Chapter 2 Getting Started

The Arduino IDE allows you to write programs and upload them to your Arduino board. Two editors are available: the online Arduino Web Editor and the Arduino Desktop IDE. If you prefer to use the Arduino Web Editor, you can follow the instructions found at https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/Arduino_Genuino/getting-started-with-the-arduino-web-editor-4b3e4a. In this chapter, we are going to use the Arduino Desktop IDE.

Installing the Arduino Desktop IDE

Go to the download page for the Arduino website (https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software), choose the correct version of the Arduino IDE for your computer, and download ...

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