arduino digital i/o lab
The hardest part of this lab was getting everything setup. I ordered my board from sparkfun, and received the NG version as opposed to the base version that most folks have. This did not work well with the school laptops - the COM would never register!! Where as the base board seemed to work without any additional software, the NG boards requried installation of these drivers from FTID. However, since nobody knew the admin login for the lab laptops, there was no way for me to install them. Luckily some folks in the lab also had the NG board, so we were able to work it out together.
I was able to install arduino (and the drivers) on my home computer without much trouble. Here it is in action!
switch off...
switch on!!
After struggling with school's computers for this lab, im seriously thinking about getting a laptop - pc or mac?