Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Summary
In this chapter, you've learned how to interact with the Arduino IDE and create, edit, up-
load, and run programs on Arduino. You have also been exposed to the C programming
language. If this is your first experience with programming, don't be surprised if you are
still uneasy with programing in general and the
if
and
for
statements in particular. You
probably felt just as uncomfortable with your first introduction to the English language;
you just may not remember it.
It is always a bit difficult to try new things. However, I will try to give you explicit instruc-
tions on what to type so that you can be successful. There is one major challenge when
working with computers. They always do exactly what you tell them to do and not neces-
sarily what you want them to do. So, if you encounter problems, check several times to
make sure that your code matches the example exactly. In the next chapter, you'll learn to
access the GPIO pins to interface with the outside world.
