1. 02 | Getting Started with Arduino
Chris Howd | Developer Content Planner, MS
Paul Pardi | AppPlat Content Manager, MS

2. Module Overview What is Arduino?
Arduino Boards, Clones, and Shields
Installing and Configuring Arduino Software
Language Reference and Libraries
Visual Studio Basics
Demo - Your first Arduino “sketch” program

3. What is Arduino

4. What is Arduino?
Open source hardware platform and retail product line.
Easy to understand programming language based on C++
Programmable via USB port using many of today’s PC operating systems
Very affordable and popular with a strong community
Extensible hardware using daughterboard “shields”
Extensible software using C++ libraries

5. Arduino Boards, Clones, and Shields
Arduino boards available today
Shields are used to expand hardware capabilities
Arduino clones: lots to choose from

6. Installing and Configuring Arduino Software

7. Installing and Configuring Arduino Software
Arduino Web site resources
Arduino installation using the Windows Installer
Install Visual Studio and Visual Micro

8. Language Reference and Libraries
Language Syntax for the Arduino
Using Software Libraries

9. Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
Why Visual Studio and Visual Micro?
Getting around in Visual Studio
Menus
Toolbars
Windows

10. Your first Arduino “sketch” program

11. Review Arduino is a popular and well supported open source standard
Robotics hardware is both affordable and accessible
Programming a robot is not that different from other programming once you understand the interface to electronic devices (which is what you will be learning in this training).