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FIGURE A-2 The Arduino board

• The Arduino integrated development environment (IDE) you run on your
computer

NOTE This introduction draws from the online guide (http://arduino.cc/
en/Guide/Windows) and Getting Started with Arduino by Massimo Banzi
(Sebastopol, CA: Make, 2008).

Follow these steps to get the system up and running on your computer and write your
first program to blink a light:

1. Get an Arduino (SparkFun DEV-00666) and a USB A to B cable (like SparkFun
CAB-00512).

2. Go to www.arduino.cc, click the Download the Arduino Software link, and
choose the correct download for your operating system (Windows, Mac, or
Linux). This tutorial goes through download, install, and first steps with an
Arduino Duemilanove on a PC running Windows Vista. (For step-by-step
instructions for newer Arduino versions or on other operating systems, go to
http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/ HomePage.) Download the file, uncompress it, and
save that folder wherever you want, such as in your C:\Program Files folder.