1. Setting Up the Arduino IDE
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The steps to install Arduino IDE on your computer will vary based on the operating system you're using-- Feel free to skip to the installation instructions for your specific operating system!
Click to download the latest version of the Arduino IDE for Windows.
In the upper right corner of your screen, select Downloads.
Hover your mouse over the file called arduino-ide_… and press Open.
After you have finished installing Arduino IDE, you might get multiple popup windows that look like this:
You might see the following pop-up in a new tab:
If you do see this pop-up, select Download anyway. Once the file begins downloading, sit tight! The download could take a few minutes…
Then, right-click this file and select Extract Here.
Double-click to open the new folder we just extracted.
7. Now, double-click to open the file called "arduino-ide". We are now ready to begin coding in Arduino IDE on Ubuntu!
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Now that our Arduino IDE is installed, let’s walk through some of the features we will be using. We will get to explore these more in-depth a little later.
File: This is what we will use to create/save our sketches (programs).
Verify / Upload: We will use these to check our code and send our program to the robot’s processor.
Tools: This is where we can manage our code libraries, and connect our robot’s processor to the computer.
Editing Area: This is where we will write/edit our sketch (our program).
Once the installer opens, the Arduino IDE Setup Wizard will launch. You must agree to the License Agreement.
On the Choose Installation Options window, keep the selection as Only for me (user).
You can either change where you would like to install Arduino IDE, or just press .
Finish the installation!
Feel free to press on all of them-- These are just additional drivers that might come in handy when you start writing your own programs in Arduino.
Click to download the latest version of the Arduino IDE for Ubuntu.
The above download is for the Ubuntu distribution of Linux, running on an x64 (64-bit) architecture. If you are running on an x86 (32-bit) architecture, or are using a different distribution of Linux, please download the appropriate version of Arduino IDE for your system .
Once your download is finished, launch the File Explorer.
Now, Open your Downloads Folder. Ensure that the file we just downloaded is here.
