Arduino Installing

Getting Started with Arduino Uno on Windows

http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/HomePage

http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Windows#toc4

Arduino is an open-source electronics,  schematic is available :

Arduino_Uno_Rev3-schematic.PDF

You can also find the Eagle Files (Design Board Files)

Arduino Uno, like others Arduino, use microcontrollers Atmel.

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Installing The SOFTWARE

Download Arduino Softwware
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

A folder is created.
In this folder you can find the drivers. After install it, double click on arduino.exe

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Several examples are availables….

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Blink Example

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Selecting the hardware

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Selecting the port

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The used Port can be verified in Device Manager of Windows, in the picture example, the used PORT is COM18

you may have to change the COM port,

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Uploading the firmware

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RS232 Communication

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