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Guide Contents | Introduction | How To: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux; Arduino Mini, Arduino BT, LilyPad Arduino; Xbee shield | Troubleshooting | Board | Environment

## Guide to Arduino

### In This Guide

This guide tell you everything you need to get started with Arduino. It consists of the following pages:

- Introduction: an explanation of what Arduino is and why you'd want to use it.
- How To (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux; Arduino Mini, Arduino BT, LilyPad Arduino; Xbee shield): step-by-step instructions on getting your first Arduino program working.
- Troubleshooting: what to do if things don't work.
- Board: description of the Arduino board and its parts.
- Environment: description of the Arduino development environment and its parts.

### Elsewhere on the Arduino website

- Arduino booklet: an introduction to physical computing, electronics, and Arduino.

### External Resources

- Course guides: Longer documents introducing Arduino: class 1 (getting started), class 2 (input and sensors), class 3 (communication, servos, and pwm), class 4 (piezo sound & sensors, arduino+processing, stand-alone operation).

- Wiring electronics reference: circuit diagrams for connecting a variety of basic electronic components.

- Schematics to circuits: from Wiring, a guide to transforming circuit diagrams into physical circuits.

- Tom Igoe's Physical Computing Site: lots of information on electronics, microcontrollers, sensors, actuators, books, etc.

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