Arduino bootloader

What is the arduino bootloader ?   It’s the thing that loads stuff when booting.   Done   Not funny you say ? … ok , ok I’ll try this again…   It’s a special program that on boot waits for a signal from the PC that is connected to …

Arduino – software basics

Let’s talk software! So we just bought our new shiny blue Arduino UNO, we know where stuff on the board is and we want to use it to create magic. The first thing we have to consider is getting to a computer and installing the IDE. Well not exactly, you …