Arduino: Making a set of traffic lights

Step 8 Programming Arduino

Programming the Arduino could not be easier, however we have to tell the Arduino IDE where to look for the Arduino and what type of Arduino to talk to.

To tell it what type to talk to go to TOOLS > BOARD > ARDUINO DIECIMILA.

To tell it where to look for the Arduino go to TOOLS > SERIAL PORT, and choose the most logical port, it will say usb serial or some thing similar, not bluetooth or any thing else, worst case scenario you get it wrong and have to set it to another port.

Now you to open the attached PDE file and upload it to the board, by pressing the button with an arrow pointing to some dots/...

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This will take a few moments and if successful your Arduino will now be running the code, press the button furthest to the right (serial monitor) to control the board with a terminal like interface.

Comments

[arduinolover]

 HI!
Great Project! ..but i cant see the code. The file is .tmp not .pde, please help us with this :)

[unknowndomain]

 Its probably just your web browser, rename it to .pde and open in processing, should be fine, else DM me your email address and ill do it that way.

[cocoliso]

It happens the same, you can send the sketch to my email?
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Best regards