This can take sometime and you’ll be presented with various drivers to install including Arduino USB drivers and COM/LPT port drivers, I suggest you install them all. The Arduino software will start to install. On the next window you can choose to change the folder where the Arduino IDE software is installed, or keep the default location and click the “Install” button.

Unless you have a reason to change them, keep all the Arduino IDE software components ticked and click the “Next” button. Read the Arduino License agreement and click the “I Agree” button. Installing the IDE software is like installing any software on a PC, lots of mouse clicking :-)

Install the Arduino IDE software by running the downloaded file and follow the instructions. Since I’m installing on a Desktop PC running Windows 7 I downloaded the Windows Installer, for Windows XP and up with filename: arduino-1.8.5-windows.exe. The Arduino IDE software is available for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Go to the Arduino IDE Download webpage & download the relevant version for your device. Arduino - Start coding online with the Arduino Web Editor, save your sketches in the cloud, and always have the most up-to-date version of the IDE, including all the contributed libraries and support for new Arduino boards.Ĭhoose a device to install the Arduino IDE software on, in the example below I’ll be installing the software on a Desktop PC running Windows 7. Several fixes were incorporated into the. The Arduino Integrated Development Environment (Arduino IDE) is the free software required to interact with your Arduino controller board, without the Arduino IDE you can’t program your Arduino microcontroller to do cool stuff like control a cool robot car.ĭownload Intel Galileo Arduino Software Package 1.0.2 for Mac OS (Motherboard).

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