Once you have a kit in your hands, it starts to make a little more sense. At its core, the Arduino is a small, programmable microcontroller board that accepts and stores code from your computer ...

The following is excerpted from the book Arduino Project Handbook: 25 Practical Projects to Get You Started, a beginner-friendly collection of electronics projects using the low-cost Arduino board.

Firstly, when installing, make sure that you have administrative ... and this is the second time you've installed the Arduino agent on your computer, there may be an outdated installer somewhere ...

You can forget about the IBM Personal Computer and drop all the pretense ... Altair disciple Chris Davis from creating a working, Arduino-powered replica kit that you can order for $149.