Arduino Development Cookbook

Chapter 1. Power on – Arduino Basics

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

• Downloading the Arduino software
• Connecting Arduino
• Uploading code to Arduino
• Learning Arduino code basics
• Code basics: Arduino C
• Code basics: Arduino Pins

Introduction

When we have an idea, we take a pen and we sketch it down on a piece of paper. Imagine if we could build things that interact with the environment just as easily. This is where the Arduino platform comes into play.

Arduino is an open source family of electronic microprocessor boards that we can easily program to understand and interact with the environment. Over the years, Arduino has become the standard for building electronics projects. Arduino has been sent into space to run micro satellites; it ...