Getting Started with Sensors

Appendix B. Arduino IDE Setup

Here’s how to set up the Arduino integrated development environment (IDE) on various platforms.

Ubuntu Linux

Connect Arduino to your computer with a USB cable. Arduino draws power directly from the USB, so no external power supply is needed. Start the terminal application.

Note

You can start the command-line terminal in many ways. You can open it in the main menu with Applications → Accessories → Terminal (on Xubuntu and other XFCE-based distributions such as Debian with XFCE). Super-T, also known as the ugly key or Windows key, works on many desktops. If you are using Unity in the standard Ubuntu distribution, search for “Terminal” in Dash (top-left corner).

To install the Arduino IDE, install the ...