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Chapter 1 Your Shield-Bot’s Brain
16Robotics with the BOE Shield-Bot
Activity 1: Download Example Sketches and Software
Arduino programs are called sketches. All the example sketches in this book can be downloaded
from http://learn.parallax.com/shieldrobot. But, if you type them in yourself, you will develop
your programming skills faster!
Getting Started with the Arduino IDE Software
Arduino IDE software and drivers install on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. You do
not need to be online to use it.
Go to www.arduino.cc and click on the Getting Started link.
Follow their instructions for downloading and installing the latest Arduino
software, and installing the USB driver your system will need to communicate
with the Arduino.
Make sure to follow the instructions through the part where you connect your
Arduino Uno module to your computer with a USB A to B cable, and successfully
load a sample sketch to confirm your programming connection.
Getting Started with codebender : edu
Classroom subscriptions are available for the codebender : edu online programming tool. A
browser plug-in and drivers are required, and you must be online to use it.
Go to https://edu.codebender.cc
and scroll down to obtain a subscription.
Follow their instructions for registering a new account.
From your account URL, find the link to the required browser plug-in options,
then select the codebender app for your browser and operating system.
Scroll down…
...then click on link