Atinverter Library Set Up

A guide to help your Arduino IDE recognize and use the Atinverter user-defined library

You might be thinking:

💭 “Okay, I downloaded the software files from the GitHub repository — now what? Can I just open some random file like blink.ino and run the code?”

You’re almost there! There is just one important step that needs to happen first; We need ensure that the Arduino IDE knows where to find the Atinverter library files (Atinverter.cpp, Atinverter.h), or else you’ll run into the notorious:

fatal error: Atinverter.h: No such file or directory

📁 How Arduino Handles Libraries

The Arduino IDE looks for user-defined libraries in a specific directory on your computer. Simply placing .cpp or .h files in the same directory as the .ino files you wish to run isn’t enough.

Here’s where those locations are:

🔍 If you’re on Windows, it’ll be in:

C:\Users<YourUsername>\Documents\Arduino\libraries\

🔍 If you’re on macOS or Linux, it’ll be in:

~/Documents/Arduino/libraries/

✅ What To Do

  1. Navigate to the Atinverter library folder in the repository. It contains the source files Atinverter.cpp, Atinverter.h, and the metadata file library.properties. It is located in:

    \AtInverter\software\Library

  2. Copy the Atinverter folder to your Arduino libraries folder as described in
    How Arduino Handles Libraries

📸 You should expect to see something like this in your Arduino libraries folder:

User Defined Library Directory

🚀 You’re Good to Go

Once the Atinverter library is in the right place, you can use it any sketch with:

#include "Atinverter.h"