From 0228c6490542e15e40d3493b42febb6cf41f5991 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Grawehr Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 09:20:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add comment about dependency --- readme.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 84385e1..1023e3d 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Firmata is a protocol for communicating with microcontrollers from software on a - **If you are using an older version of the Arduino IDE**, download or clone ConfigurableFirmata to your Arduino sketchbook library folder. This is typically `/Documents/Arduino/libraries/` on Mac or Linux or `\My Documents\Arduino\libraries\` on Windows. - **If you want to edit things yourself or help in development**, clone this repo to `\My Documents\Arduino\libraries\ConfigurableFirmata` and start hacking. Just delete the folder if it exists already. +The library has, by default, a dependency on "DHT Sensor library". From version 3.3, it is installed automatically, but with IDE versions prior to 1.8 or for a development installation, it needs to be installed manually using the library manager. Other dependencies, such as Wire or Servo, are usually part of the default toolkit installation. + ## Release 3.0 ConfigurableFirmata 3.0 contains some internal breaking changes for external modules. If you need to use a particular module (such as FirmataEncoder), either use a 2.xx version or ask the maintainer to update the module to work with V3.0.