Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Arduino Board Switch

So, hoping to be on the same platform as the other folks working on the lights to make sure troubleshooting would be seemless I updated my board to the Duemilanove and my software to v 16. I did this through my favorite US Vendor: SparkFun

 One of the nice things about buying an Arduino board from Arduino is that they have joined Zero Impact . Zero Impact is a carbon offset company. Even though CO2 emissions are really not the biggest environmental problem with electronics, it is a nice touch. Arduino seems to have picked building forests in Costa Rica, so, since I've been there, I get to think of my trip every time I use the board.

 To make the software transition:

   * I close the old version (Arduino 12),
  * Open the new (Arduio 16)
  * Switch the type of board I was using (there are A LOT of new ones)
  * and then QUIT ARDUINO 16 AND REOPEN IT. I do this because then
  Arduino writes a preferences file when it quits. I've found that
  having the new version writes its own is just a nice just-in-case
  that smooths over some troubles occasionally.

 And the good news... When I attached the wires to the new board and uploaded the code it just worked!

 Yay!

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