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Arduino CLI

Command-line access to Arduino board packages, compilation, uploads and libraries.

Why use it

Useful for repeatable build checks, automation and CI; a future pass could compile all 29 existing Uno lab sketches with the AVR core.

  • board management
  • compile
  • upload
  • automation
  • CI
Windows · macOS · Linuxoptionalactive

Getting started

Follow the official installation guide; install Arduino AVR Boards and select arduino:avr:uno when compiling for Uno R3.

Check: Run arduino-cli version; for actual lab validation later, compile each sketch against arduino:avr:uno in a correctly named sketch directory.

Official links

Optional diagnostic commands

Check Arduino CLI version

Windows · PowerShell · Automating or compiling sketches outside the IDE.

arduino-cli version

An Arduino CLI version line.

Command not found means this optional CLI is not available on PATH; Arduino IDE can still work normally.

Related tools and references

Arduino IDEPlatformIO IDE for VS Code