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Library that will load for some sketches and not for others.

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Hello all, I have not seen this problem before and I could use some direction. When loading a new sketch and compiling the IDE informed me that the library I wished to use was not installed. I checked the library and it was installed. I then pulled up an older program that used the same library and it loaded and compiled fine. I re-downloaded the library and the IDE, no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Quince  


   
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MarkPritchett
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What were the libraries, or the code, and I'll see if I can reproduce the problem

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Also, when you verify the script it shows which ones it's found. You could compare those that work with the ones that don't.

Here a (reformatted) sample of the output when I 'verify' one of my sketches

The -I lines show where the libraries are looked for

 

Detecting libraries used...
/home/mark/.arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avr-gcc/7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-g++
-c
-g
-Os
-w
-std=gnu++11
-fpermissive
-fno-exceptions
-ffunction-sections
-fdata-sections
-fno-threadsafe-statics
-Wno-error=narrowing
-flto
-w
-x
c++
-E
-CC
-mmcu=atmega328p
-DF_CPU=16000000L
-DARDUINO=10607
-DARDUINO_AVR_NANO
-DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR
-I/home/mark/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/avr/1.8.6/cores/arduino
-I/home/mark/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/avr/1.8.6/variants/eightanaloginputs
/tmp/arduino-sketch-75B0016B03FA06C15AD1462BB02B01BF/sketch/Tank_Controller_Code.ino.cpp
-o
/dev/null

 

 

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This is the code that will not use the library. Thanks for the look-see. Quince

 

 

 

[code]
#include <Servo.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <QMC5883L.h> // QMC5883L library

// QMC5883L I2C address
#define QMC5883L_ADDRESS 0x0D

// Create a Servo object
Servo myservo;

// Create an instance of the QMC5883L class
QMC5883L compass;

int counter = 90;
int previousHeading = 0;
unsigned long start_time = 0;

void setup() {
  // Start I2C communication
  Wire.begin();

  // Initialize the QMC5883L
  compass.init();

  // Setup Serial Monitor
  Serial.begin (115200);

  // Attach servo on pin 9 to the servo object
  myservo.attach(9);
}

void loop() {
  // Read the current heading from the QMC5883L
  int currentHeading = compass.getHeading();

  // Check if the current heading is different from the previous heading
  if (abs(currentHeading - previousHeading) > 3) {
    // Update the servo position
    counter = map(currentHeading, 0, 360, 0, 180);
    myservo.write(counter);

    Serial.print("Position: ");
    Serial.println(counter);

    // Reset the start time
    start_time = millis();
  }

  // Check if no movement is detected for 500ms
  if (millis() - start_time > 500) {
    // Return the servo to the initial counter
    myservo.write(90);
    counter = 90;
    Serial.println("Returning to initial position");
  }

  // Update previousHeading with the current heading
  previousHeading = currentHeading;
}
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@quince The message about not finding a library is board specific. For instance yesterday I was looking at a library issue and found several versions of the library, each stored within the specific boards folder structure. Also confusion over <lib.h> vs "lib.h" can lead to unexpected results.

Posting some of your code usually the first page that shows what header files are included is enough in this case. Also a screenshot of the IDE preferences, and IDE Tools menu as seen in attached picture

Screenshot 2023 01 10 at 07.35.37

 

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MarkPritchett
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There are many variants for QMC5883.

The most popular seems to be QMC5883LCompass

However, it's include file, QMC5883LCompass.h, isn't what your using in the sketch.

Do you have a url for the download of the one you're using?

 

IGNORE THE ABOVE

I see you attached the original file.

You're using the Compass version, so your include should be

#include <QMC5883LCompass.h>

 

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MarkPritchett
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@quince You're using a more recent/different version of the library.

The 'compass' variable/object needs to be of type: QMC5883LCompass

and

currentDirection has become getAzimuth

I think the revised code should be

#include <Servo.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <QMC5883LCompass.h> // QMC5883L library

// QMC5883L I2C address
#define QMC5883L_ADDRESS 0x0D

// Create a Servo object
Servo myservo;

// Create an instance of the QMC5883L class
QMC5883LCompass compass;

int counter = 90;
int previousHeading = 0;
unsigned long start_time = 0;

void setup() {
  // Start I2C communication
  Wire.begin();

  // Initialize the QMC5883L
  compass.init();

  // Setup Serial Monitor
  Serial.begin (115200);

  // Attach servo on pin 9 to the servo object
  myservo.attach(9);
}

void loop() {
  // Read the current heading from the QMC5883L
  // int currentHeading = compass.currentHeading();
  int currentHeading = compass.getAzimuth();

  // Check if the current heading is different from the previous heading
  if (abs(currentHeading - previousHeading) > 3) {
    // Update the servo position
    counter = map(currentHeading, 0, 360, 0, 180);
    myservo.write(counter);

    Serial.print("Position: ");
    Serial.println(counter);

    // Reset the start time
    start_time = millis();
  }

  // Check if no movement is detected for 500ms
  if (millis() - start_time > 500) {
    // Return the servo to the initial counter
    myservo.write(90);
    counter = 90;
    Serial.println("Returning to initial position");
  }

  // Update previousHeading with the current heading
  previousHeading = currentHeading;
}

   
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Thank you all. I will give it a try. Quince


   
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