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Arduino BLINK Blueprints

By : Utsav Shah
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Arduino BLINK Blueprints

By: Utsav Shah

Overview of this book

Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino has been used in thousands of different projects and applications by a wide range of programmers and artists, and their contributions have added up to an incredible amount of accessible knowledge that can be of great help to novices and experts alike. Want to build exciting LED projects with Arduino? This book will be your companion to bring out the creative genius in you. To begin with, you will get introduced to the maker movement and the open source hardware development Arduino boards. You will then move on to develop a mood lamp and a remote-controlled TV backlight. As you progress through the book, you will develop an LED cube and will learn to use sound visualization to develop a sound-controlled LED Christmas tree. You will then move on to build a persistence of vision wand. At the end of each chapter, you’ll see some common problems, their solutions, and some workarounds.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Troubleshooting


This section has answers to some of the common problems that you might face while working with Arduino.

Can't upload program

Assign the correct serial port: in the Arduino Environment program, go to Tools | Serial Port, and select the correct serial port. To see what serial port the board is using, connect the board to your computer with the USB cable. From the Windows desktop, right-click on My Computer, then Properties | Device Manager | Ports (COM & LPT). There will be an entry like USB Serial Port (COM13) or Arduino UNO (COM13).

This means serial communication port 13 is the one in use:

Tip

On upload, you may get error messages like, "Serial port 'COM13' already in use". Try quitting any programs that may be using it.

One of the possible reasons could be that you are running multiple Arduino IDEs on a single machine. Try closing all Arduino IDEs and open the sketch that you want to upload to your Arduino board. Most of the time it will solve the issue. Even after re-opening...