== Development Environment ==


This is a description of the development environment used by one of the mentors (Mr. Alan Borgwardt) for initial PiBot development / prototyping in Fall 2016.

* Windows 10
* Eclipse Mars 2 (eclipse-java-mars-2 or neon)
* JDK 8 (jdk-8u102-windows)
* Bonjour (used for Pi Zero Ethernet-over-USB support)
* Pi4J (pi4j-1.1.zip)
# [http://pi4j.com/install.html]
# Read the first paragraph (re: Pi .vs. dev host installation)
# Follow the 'download' link in the first paragraph
# Download pi4j-1.1.zip
# Extract zip
# Add jar files from extracted lib folder to Eclipse project
NOTE: This is for development workstation. Pi Zero's Raspian Jessie already has PI4J included, which, I think, is what gets used when running on Pi Zero. (Although, launching on Pi Zero from Windows/Eclipse with Pi Plugin *may* use the jars from the Eclipse project???)

* LaunchPi Plugin for Eclipse
  * Open Eclipse
  * Select menu item: "Help|Install New Software..."
  * In the "Work with:" text box, enter the following URL:
    * https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tsvetan-stoyanov/launchpi/master/org.launchpi.us/target/site/site.xml
  * Select the "LaunchPI" item from the "Uncategorized" entry
  * Proceed through the wizard to add/install this plugin

    NOTE: For more about this plugin, visit the URL:
        http://tsvetan-stoyanov.github.io/launchpi/

    NOTE: When the Pi Zero is connected to the USB port on my Windows system, it is automatically identified as hostname 'raspberrypi.local'.

* PuTTY

    I use PuTTY to SSH into the Pi Zero from Windows:
{{{
        Connection type: SSH
        hostname: raspberrypi.local
        username: pi
        password: raspberry
}}}

* WinSCP

    I use WinSCP transfer files between Windows and the Pi Zero.

        Same connection information used for PuTTY