Installation of Board Support Packages

To ensure that the Arduino IDE supports your senseBox MCU and allows you to upload programs to it, you need to install two Board Support Packages beforehand. These include the necessary drivers and software to communicate with the processor of the senseBox. The senseBox Board Support Package also includes our senseBox libraries, providing you with all the essential methods for programming the included sensors.

Add Board Support Package

Add the following URL in your Arduino IDE under File - Preferences in the field for Additional Board Manager URLs:

https://github.com/sensebox/senseBoxMCU-core/raw/master/package_sensebox_index.json

Open the Board Manager by clicking on the Board Manager icon on the left side (see image).

Enter "SAMD" in the search bar at the top to find the packages faster and install the boardsenseBox SAMD Boards by senseBox and Arduino SAMD Boards by Arduino!

Note on Selecting the Board and Port

Sometimes you need to manually select the board and port in the Arduino IDE. Open the drop-down menu in the top bar and select "Select Other Board and Port". In the new window, enter "senseBox" in the search bar, select your board, and the port where your senseBox MCU is connected.