Getting started with arduino Part II

Hallelujah! My Arduino kit arrived it was a really far way for it, it was shipped from Hong Kong.

It was seized for one week by customs office in Germany and, now its arrived at my workplace. The package consists of tiny little packages with following content:

Arduino-KIT Include:
* 1X Arduino Duemilanove ATmega 328 board
* 1X SD card module
* 1X 3.3V/5V Power module
* 1X High quality Breadboard
* 1X Motor driver module
* 1X 5V Stepper Motor
* 1X IR Transmitter Module
* 1X Sensor connector cable

* 1X bundle Breadboard Jump Wires (65 pcs)
* 1X 9v power adapter
* 1X 40Pin Straight Male Headers
* 10X Arduino Jumper cable
* 1X USB to DC cable
* 1X USB cable

* 1X IR Remote Control
* 1X Infrared Receiver
* 1X IR Sender

* 1X 1602 LCD Blue Display
* 1X 10k Potentiometer
* 1X Buzzer

* 10X Mini Push Buttons
* 10X Red LEDs 3mm
* 10X Yellow LEDs 3mm
* 10X Green LEDs 3mm
* 10X 220Ω Resistors
* 10X 10 kΩ Resistors

Unboxing:

Install Arduino IDE:
The open-source Arduino environment makes it easy to write code and upload it to the i/o board. (Download the Arduino Software)

Installation, Debian/Ubuntu way:

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root@crunch:~# apt-get install arduino

Install arduino on Fedora system:

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sudo yum install arduino

Windows and Mac OS X users can retrieve the latest version from offcial arduino web site:

Windows user dont need to install the IDE-Software, its portable – extract, run and delete :-)

First project with Arduino:
I will bring one LED to blink, this is a very easy project. Take a look at the connections:

PS. In the next post I will tell you how to create your own sketches for Arduino. Its a really cool way to share your projects with your friends and other Arduino interested people.

An LED connected to digital output pin 13 through a resistor, I recommend you to take a 220Ω-Ohm resistor to protect you LED.

Now plug your Arduino board into your computers USB-port, start the Arduino-IDE program, and enter the code below.

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/*
  First Arduino Project <zeldor.biz>
  Let the LED blink
  This code will turn on your LED for one second,
  then off for one second, repeatedly=loop.
*/
 
void setup() {                
  // initialize the digital pin as an output.
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);    
}
 
void loop() {
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);   // turn LED on
  delay(1000);              // wait one second
  digitalWrite(13, LOW);    // turn LED off
  delay(1000);              // wait one second
}
</zeldor.biz>

Press Compile button:
You will see a message: Done Compiling.
Now you can upload the compiled code to your board, to do that press

Windows Troubleshooting: (can only happen to a Windows system :P)
You try to upload your compiled code to your board, and get this warning?

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avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51

1. Click on the Start Menu, and open up the Control Panel.
2. Navigate to System and Security, click on System. Open the Device Manager.
3. Look under Ports (COM & LPT). You should see a unknown USB-Device:

Arduino driver was successfully installed:

You get still the same error?
Check your Arduino IDE-Software Settings and choose the right model of your Arduino:

Another error that occur if arduino was connected over USB-hub or to the front USB of a PC

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avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

Solution: Do not go through a usb hub – straight to the PC!

Stay tuned for my next Arduino LCD-Display tutorial;)