All about Arduino IDE Coding Software

We saw that the developing platform for Arduino is called Arduino IDE. and it is including: code editor, simple mechanism to verify and load programs the software we create is called “Sketch” and the language syntax is similar to C & C++.

In addition, it is coming with common input and output procedures that we can use collection of functions per some feature that are grouped under specific library. for example we have a library for Ethernet communication. and all the functions are grouped under this library so we can easily use that for IP comm. And last thing we can run it on Win, Mac OS and Linux operation systems

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Let’s quickly review the Arduino IDE software, because we will use it allot, this is simple desktop application that you need to download and install from the Arduino official site as we saw in the “Getting Started” section. The software user interface is divided to three main areas, in the middle is the code editor for developing our sketch. below that is some feedback console while verifying a sketch and uploading that to the board.

Just above the code editor area, we have several buttons first one is to verify the code in our sketch, let’s click on that right now. you can see something is working right now on the right side. I will get the message if the sketch was verified correctly, and you that everything is being done. next button is to upload the program to the Arduino. assuming our Arduino board is connected using a USB to the computer with this software, so in my case it is connected so I will upload this simple sketch to the board I am using right now clicking on that..., it is running and you see it is being done uploading, right now this sketch is uploaded to my board.

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Additional buttons are for opening a new sketch or opening an existing sketch or save our sketch we are working right now, at the end on the right side, we can open the “Serial Monitor” screen, something we will use later in our project to present information coming from the Arduino. going up to the menu bar, we have the standard file menu to open and save sketches.

In addition I can open many nice examples being constantly updated by the Arduino project, helping to share knowledge and code in the growing Arduino community. the examples are divided to subjects and let’s open one example. I am clicking on that and I am getting that as a new sketch, and I can start using that, maybe copy the relevant code, or adjust the code in this specific sketch.

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Next menu is the "Edit" with standard editing options, inside the "Sketch" menu we can verify and upload the sketch. quickly open the folder location of our sketch file. clicking over here and open the folder location of our sketch file to easily find it in our computer, and also include specific library, something that we will use later. if I will press on some library, just as an
example, a new line will be added to our code, with the word “include” and the name of the library.

you can also write it down manually the list of libraries are coming with the Arduino IDE installation and also updated from time to time still you have also the option to add additional external libraries if you would like, that is not included next menu is the “Tools” where I should verify that the Arduino IDE is configured, on the right Arduino type, just over here and also the relevant logical com port.

you can that it is configured to COM4, this is usually done automatically however if something is not working you can check those setting. ok, so this was a quick overview of the Arduino IDE now let's do the same for the Arduino board.

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