Data Sheet

Educational Note: Any time a task needs to be performed over and over again, a microcontroller should be considered to help perform
the task.
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Go to the Snapino
TM
product page (www.snapcircuits.net/scsnapino) and download
the Snapino
TM
program files from our website to your computer. In the File menu in
the Arduino IDE, pick Open, then go to where you downloaded the Snapino
TM
program files to, and pick the Blinking_Light program or “sketch” (Arduino users
refer to a program as a sketch). The sketch should appear in the IDE window, as
shown below.
Now download the program into the Snapino
TM
module. Click on the Upload button
in the IDE.
The blue status bar near the bottom should indicate that the upload is occurring,
and when it is done. Two LEDs should now be blinking - a small yellow LED on
the UNO board (usually marked “L”) and the green LED (D2) in Snap Circuits
®
.
You can now disconnect the USB cable and connect the 9V battery holder. Turn
on the switch on the 9V battery holder, and the sketch will begin running.
Note: Snapino
TM
does not have an on/off switch when powered using the USB
cable. To turn it off, disconnect the USB cable from your computer.
Troubleshooting:
If there was a problem with the upload, then the status bar would be orange, indicating a problem.
If you had unplugged the USB cable and it does not recognize the module when
USB is connected again, then you may need to re-select the port. In Tools, select
Port, then pick the one that shows an Arduino UNO (Windows users) or either of
the following: /dev/tty/usbmodem or /dev/cu.usbmodem5dll (Mac users).
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