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Adafruit 16-bit PWM servo driver arduino

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Hey,
Every time I attempt to install the library for this product (From the tutorial page) it tells me the library's name can contain no spaces or really anything that isn't a letter or a number. I do it exactly as is described in the arduino page about installing libraries but it doesn't seem to work. Do you know how I can fix this? Am I doing it wrong? Is there anything other code that I can use for a replacement? I would really love to use this amazing product and this is kind of frustrating me.

P.S. I don't know if this matters in assessing the problem but I use a Macbook Pro.


I am kind of a noob but this isn't making sense. Thanks!

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Re: Adafruit 16-bit PWM servo driver arduino

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Did you download the library from Github?

If so, you're running into a conflict between the built-in assumptions between Github and the Arduino IDE. Github insists on adding "-master" to the end of every directory you download, and the Arduino IDE refuses to accept any library in a directory whose name contains a dash.

Just remove the "-master" from the end of the directory name and restart the Arduino IDE.

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It doesn't have -master on the end at all that's the weird thing. I did exactly as the adafruit tutorial (https://learn.adafruit.com/16-channel-p ... it-library) but it still says I need only basic letters even when it is named only basic letters.

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Sorry I should be more clear here when it gives the "warning" in the arduino IDE it does say it has a -master at the end but I always rename it. How do I rename the software for good?

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Double-check your Arduino preferences to make sure you're moving libraries into the correct sketchbook/libraries folder. It sounds like the compiler is looking at different files than you are.

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Make sure you have only one copy installed, and make sure it is installed in the right location. The IDE is fairly picky about that. See this guide for details:
http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-all- ... nstall-use

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It worked!!! Thank you so much Bill!! Gonna go use it now. Thanks again!

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And thank you Mike as well!!

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