Install the PicoBoard

congratulations on your PicoBoard purchase. As you inventory your package, make sure you have the following items:

• PicoBoard

• Serial port to USB connector

• four sets of alligator clips

Before we can start using the PicoBoard, we must ensure our computers have the proper drivers installed. The driver is just a term tech people use to sound smart, but it's really just some software we install on our computer to make the PicoBoard work properly with Scratch.

Windows Vista users can rest for a minute while the rest of us install the necessary software.

Driver installation is straightforward. Go to www.picocricket.com/picoboardsetup.html, and click on the download link for your operating system to download the file to your computer.

After the file downloads, unzip it using whatever tools are available on your computer. Usually, double-clicking on the file will display the contents of the ZIP file so you can extract it. Extract the setup file to your desktop and double-click it...