Using the serial monitor that is built into the Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment, aka desktop software), write a program that reads in a value and echoes back the same value.

Connect the Arduino to your computer using the USB cable. Open the Serial Monitor in your IDE to see the values from the sensor – this will also help you to calibrate your plant monitor.

This hack takes advantage of all of these aspects to bring you an Arduino controlled CGA monitor. One problem with experimenting with one of these monitors is that they are not that well documented.

Usually, I use the Serial Monitor of the Arduino IDE to communicate with the Arduino hardware. But now, I want to build an application on my computer that allows me to click some buttons to control ...

In fact, that’s how the Arduino IDE flashes the board. This should have been obvious since the board is really just a breakout for the SAM D21 chip which is already supported.

Being able to communicate with your embedded project to understand what is happening is a necessary aspect of debugging. TK takes us through a review of Eltima's Virtual Serial Port Driver software ...

Arduino, an open-source hardware pioneer with 32 million active developers worldwide, today announced its hardware is now integrated into more than 30 ...

Feel like you can’t give your new plants all the attention they deserve? Let Arduino help you.