vim-arduino

Vim plugin for compiling, uploading, and debugging arduino sketches. It makes use of the Arduino IDE's commandline interface (new in 1.5.x).

Installation

vim-arduino works with Pathogen

cd ~/.vim/bundle/
git clone https://github.com/stevearc/vim-arduino

and vim-plug

Plug 'stevearc/vim-arduino'

You also need to download the Arduino IDE (version 1.5 or newer) and make sure the arduino command is in your PATH.

Configuration

The docs have detailed information about configuring vim-arduino here.

The main commands you will want to use are:

• :ArduinoChooseBoard - Select the type of board from a list.
• :ArduinoChooseProgrammer - Select the programmer from a list.
• :ArduinoChoosePort - Select the serial port from a list.
• :ArduinoVerify - Build the sketch.
• :ArduinoUpload - Build and upload the sketch.
• :ArduinoSerial - Connect to the board for debugging over a serial port.
• :ArduinoUploadAndSerial - Build, upload, and connect for debugging.
• :ArduinoInfo - Display internal information. Useful for debugging issues with vim-arduino.

To make easy use of these, you may want to bind them to a key combination. You can put the following in .vim/ftplugin/arduino.vim:

nnoremap <buffer> <leader>am :ArduinoVerify<CR>
nnoremap <buffer> <leader>au :ArduinoUpload<CR>
nnoremap <buffer> <leader>ad :ArduinoUploadAndSerial<CR>
nnoremap <buffer> <leader>ab :ArduinoChooseBoard<CR>
nnoremap <buffer> <leader>ap :ArduinoChooseProgrammer<CR>

If you wish to run these commands in tmux/screen/some other location, you can make use of vim-slime:

let g:arduino_use_slime = 1

Status Line

If you want to add the board type to your status line, it's easy with the following:

" my_file.ino [arduino:avr:uno]
function! MyStatusLine()
  return '%f [' . g:arduino_board . ']'
endfunction
setl statusline=%!MyStatusLine()

Or if you want something a bit fancier that includes serial port info:

" my_file.ino [arduino:avr:uno] [arduino:usbtinyisp] (/dev/ttyACM0:9600)
function! MyStatusLine()
  let port = arduino#GetPort()
  let line = '%f [' . g:arduino_board . '] [' . g:arduino_programmer . ']'
  if !empty(port)
    let line = line . ' (' . port . ':' . g:arduino_serial_baud . ')'
  endif
  return line
endfunction
setl statusline=%!MyStatusLine()

Note: if you are using the 'airline' plugin for the status line, you can display this custom status part instead of the filename extension with:

autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.ino let g:airline_section_x='%{MyStatusLine()}'

License

Everything is under the MIT License except for the wonderful syntax file, which was created by Johannes Hoff and copied from vim.org and is under the Vim License.