Adapted and simplified from Franck Albinet's exercises available here. First presented by NSRC at APRICOT 2018.
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- Open Atom
- In top menu: Atom ► Preferences...
- And write
pymkr
in the input box under theInstall tab
(followed byEnter
):
Using Atom - Important!
When you are using Atom, you must only have one project open at a time. When you change exercises, choose "File:Close Window" before opening more files.
Troubleshooting
Windows 7 drivers
On most platforms, once the Atom Pymakr package installed, you will be in a position to communicate with Pycom devices via the USB port without any issue.
In the case of Windows 7, you will need to install an additional driver. The procedure is documented in Pycom documentation at the following url: https://docs.pycom.io/chapter/pytrackpysense/installation/drivers.html
Alternatively, you can find as well the required driver here ../software/windows/pycom.inf
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