Import an existing project

The manual procedure for importing an existing project into an emCode project consists on four steps:

• Create a new project,
• Drag-and-drop headers and code files,
• Copy-paste the main sketch, and
• Check additional parameters.

For more information,

• Please refer to Manage compatibility with Arduino.

Create a new project

To create a new project,

• Follow the procedure Create a new project.

Copy the headers and code files

• Open the folder with the existing project and the folder with the new emCode project.

• Select all the files from the exisiting project and copy them into the folder of the new emCode project.

Update the emCode project

On the new emCode project,

• Open the main .ino sketch;

• Ensure it includes the pre-processing statements #include "Arduino.h", as it is required by emCode.

For more information,

• Please refer to Include core library on main sketch.

Then,

• Open the main Makefile of the new emCode project;

• Change the value of the PROJECT_NAME_AS_IDENTIFIER variable with the name of the main .ino sketch.

# C-compliant project name
PROJECT_NAME_AS_IDENTIFIER = MyProject

• Add all the required libraries, APP_LIBS_LIST, USER_LIBS_LIST and LOCAL_LIBS_LIST.

For more information on libraries,

• Please refer to List all the used libraries in main Makefile.

Check additional parameters

Depending on the project, some additional steps might be required.

• If functions are called before they are defined, declare prototypes for them.

For more information on prototypes,

• Please refer to Declare functions prototypes on main sketch.

For more information about the compatibility between the standard Arduino IDE and emCode,

• Please refer to section Manage compatibility with standard IDEs.