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Your Shield-Bot’s Brain • Chapter 1
Robotics with the BOE Shield-Bot • 19
Try it with codebender : edu
If you've never used codebender : edu before, take the time to register for a new account. If
you are a student, your instructor may have already registered for your class, and would
supply a link for your class to share.
 Take a look at the screen capture of the codebender : edu environment and its
Serial Monitor on the next page.
FYI: To keep things simple, after this section, the rest of the Shield Robot tutorials will feature
directions and screen captures for the Arduino IDE software.
 If your Arduino Uno is not already plugged into your computer, do so now.
 In a browser, go to your codebender : edu page.
 Type in the following code:
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.print("Hello!");
}
void loop()
{
// Add code that repeats automatically here.
}
 Be sure you have capitalized “Serial” both times, or the sketch won’t work.
 Also, notice that the sketch uses parentheses
() and curly braces {}. Be sure to
use the right ones in the right places!
 Verify that the code is written correctly by clicking the Verify button.
 Choose Arduino Uno (or the board you are using).
 Select your Arduino's COM port is from the dropdown.
 Open the Serial Monitor pane by clicking the Serial Monitor button.
 Once the above steps are completed successfully and your code is verified to be
correct, click Run.
 Your Serial Monitor should be set to 9600 baud , then click the Connect button.
 Watch the Hello message appear in the Serial Monitor!
 Click the far right menu and choose Save to download your sketch.