Commands needed for arduino terminal development using platformio

platformioinstallation.txt

http://platformio.org/#!/get-started

first you need python and pip and setuptools.
then you install platformio

for setting up a new environment for 

get your board type by looking up:

$platformio boards arduino

copy your board name

in the directory where you plan on creating your file,

$platformio init --board=[paste name from prev step]

$platformio run --target upload 

will compile and upload your sketch

to monitor the serial port:

$platformio serialports list

will list all the serialports on your computer

$platformio serialports monitor

will open the monitor.