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Upload the Science Journal firmware

Boards supported by the Science Journal App require special firmware to connect.

  • Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense
  • Arduino MKR WiFi 1010

Using the Web Editor

  1. Open the Web Editor.

  2. Connect your board to your computer with a USB cable.

  3. Select your board in the board dropdown.

    The board dropdown in the Web Editor.

  4. Click on Examples in the left-most sidebar to open the Examples tab.

    • If you’re using Nano 33 BLE Sense, search for “Nano33BLESenseFirmware” and open the the result in the ARDUINO_SCIENCEJOURNAL library.

      Opening the Nano33BLESenseFirmware example from the Arduino_ScienceJournal library.

    • MKR WiFi 1010: Search for PhysicsLabFirmware and open the result from the PHYSICSLABFIRMWARE library, not the ARDUINO_SCIENCEJOURNAL library.

      Opening the PhysicsLabFirmware example from the PhyisicsLabFirmware library.

  5. Click the Web Editor upload button. Upload button.

    Uploading the sketch in the Web Editor.

  6. Wait for the process to finish.

Compilation for the Nano 33 BLE Sense may take several minutes, and the console will not print any messages during this time.

When the upload is completed you can connect your board to the Science Journal app.

Using Arduino IDE

Install the libraries

You need to install the following libraries:

  • Arduino_ScienceJournal
  • Adafruit LSM9DS1 Library (MKR WiFi 1010 only)

Find and install the libraries by using the Library Manager (Tools > Manage Libraries...).

Library manager showing a search query for Arduino Science Journal

Run the firmware upload sketch

  1. Find and open the firmware upload sketch:

    • MKR WiFi 1010:

      IDE 1.x: File > Examples > INCOMPATIBLE > Arduino_ScienceJournal > PhysicsLabFirmware.

      IDE 2: File > Examples > Arduino_ScienceJournal > PhysicsLabFirmware.

    • Nano 33 BLE Sense:

      IDE 1.x: File > Examples > INCOMPATIBLE > Arduino_ScienceJournal > Nano33BLESenseFirmware, depending on the IDE version.

      IDE 2: File > Examples > Arduino_ScienceJournal > Nano33BLESenseFirmware

  2. Click the Upload button Upload button.

  3. Wait for the process to finish.

Compilation for the Nano 33 BLE Sense may take several minutes, and the console will not print any messages during this time. In IDE 1.8, you can monitor the progress bar in the console’s top-right corner.

When the upload is completed you can connect your board to the Science Journal app.

Troubleshooting

If you can’t find the library

  • Make sure the library is installed in the Library Manager
  • Make sure your board is selected in Tools > Board.

Adafruit_LSM9DS1.h: No such file or directory

If you get this error message, you need to install the Adafruit LSM9DS1 Library and it’s dependencies in the Library Manager.

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