Beginning Arduino

Upload Your First Sketch

Now that you have installed the drivers and the IDE and you have the correct board and ports selected, it's time to upload an example sketch to the Arduino to test that everything is working properly before moving on to the first project.

First, click the File menu (Figure 1-10) and then click Examples.

Figure 1-10. The File menu

You will be presented with a huge list of examples to try out. Let's try a simple one. Click on Basics, and then Blink (Figure 1-11). The Blink sketch will be loaded into the IDE.

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