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- #Software Installation on Windows
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+ # Software Installation
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The QP adaptation for Arduino is distributed in a single ZIP
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- archive qp-<ver >_ arduino-1.8.x.zip, where <ver > stands for version of
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- the QP frameworks.
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- You need to unzip the qp-<ver >_ arduino-1.8.x.zip archive into your
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- Arduino- Sketchbook folder. To find out where your Sketchbook folder is,
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- or to configure a different location for your Sketchbook folder, you
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- need to open the Arduino IDE and select File | Preferences menu. The
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- sketchbook location will be shown at the top of the Preferences dialog
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- box. Once you identify the Sketchbook folder, you simply unzip the whole
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- archive to your Sketchbook .
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+ archive ` qp-<ver>_arduino-1.8.x.zip ` , where ` <ver> ` stands for
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+ the version of the QP frameworks.
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+ You need to unzip the ` qp-<ver>_arduino-1.8.x.zip ` archive into your
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+ Arduino ` < Sketchbook> ` folder. To find out where your ` < Sketchbook> ` folder
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+ is, or to configure a different location for your ` < Sketchbook> ` folder,
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+ you need to open the Arduino IDE and select ` File| Preferences ` menu.
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+ The Sketchbook location will be shown at the top of the Preferences
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+ dialog box. Once you identify the ` < Sketchbook> ` folder, you simply unzip
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+ the whole ` qp-<ver>_arduino-1.8.x.zip ` archive to this folder .
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- #Provided Libraries
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+ # Provided Libraries
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- The archive qp-<ver >_ arduino-1.8.x.zip contains two external libraries
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+ The archive ` qp-<ver>_arduino-1.8.x.zip ` contains two external libraries
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for Arduino:
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- - qpcpp_sam -- QP/C++ framework for SAM-based Arduinos (ARM Cortex-M)
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- - qpn_avr -- QP-nano framework for AVR based Arduinos
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+ - ` qpcpp_sam ` -- QP/C++ framework for SAM-based Arduinos
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+ - ` qpn_avr ` -- QP-nano framework for AVR-based Arduinos
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+ After the installation, your Arduino ` <Sketchbook> ` folder should look
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+ as follows:
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+ <Sketchbook>/ - your Arduino Sketchbook folder
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+ |
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+ +-libraries/ - libraries folder
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+ | +-qpcpp_sam/ - QP/C++ library for SAM-based Arduinos
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+ | | +-examples/ - QP/C++ library examples
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+ | | | +-blinky/ - Blinky example
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+ | | | | +-blinky.ino - Blinky code (generated)
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+ | | | | +-blinky.qm - Blinky model (for QM tool)
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+ | | +-src/ - QP/C++ library source code
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+ | | | +-qpcpp.h - QP/C++ library header file
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+ | | | +-... - QP/C++ library sources
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+ | | +-library.properties - QP/C++ library properties
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+ | |
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+ | +-qpn_avr/ - QP-nano library for AVR-based Arduinos
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+ | | +-examples/ - QP-nano library examples
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+ | | | +-blinky/ - Blinky example
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+ | | | | +-blinky.ino - Blinky code (generated)
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+ | | | | +-blinky.qm - Blinky model (for QM tool)
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+ | | | +-dpp/ - Dining Philosophers Problem (DPP)
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+ | | | | +-dpp.ino - DPP code (generated)
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+ | | | | +-dpp.qm - DPP model (for QM tool)
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+ | | | +-pelican/ - PEdestrian LIghtr CONtrolled crossing
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+ | | | | +-pelican.ino - PELICAN code (generated)
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+ | | | | +-pelican.qm - PELICAN model (for QM tool)
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+ | | +-src/ - QP-nano library source code
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+ | | | +-qpn.h - QP-nano library header file
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+ | | | +-... - QP-nano library sources
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+ | | +-library.properties - QP-nano library properties
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+ |
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+ +-README.md - this file
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+ +-QP-Arduino-Playground - web link to QP on Arduino Playground
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+ +-QP-Arduino_GPL_Exception.txt - GPL exception for QP on Arduino
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- #Working with the Examples
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+ # Working with the Examples
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- Each QP library contains the examples sub-directory, which contans the
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- QM model file and the generated code. The intended way of working with
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- the examples is to use the QM modeling tool to modify the state diagrams
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- and the code, and to use the Arduino IDE only to build and upload
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- the code to the Arduino board(s).
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+ Assumming that you have installed the QP libraries in your ` <Sketchbook> `
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+ folder, the examples provided in each QP library show up in the Arduino
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+ IDE under the menu:
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- > NOTE: The preferences in the Arduino IDE should be set up to
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- "Use external editor" so that the IDE will update the code each time
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- it is re-generated by the QM modeling tool.
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+ ` File|Examples|Examples from Custom Libraries `
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+ The intended way of working with the examples is to use the
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+ [ QM modeling tool] ( https://www.state-machine.com/qm/ ) to modify the
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+ ** models** (` .qm ` files) and then to ** generate code** from these
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+ models. In this scenario, the Arduino IDE is used only to build and
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+ upload the code to the Arduino board(s).
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- When you unzip the archive into your Sketchbook directory, the examples
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- provided in each QP library shows up in the Arduino IDE under the menu:
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+ > ** NOTE:** The preferences in the Arduino IDE should be set up to
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+ ** Use external editor** so that the IDE will update the code each time
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+ it is re-generated by the QM modeling tool.
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- File|Examples|Examples from Custom Libraries
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+ # Example Documentation
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+ Each example model has documentation, which you can view in the QM tool.
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+ The model documentation shows in the Property Editor when the model item
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+ is active.
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- #Licensing
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+ # Licensing
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The QP real-time embedded frameworks for Arduino are licensed under the
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- modified GPLv3 license with the QP-Arduino Exception (see file
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- QP-Arduino_GPL_Exception.txt in the root of the archive). Specifically,
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- the Exception removes the requirement to expose your propriatory source
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- code as long as you deploy it on an Arduino-Certified board.
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+ modified GPLv3 license with the
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+ [ QP-Arduino Exception] ( https://www.state-machine.com/licensing/QP-Arduino_GPL_Exception.txt )
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+ (see also the file QP-Arduino_GPL_Exception.txt in the root of the archive).
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+ Specifically, the Exception removes the requirement to expose your
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+ propriatory source code as long as you deploy it on an Arduino-Certified
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+ board.
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- The QM graphical modeling tool is freeware. The QM tool is provided
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- under the terms of a simple End-User License Agreement (EULA).
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+ The [ QM model-based design tool] ( https://www.state-machine.com/qm/ ) is freeware.
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+ The QM tool is provided under the terms of a simple
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+ [ End-User License Agreement (EULA)] ( https://www.state-machine.com/qm/license.html ) .
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- #Documentation
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+ # Companion Web Page
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- Please refer to the companion webiste to this project at:
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+ Please refer to the companion web page to this project at:
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https://www.state-machine.com/arduino
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- Support Questions
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- =================
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+ # Support Questions
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Please submit any questions or comments to the free QP support forum at:
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https://sourceforge.net/p/qpc/discussion/668726
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