This repository creates a template that you allows you to configure Qt Creator as your Arduino's IDE.

Portuguese spearks / Pessoal de lingua portuguesa: Postei uma série de videos no youtube de como configurar todo seu ambiente de desenvolvimento, confira em https://www.youtube.com/user/cleitonsouza01/playlists

Qt Creator provides a cross-platform where you can developer from Windows, Linux or Mac. Is a very advanced IDE when provide a lot of smart things to help you develop more quickly and easily. Some main features of Qt Creator:

• Rapid code navigation tools
• Syntax highlighting and code completion
• Static code checking and style hints as you type
• Support for source code refactoring
• Context sensitive help
• Code folding
• Parenthesis matching and parenthesis selection modes

With all these features and more, Qt Creator can be lightweight, and for me, is one of the best IDE's available.

This repository creates a template that you allows you to configure Qt Creator as your Arduino's IDE.

What you need to use (pre-requisites):

• PC running Linux

• Windows and Mac can use it too, but some small changes are necessary
• In the future I will provide files ready to use in all environments

• Arduino IDE 1.6.3
  • http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
• Arduino-Makefile 1.3.4
  • https://github.com/sudar/Arduino-Makefile
• Qt Creator 3.3.1
  • http://www.qt.io/download-open-source
• GTKTerm version 0.99
  • Can be any other serial monitor, but I chose it because is very lightweight

Theoretically this template can support all boards that Arduino-MakeFile support, it's mean:

• Supports all official AVR-based Arduino boards
• Supports chipKIT
• Supports Teensy 3.x (via Teensyduino)

I Already tested successfully with:

• Arduino Mega 2560
• Arduino Pro
• Arduino Uno

If you have tested any other boards, please tell me about your experience!

In this repository you will find two folders:

• arduino_cpp_style
  • This folder contains a C++ style Arduino template
• arduino_sketch_style
  • This folder contains a Sketch style Arduino template
  • (the same style used in the official Arduino IDE)

1. Close Qt Creator

2. Execute the following commands in Terminal:

cd ~/Qt5.4.1/Tools/QtCreator/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/
git clone https://github.com/cleitonsouza01/qt-creator-arduino

You should see something similar to this:

Cloning into 'qt-creator-arduino'...
remote: Counting objects: 30, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (27/27), done.
remote: Total 30 (delta 9), reused 18 (delta 2), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (30/30), done.
Checking connectivity... done.

Note:

• You may need to change the first command to match your Qt installation.
• My Qt installation was ~/Qt5.4.1/Tools/QtCreator/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/
• A tip is to type in ~/Qt then hit [TAB] to get the shell to auto-complete stuff for you.

3. Open Qt Creator

4. Click on: File > New File or Project Select Arduino project

And then have fun!

• Cleiton Souza ([email protected])
• Jason Jorgenson ([email protected])

I found one Qt template created by Philippe Lucidarme (http://5lair.free.fr) but it is based on an old version of Qt Creator / Arduino-Mk version, and it seems that Philippe no longer updates this template.