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[...]... same as the Arduino Uno’s  Note For the projects in this book, we will use the Arduino Uno, the Arduino LilyPad, the Arduino LilyPad Simple, and the Arduino Mini, depending on the project Installing the IDE on Windows Once you have downloaded the Arduino IDE, you need to unpack the file If you are new to using the IDE, I suggest you unpack and place the folder on your desktop When the Arduino IDE... official Arduino boards; so if you are working with an Arduino board clone, you might need to refer to the official documentation of that board All supported boards can be found on the Arduino web site at http:/ /arduino. cc/en/Main/Hardware To get started, you need to download the Arduino IDE; the best place to find it is on the Arduino web site at http:/ /arduino. cc/en/Main/Software Make sure that you download... products Caters mainly to northern Europe 12 CHAPTER 1  INTRODUCTION Arduino Store Arduino Store (www.store .arduino. cc) is the official Arduino store, carrying all official Arduino boards Ships worldwide LessEMF LessEMF (www.lessemf.com) features a large selection of conductive fabrics and thread Ships worldwide Further Reading The field of wearables is an intersection between electronics, programming, fashion,... Flora, another Arduino clone aimed at wearables RS Components RS Components (www.rs-components.com) has a nice selection of standard Arduino components and ships worldwide Farnell Farnell (www.farnell.com) has a nice selection of standard Arduino components, as well as traditional electronics tools Ships worldwide Robot Italy Robot Italy (www.robot-italy.com) has a good selection of Arduino boards... book, we cover how to install the Arduino Uno To use older Arduino standard boards or the LilyPad with USB-to-serial adapter, you will need to install the additional FTDI driver To do this, please refer to the Arduino web site at http:/ /arduino. cc/en/Main/Hardware, though I'll briefly cover it in this 15 CHAPTER 2  SOFTWARE chapter If you are using a LilyPad with the Arduino serial light adapter, the... covering how to install the Arduino IDE on your computer Later, I will give a short introduction on software, the basic structure of code, and how to write programs for the Arduino Installing the IDE The Arduino IDE is the software we need to put on our computer The Arduino IDE is where you will write your programs (called sketches) and transfer them from your computer to the Arduino board In other words,... shows up, the easiest way to determine which of them is your Arduino board is to unplug the Arduino board and re-open the menu The COM port that is missing will be your Arduino board In Windows that particular board will always keep that COM number If you connect a new Arduino board, that board will be assigned a different COM number In OS X, your Arduino board will show up as /dev/tty.usbXXX The part after... folder on your desktop When the Arduino IDE is installed onto your computer and you open it, you will find the Arduino launch application (see Figure 2-1) Figure 2-1 Arduino folder on Windows Next, you will need to install the drivers for your Arduino board To do this, you simply connect your Arduino board to your computer using a USB cable Once you do this, Windows will try to install the 16 CHAPTER... manager will pop up 2 Under Ports you should see that it says Arduino Uno (it might also appear as Unknown Device in Other Devices) 3 Right-click on Arduino Uno and choose Update Driver Software 4 This will open a new window and you should choose the step that says Browse My Computer for Drivers 5 Navigate to your Arduino IDE folder Inside the Arduino folder, you will find the drivers folder, which you... that need to be installed Installing the IDE on Mac OS X Once you download the Arduino IDE and mount the disk image by double-clicking on it, the desktop should look like Figure 2-3 Figure 2-3 Arduino. dmg Simply drag the Arduino icon to your Applications folder and the installation is done You will then find your installed Arduino IDE under Applications 18 CHAPTER 2  SOFTWARE Installing the FTDI Driver . northern Europe. CHAPTER 1  INTRODUCTION 13 Arduino Store Arduino Store (www.store .arduino. cc) is the official Arduino store, carrying all official Arduino boards. Ships worldwide. LessEMF. found on the Arduino web site at http:/ /arduino. cc/en/Main/Hardware. To get started, you need to download the Arduino IDE; the best place to find it is on the Arduino web site at http:/ /arduino. cc/en/Main/Software instructions are the same as the Arduino Uno’s.  Note For the projects in this book, we will use the Arduino Uno, the Arduino LilyPad, the Arduino LilyPad Simple, and the Arduino Mini, depending on