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project.
The misspelled words dictionary was expanded in the latest release of codespell, which resulted in the detection of a
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> Error: ./docs/threadsafe-serial.md:51: pre-emptive ==> preemptive
> Codespell found one or more problems
The typo is hereby corrected, which will restore the spell check to a passing state.
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I supplemented the correction of the automatically detected typo with a general review of the documentation content,
fixing the additional typos I identified during that review.
This library makes it easy to use the multi-threading capability of [Arduino](https://www.arduino.cc/) boards that use an [Mbed OS](https://os.mbed.com/docs/mbed-os/latest/introduction/index.html)-based core library. Additionally this library provides thread-safe access to `Wire`, `SPI` and `Serial` which is relevant when creating multi-threaded sketches in order to avoid common pitfalls such as race-conditions and invalid state.
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This library makes it easy to use the multi-threading capability of [Arduino](https://www.arduino.cc/) boards that use an [Mbed OS](https://os.mbed.com/docs/mbed-os/latest/introduction/index.html)-based core library. Additionally this library provides thread-safe access to `Wire`, `SPI` and `Serial` which is relevant when creating multi-threaded sketches in order to avoid common pitfalls such as race-conditions and invalid state.
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Preeliminary**documentation** and download links for **required tooling** are available within the [`/docs`](docs/README.md) subfolder.
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Preliminary**documentation** and download links for **required tooling** are available within the [`/docs`](docs/README.md) subfolder.
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The Arduino threading APIs brings multi-threading to the world of Arduino. If you're new to the concept of threads we suggest you have first a look at the [Threading Basics](threading-basics.md) document.
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The Arduino threading APIs bring multi-threading to the world of Arduino. If you're new to the concept of threads we suggest you first take a look at the [Threading Basics](threading-basics.md) document.
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The following Arduino architectures and boards are currently supported:
For now, you need to use the Arduino CLI to upload sketches made with the `Arduino_Threads` library. It can be intimidating at first, but once you get the hang of it, it is not that different from working in the IDE.
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For now, you need to use the Arduino CLI to upload sketches made with the `Arduino_Threads` library. It can be intimidating at first, but once you get the hang of it, it is not that different from working in the IDE.
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This document will help you get started, showing you how to find all the information you need to get off the ground without needing to go in depth and learn everything there is to know about the CLI.
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This document will help you get started, showing you how to find all the information you need to get off the ground without needing to go in depth and learn everything there is to know about the CLI.
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## Installing
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To use the `Arduino_Threads` library, a special version of the Arduino CLI needs to be downloaded and installed. Installing the Arduino CLI is really just as simple as downloading it and extracting the files from the .zip archive, once it is on your computer it is installed. However, to keep your workflow tidy and organized, we recommend moving it to a directory with a short path. If you have been using the Arduino IDE, most likely the files are stored in your `Documents` folder, so let's put the CLI files in the same place.
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## Installing
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To use the `Arduino_Threads` library, a special version of the Arduino CLI needs to be downloaded and installed. Installing the Arduino CLI is really just as simple as downloading it and extracting the files from the .zip archive, once it is on your computer it is installed. However, to keep your workflow tidy and organized, we recommend moving it to a directory with a short path. If you have been using the Arduino IDE, most likely the files are stored in your `Documents` folder, so let's put the CLI files in the same place.
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Make a new folder in your `Documents` folder, and name it `CLI`, extract the files from the .zip archive to this folder.
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Make a new folder in your `Documents` folder, and name it `CLI`, extract the files from the .zip archive to this folder.
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## Navigating With the Command Prompt and Launching the Arduino CLI
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Since the Arduino CLI is a command line tool, it is not a program that you can launch by double clicking on the `.exe` file. Instead, we need to start it from the command prompt. Using the command prompt can be thought of like using the file explorer, you are in a folder, can move around to other folders, create new files, delete files, etc. The difference is that you do all of these things with commands instead of buttons.
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Since the Arduino CLI is a command line tool, it is not a program that you can launch by double clicking on the `.exe` file. Instead, we need to start it from the command prompt. Using the command prompt can be thought of like using the file explorer, you are in a folder, can move around to other folders, create new files, delete files, etc. The difference is that you do all of these things with commands instead of buttons.
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Unlike the file explorer where you click the folder you want to go to, navigating in the command prompt is done by first writing the command letting the program know that we want to move somewhere new, then telling it where we want to go.
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Unlike the file explorer where you click the folder you want to go to, navigating in the command prompt is done by first writing the command letting the program know that we want to move somewhere new, then telling it where we want to go.
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When you open up a command prompt window, you should be started in the root directory of your user profile, you can see in what folder you are by looking at the path text right where you enter your commands. Because you're started at the root of your user profile, the path should say `C:\Users\<your name>`
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Inside of this root folder there are other folders, if you want to go into the `Documents` folder, instead of clicking on it like you would do in the file explorer, you write the command:
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Inside of this root folder there are other folders, if you want to go into the `Documents` folder, instead of clicking on it like you would do in the file explorer, you write the command:
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But we don't need to do that now, we want to be inside of the `CLI` folder, that is inside of the `Documents` folder.
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If your board was found, you will get a bunch of information about it. The information we're interested in is the `FQBN`, and the port. `FQBN` stands for "Fully Qualified Board Name", and is how the computer refers to the board. The port is like an address for the board.
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If your board was found, you will get a bunch of information about it. The information we're interested in is the `FQBN`, and the port. `FQBN` stands for "Fully Qualified Board Name", and is how the computer refers to the board. The port is like an address for the board.
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If you are, like we are, using an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense, the `FQBN` will be `arduino:mbed_nano:nano33ble`. We need to specify every time we are compiling and uploading sketches that they are to be compiled for this board, just like we do in the IDE.
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If you are, like we are, using an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense, the `FQBN` will be `arduino:mbed_nano:nano33ble`. We need to specify every time we are compiling and uploading sketches that they are to be compiled for this board, just like we do in the IDE.
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If you have already used your Arduino board with the IDE, you can skip this step entirely. Otherwise, there are some files you may need to install to be able to use the board. But don't worry, it's just one command. The Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense uses the `arduino:mbed_nano` core, which is another piece of information that we got from the board list command we executed, so we need to install that before using the board.
If you are using a board with another core, replace `arduino:mbed_nano` in the command with whatever core you got from the board list.
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Now it is time to either make a new sketch, or to place a sketch that you have already made or want to test in the `CLI` folder.
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Once you execute this command, it's going to start compiling unless something went wrong. If it looks like nothing is happening - Great! That probably means that everything is going as it should. Depending on the core, compiling might take a few minutes. Be patient, it may seem like it's taking too long, but give it time. Eventually, you'll get a statement about the memory use, libraries included, and platform used.
Once you execute this command, it's going to start compiling unless something went wrong. If it looks like nothing is happening - Great! That probably means that everything is going as it should. Depending on the core, compiling might take a few minutes. Be patient, it may seem like it's taking too long, but give it time. Eventually, you'll get a statement about the memory use, libraries included, and platform used.
Now that the sketch is compiled, let's upload it! For this, we need to specify the FQBN again, as well as the port the board is connected to, so it's uploaded to the right place. To find the port, go back to the board list we got earlier, ours is connected to port `COM14`, but replace this part of the command with whatever port your list says. Now execute the command:
If everything went as it should, the sketch is now uploading to the board, and once that is done, you've successfully used the Arduino CLI to upload a sketch to your board.
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Now that you know how to do this, it might be a good opportunity to take the deep dive in the DIY-spirit, experiment with different workflows and interfaces for the terminal to tailor your Arduino experience to your liking.
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Now that you know how to do this, it might be a good opportunity to take the deep dive in the DIY-spirit, experiment with different workflows and interfaces for the terminal to tailor your Arduino experience to your liking.
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Previously Arduino sketches didn't support the concept of multitasking, unless you took specific measures to support it. With this so called single-threaded approach instructions in your Arduino sketch are executed sequentially one by one. If an instruction or a function call respectively makes the runtime environment wait for its execution to complete, it's called a "blocking" function. You may have encountered the limitations of this when interacting with multiple sensors and actuators at once. For example if you let a servo motor react to the data read from a potentiometer as mentioned above. While the servo motor is moving to its target position no further reading of the potentiometer can be done because the program waits until the servo is done moving. To solve this issue multitasking can be used which allows to "simultaneously" execute multiple task such as reading from a sensor and controlling a motor. In the context of multitasking a thread is basically a mechanism (provided usually by the operating system) to encapsulate a task to be run concurrently with others.
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Due to the pre-emptive nature of the underlying mbed-os threading mechanism a multi-line sequence of `Serial.print/println()` could be interrupted at any point in time. When multiple threads are writing to the same Serial interface, this can lead to jumbled-up messages.
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