An Arduino IDE: An IDE (or Integrated Development Environment) is the program you’ll use to write and upload software—called “sketches”—to your Arduino.

In a recent post, I talked about using the “Blue Pill” STM32 module with the Arduino IDE. I’m not a big fan of the Arduino IDE, but I will admit it is simple to use which makes it good for ...

Traditional Arduino IDE: Stability and Control The traditional Arduino IDE is a desktop application that offers offline coding capabilities, a feature that many developers find indispensable.

You use wires to connect the Arduino to the breadboard and create the circuits that make everything communicate. This is why you see movies where they need to cut a wire to stop a bomb from exploding.

Arguably the biggest advantage of the Arduino ecosystem is how easy it is to get your code running. Type a few lines into the IDE, hit the button, and in a few seconds you’re seeing an LED bl… ...