Arduino Basics

Beginner Videos

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• What is an Arduino?
• Windows: Install Arduino IDE and upload Blink sketch
• How to Blink an LED: Arduino Course for Absolute Beginners (ReM)

Websites

Arduino

• arduino.cc
• arduino.cc blog
• arduino.cc forum
• arduino.cc playground

Maker/How To

• freeduino
• hackaday
• makezine
• bildr
• instructables
• youtube

Shopping

• adafruit
• ebay
• aliexpress
• sparkfun

Cheat Sheet

Arduino IDE on Ubuntu

Arduino IDE is a simple interface for creating and uploading arduino sketches.

Install

Run in a terminal window:

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sudo apt-get install arduino

Install Platform.io on Ubuntu

Platform.io is a command line (terminal) utility for creating and uploading arduino sketches.

Install

Run in a terminal window:

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sudo python -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformio/platformio/develop/scripts/get-platformio.py)"

Quickstart

http://docs.platformio.org/en/stable/quickstart.html

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