04. Getting my PC connected to Arduino

First, I need to get started with Arduino. I had purchased a starter kit some months ago, to help me get back into electronics and the details of naming conventions, bread boards, components... 15 projects to get started. Great help and good fun !

I just needed to update my PC to the latest version of Arduino IDE, which required me to also reinstall some drivers...

1. Download latest version from http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software (v 1.6.4 in my case)
2. Get Arduino installed and started on my PC: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Windows

To make sure it's working ok, I tested my Arduino with the Blink app (see in Basics). I changed the delays between blinks, compiled, sent the code to Arduino and validated that it was working fine.