Installing Blynk in Arduino IDE

This activity will show you how to setup the Blynk platform on the Arduino IDE software. There are three ways to do that:

1. Using built-in library manager in Arduino IDE.

2. Installing Blynk library as a zip file in Arduino IDE.

3. Manually install Blynk library.

1. Use the built-in library manager in Arduino IDE

To install the Blynk library, open the Arduino IDE and click on the Sketch > Include Library > Manage Libraries

Opening the library manager (help.blynk.cc)

Once the library manager opens, search for "blynk" in the search bar and in the version, select the latest one:

selecting the latest version of Blynk (help.blynk.cc)

Lastly, click on install. This may take a while to download and install. Once it is done you can find the new blynk library by clicking Sketch > Include Library .

2. Install Blynk as zip file in Arduino

Download the Blynk library from the following link: https://github.com/blynkkk/blynk-library/releases/latest

Once you have downloaded the zip file, don't unzip it. Just leave it as is

In the Arduino IDE, navigate to Sketch > Include Library > Add .Zip Library

Once prompted, add the zip file.

Return to the Sketch > Include Library menu. menu. You should now see the library at the bottom of the drop-down menu. It is ready to be used in your sketch. The zip file will have been expanded in the libraries folder in your Arduino sketches directory.

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