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Title: Arduino IDE doesn't start [fixed]
Post by: Zak on December 31, 2012, 01:50:02 pm
Hi,
Your custom arduino IDE (v1.0.3) doesn't start for me.  My regular arduino IDE (1.0.1) runs fine for uploading to normal arduino devices.  For your version of the IDE, the startup Arduino logo is displayed, but it immediately exits, about 1/2 second later, with no explanation or log file.  I'm using WIndows 7, 64 bit.  
Thanks
Zak

Edit: Fixed grammar.
Title: Arduino IDE doesn\'t start [fixed]
Post by: digistump on December 31, 2012, 11:08:12 pm
Zak - we didn\'t change much and what we did change doesn\'t effect the startup (or shouldn\'t) can you try downloading the regular 1.03 from Arduino and see if that has the same issues?
Title: Arduino IDE doesn\'t start [fixed]
Post by: timkarnold on January 01, 2013, 06:14:48 am
I am unable to startup the Digispark IDE as well. On OSX 10.7.5. Arduino 1.0.2 and 1.0.3 start up normally on my machine.
Title: Arduino IDE doesn\'t start [fixed]
Post by: timkarnold on January 01, 2013, 07:10:05 am
Edit: Just saw this thread... might be worth trying before trying these steps!

For others with this problem, I was able to add the necessary files to the stock Arduino 1.0.3 to compile and run the Start example successfully on OSX. Here\'s what worked for me:


  1. Download Arduino 1.0.3 and the Digispark IDE

  2. Right click, Show Package Contents on both to browse the file structure.

  3. In /Contents/Resources/Java copy the following directories from Digispark to Arduino:
    /examples/Digispark
    /hardware/attiny-digispark
    /hardware/tiny-digispark
    /hardware/avr (backup or overwrite existing)
    /libraries/DigisparkJoystick... DigisparkUSB
    /libraries/TinyWireM_Digispark


  4. Possibly not required, but if you see permission errors from g++ when compiling:
    Open Terminal and run the following, replacing /Applications with wherever you placed Arduino.app
    sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/Arduino.app


  5. Launch Arduino.app. On the Tools menu, select Board > Digispark (MIT High-Low Method)

  6. Also under the Tools menu, select Programmer > Digispark

  7. You should now be ready to go! Open File > Examples > Digispark > Start, click upload and wait for the Monitor to say Plug in device now.... Plug it in and once uploaded the LED should start blinking within 5 seconds.



I would speculate that the steps would be quite similar on Windows as well. Good luck getting yours running!
Title: Arduino IDE doesn\'t start [fixed]
Post by: Zak on January 01, 2013, 04:42:45 pm
Hi all,

Got it to work... For some strange reason, the download didn\'t complete sucessfully, but the zip file was a valid zip file, so what I extracted didn\'t work.

I fixed it by simply redownloading a new copy of the IDE.  Thanks for the response!  :-)

Zak
Title: Arduino IDE doesn\'t start [fixed]
Post by: digistump on January 01, 2013, 07:15:46 pm
Thanks for letting us know Zak - glad you got it to work!