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Arduino Robotic Projects

You're reading from   Arduino Robotic Projects Build awesome and complex robots with the power of Arduino.

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Published in Aug 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783989829
Length 240 pages
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Arduino Robotic Projects
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
1. Powering on Arduino FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with the Arduino IDE 3. Simple Programming Concepts Using the Arduino IDE 4. Accessing the GPIO Pins 5. Working with Displays 6. Controlling DC Motors 7. Controlling Servos with Arduino 8. Avoiding Obstacles Using Sensors 9. Even More Useful Sensors 10. Going Truly Mobile – the Remote Control of Your Robot 11. Using a GPS Device with Arduino 12. Taking Your Robot to Sea 13. Robots That Can Fly 14. Small Projects with Arduino Index

Running the IDE for the Adafruit FLORA


When connecting the FLORA device, you'll need to have the Adafruit version of the IDE installed. You can download this from learn.adafruit.com/getting-started-with-flora/download-software. Follow the directions on this site to download and install the IDE. Since the FLORA device is not standard Arduino, this will add another selection to the Board type for the Arduino IDE.

Installing the Adafruit drivers

When plugging in the device, if it fails to install, you may have to tell it where to find the drivers. You will know if this happens—you will get an error message saying Device driver software was not successfully installed. If you get this error, follow the directions at http://Arduino.cc/en/Guide/Windows#.UxoWXPldUvt; only point your driver to the directory from where you downloaded the Adafruit IDE. For example, in my case, I am running 64 bit Windows, so I will select windows as shown in the following screenshot:

It will probably complain about an...

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