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title: 'Installing new boards'
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title: 'Using the Board Manager'
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difficulty: easy
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description: 'Learn how the new board manager tool works, and how to easily install the boards you want to use in the Arduino IDE 2.0.'
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The board manager is a tool that is used to install different cores on your local computer. So what is a **core**, and why is it necessary that I install one?
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Simply explained, a core is written and designed for specific microcontrollers. As Arduino have several different type of boards, they also have different type of microcontrollers.
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Simply explained, a core is written and designed for specific microcontrollers. Arduino offers several different types of boards, and these boards may also have different types of microcontrollers.
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For example, an Arduino UNO has an **ATmega328P**, which uses the **AVR core**, while an Arduino Nano 33 IoT has a **SAMD21** microcontroller, where we need to use the **SAMD core**.
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**1.** Open the Arduino IDE 2.0.
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**2.** With the editor open, let's take a look at the left column. Here, we can see a couple of icons. Let's click the on the **"computer chip"** icon.
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**2.** With the editor open, let's take a look at the left column. Here, we can see a couple of icons. Let's click the on the **Arduino board** icon.
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![The board manager.](assets/installing-a-core-img01.png)
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**3.** A list will now appear of all available cores. Now let's say we are using an **Nano 33 IoT** board, and we want to install the core. Simply enter the name in the search field, and the right core (SAMD) will appear, where the Nano 33 IoT features in the description. Click on the **"INSTALL"** button.
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**3.** A list will now appear of all available cores. Now let's say we are using an **Nano 33 BLE** board, and we want to install the core. Simply enter the name in the search field, and the right core (Mbed OS Nano) will appear, where the Nano 33 BLE features in the description. Click on the **"INSTALL"** button.
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![Navigating the board manager.](assets/installing-a-core-img02.png)
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