readme.txt
1Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o
2board and a development environment that implements the Processing/Wiring
3language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or
4can be connected to software on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP).
5The boards can be assembled by hand or purchased preassembled; the open-source
6IDE can be downloaded for free.
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8For more information, see the website at: http://www.arduino.cc/
9or the forums at: http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl
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11To report a bug or a make a suggestions, go to:
12[hardware] http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=hwbugs
13[software] http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=swbugs
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15INSTALLATION
16Detailed instructions are in reference/Guide_Windows.html and
17reference/Guide_MacOSX.html. For Linux, see the Arduino playground:
18http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/Linux
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20If you are using a USB Arduino, you will need to install the drivers for the
21FTDI chip on the board. These can be found in the drivers/ directory.
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23* On Windows, plug in the Arduino board and point the Windows Add Hardware
24 wizard to the drivers/FTDI USB Drivers sub-directory of the Arduino
25 application directory.
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27* On the Mac, install the FTDIUSBSerialDriver_10_4_10_5_10_6.mpkg package.
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29* On Linux, drivers are included in kernel versions 2.4.20 or greater.
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31CREDITS
32Arduino is an open source project, supported by many.
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34The Arduino team is composed of Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, Tom Igoe,
35Gianluca Martino, and David A. Mellis.
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37Arduino uses the GNU avr-gcc toolchain, avrdude, avr-libc, and code from
38Processing and Wiring.
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40Icon designed by ToDo: http://www.todo.to.it/
41"About" image created by Thomas Glaser (envis precisely).
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