GOVIN IDE
- Govin is an acronym for Gomantak Vishwa Integrated Development Environment
- It is a Block Based Programming tool which is based on Ardublockly.
- This is packaged in a self-contained installable desktop application for Linux.
Features
- Generates Arduino code with visual drag-and-drop interface.
- Upload the code to Microcontroller.
- Multi-Lingual support for software Development through Konkani/ Marathi interface.
- Customised Blocks for Easy Understanding.
- Useful “code block warnings”.
- Compatible with a wide range of official Arduino Boards
- Works on Linux systems which support Python 2.7
- Simplified the UI to make operations simpler to kids.
Installation Guide:
- Go to https://cares.goa.gov.in/govin-ide-setup/
- Click On Download Govin IDE Full Setup. This will redirect to a drive link. Download the full zip file from there.
- Extract the folder to any location on the target machine. Assure the system has a minimum free space of 5-6 GB.
- If your lab has internet, connect to the internet. Offline installation has been tested on Linux Mint 21.1. If the system packages have been corrupted, installation requires the internet to fix broken packages.
- Open the folder and run startscript.sh. Make sure the script is executable by right clicking on it, and go to permissions, and select allow executing as program.
- You can run the script by double clicking on the script and select ‘run’ in terminal option.
- Or right click in the folder, select open in terminal and type the following command . startscript.sh
- Enter password when prompted. Select Yes , when prompted.
- In the end, the script will ask you to reboot the system. Kindly check the script execution for any errors before allowing the system to reboot.
- If you have already Installed Govin and just want to download the latest version separately, then click the Govin IDE Standalone option, which will take you to the Govin IDE Github download page.