then build and program a test circuit. This is not the only option. Many Windows users swear by Atmel’s free AVR Studio software. This is the only time I’ll reference it as I don’t have a ...

The Arduino is an excellent first embedded development kit, provides a great introduction to electronics, and has the potential to get children into programming. [David] thinks throwing C at non ...

First up, is the default Arduino programming language — which is a limited version of the C/C++ languages. To use it, you'll need to download the regular IDE software that's available for a ...