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The Arduino ecosystem offers two Versions of the Arduino IDE and an Arduino CLI that both base on.
The Arduino ecosystem offers two Versions of the Arduino IDE and an Arduino CLI that both base on.
The latter can be used for building Arduino projects with nix.
The latter can be used for building Arduino projects with nix.
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== Arduino IDE 2.x ==
== Arduino IDE 2.x ==


The Arduino IDE 2.x is available in nixpkgs as <code>arduino-ide</code>
The Arduino IDE 2.x is available in nixpkgs as {{nixos:package|arduino-ide}}


When trying to upload to your board, you may get the following error:
When trying to upload to your board, you may get the following error:
<code>Cannot perform port reset: 1200-bps touch: opening port at 1200bps: Permission denied
 
No device found on ttyACM0</code>
<code>
This is a serial port permissions issue. Add your user to the <code>dialout</code> group, rebuild your system, then log out and back in or reboot to apply:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
Cannot perform port reset: 1200-bps touch: opening port at 1200bps: Permission denied
No device found on ttyACM0
</code>
 
This is a serial port permissions issue. Add your user to the <code>dialout</code> group, rebuild your system, then log out and back in or reboot to apply:
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
{
{
   users.users.<myuser>.extraGroups = [ "dialout" ];
   users.users.<myuser>.extraGroups = [ "dialout" ];
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== Arduino IDE 1.x ==
== Arduino IDE 1.x ==


This is the old Arduino IDE and it is available as <code>arduino</code> in nixpkgs.
This is the old Arduino IDE and it is available as {{nixos:package|arduino}} in nixpkgs.
It is still used for many projects.
It is still used for many projects.


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== Arduino CLI ==
== Arduino CLI ==


The Arduino CLI is available as <code>arduino-cli</code> in nixpkgs.
The Arduino CLI is available as {{nixos:package|arduino-cli}} in nixpkgs.


=== Build Arduino project with Nix ===
=== Build Arduino project with Nix ===