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Arduino is an open-source Physical Computing platform based on a simple
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Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o
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i/o board and a development environment that implements the Processing/Wiring
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board and a development environment that implements the Processing/Wiring
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language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or
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language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or
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can be connected to software on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP).
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can be connected to software on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP).
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The boards can be assembled by hand or purchased preassembled; the open-source
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IDE can be downloaded for free
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Arduino is an open source project, owned by nobody and supported by many.
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Arduino is an open source project, owned by nobody and supported by many.
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For more information, see the website at: http://www.arduino.cc/ or the
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For more information, see the website at: http://www.arduino.cc/
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forums at http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl
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or the forums at: http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl
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The Team is composed of Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, Tom Igoe,
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David A. Mellis and Nicholas Zambetti.
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Gianluca Martino works with us on many projects providing help, ideas and
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taking care of the production.
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Yaniv Steiner and Giorgio Olivero have been supporting the project and are
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working at using it with the Instant Soup platform.
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Arduino uses the GNU avr-gcc toolchain, uisp, avr-libc, avrlib, and code
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from Processing and Wiring.
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INSTALLATION
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INSTALLATION
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Detailed instructions are in reference/howto.html.
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Detailed instructions are in reference/howto.html.
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If you are using a USB Arduino, you will need to install the drivers for the
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If you are using a USB Arduino, you will need to install the drivers for the
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FTDI chip on the board. These can be found in the drivers/ directory.
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FTDI chip on the board. These can be found in the drivers/ directory.
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On Windows, you will need to unzip FTDI USB Drivers.zip. Then plug in the
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* On Windows, you will need to unzip FTDI USB Drivers.zip. Then plug in the
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Arduino board and point the Windows Add Hardware wizard to the FTDI USB Drivers
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Arduino board and point the Windows Add Hardware wizard to the FTDI USB
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directory.
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Drivers directory.
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On the Mac, mount the FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_0_1.dmg disk image and run the
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* On the Mac, mount the FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_0_1.dmg disk image and run the
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included FTDIUSBSerialDriver.pkg. Also run the macosx_setup.command (after
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included FTDIUSBSerialDriver.pkg. Also run the macosx_setup.command (after
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moving the Arduino distribution to your /Applications folder). It corrects
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moving the Arduino distribution to your /Applications folder). It corrects
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permission on a few files for use with the serial port and will prompt you
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permission on a few files for use with the serial port and will prompt you
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for your password. You may need to reboot after running this script.
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for your password. You may need to reboot after running this script.
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UPDATES
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UPDATES
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New Wiring-compatible randomSeed(), random(max) and random(min, max) functions
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(except operating on longs instead of floats).
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Fixed bug that sometimes caused uploading of old versions of a sketch.
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Fixed bug that sometimes caused uploading of old versions of a sketch.
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Serial monitor nows include an interface to send messages to the Arduino
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Serial monitor nows include an interface to send messages to the Arduino
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board. Pressing return appends a newline, pushing the send button doesn't.
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board. Pressing return appends a newline, pushing the send button doesn't.
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it's a terrible hack... but it works. at the moment it's in alpha stage
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it's a terrible hack... but it works. at the moment it's in alpha stage
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but it can be used to work.
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but it can be used to work.
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The processing preprocessor is included but not used.
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The processing preprocessor is included but not used.
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CREDITS
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The Arduino team is composed of Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, Tom Igoe,
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Gianluca Martino, and David A. Mellis.
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Nicholas Zambetti has contributed from the beginning.
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Yaniv Steiner and Giorgio Olivero have been supporting the project and are
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working at using it with the Instant Soup platform.
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Arduino uses the GNU avr-gcc toolchain, uisp, avr-libc, avrlib, and code
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from Processing and Wiring.
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