Arduino & Arduino IDE - Installing Process Of Arduino IDE

What is Arduino ?

Arduino is an open-source hardware and software company, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices.

If you want to learn more you can visit arduino.cc

 (CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ARDUINO.)

What is Arduino IDE ?

The Arduino Integrated Development Environment is a cross-platform application that is written in functions from C and C++. It is used to write and upload programs to Arduino compatible boards, but also, with the help of third-party cores, other vendor development boards.

Programs written using Arduino Software (IDE) are called sketches. These sketches are written in the text editor and are saved with the file extension . ino.

Programming languages: C, Java, C++

Installation process of Arduino IDE ?

For downloading Arduino IDE, we will first go to the official Arduino website.

You will see a different download option on the right side of the page for different operating systems.

Choose OS according to your system's requirements and install it.

( SETUP INSTALLATION ACCORDING TO WINDOWS )

Once the download is finished, you will see a Zip file name Arduino with its latest version in your download location.
Unzip or extract the zip file at your desired location.

Launch Arduino IDE:

After the file is extracted successfully, open the folder, and locate the file type as application.exe with an Arduino symbol.
This file will open the Arduino IDE software; therefore, it is better to create a desktop shortcut for easy navigation next time.
After that, open it by double-clicking it.
You will see an Arduino IDE starting image while it’s opening. We have installed Arduino IDE successfully.

Quick Navigation Buttons In Arduino IDE:

There are few handy quick navigation buttons in the top section of Arduino IDE.

Here is a short overview of the usage of all buttons-

1. Verify Button – By pressing this button, it will compile your project code. 
2. Upload Button -It will first compile the code, and then it will upload it to your Arduino board.
3.  New Button – It will open a new project window.
4. Open Button – Press this to open examples and recent projects.
5. Save Button – To save your current project.
6. Serial Monitor – To open Serial monitor. It is used to send and receive messages to and from the Arduino board. Also used for Debugging purposes.