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tytower · Last edited by tytower on Tue 22 Jan 2013, 18:36; edited 3 times in total

I have been using Arduino for a couple of years now and it is really interesting stuff.

The worst part was getting it downloaded and operating properly.

Thats improved dramatically now with the Arduino V 1.0.3

All you need is Java JRE (java runtime environment ) version 1.6 ,and get it into your PATH and then get Arduino 1.0.3.

Thats all you need now !

On the Arduino "Getting Started " Puppy page I have put

darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2436 Location: near here

Yep, its easy now they have the Java IDE. I heard it was a bit of a pain previously.

To integrate it with the desktop I put the Arduino app in /opt then created symlink to it in /usr/bin called arduino

And put its icon in /usr/share/pixmaps (attached)

then created the file /usr/share/application/arduino.desktop

tytower · Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2013, 06:14 Post subject:

Hmm. suppose its much the same thing . I left it in the root dir / but easy to move elsewhere.
Opening the directory and draging the "arduino" script file to the desktop creates a generic icon and then edit that to get the icon you want which is in the /arduino-1.0.3/reference/img/ directory

darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2436 Location: near here

yep, either way is good, people can choose what they prefer Cool

WB7ODYFred

I added a test file that was tested with Arduino 1.0.3 IDE to compile and work with a OSEPP UNO R3 Plus board that I bought at Fry's Electronics Store here in Oregon. You can also find real Arduino boards at Radio Shack Store.
Whats new in the UNO board. Lady Adafruit http://youtu.be/t4vjCbJdaI4

This is a cheap easy first project to play with Arduino Jave IDE. Two resistors and a composite video cable.
Display Arduino output on a TV for a $1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBXiZpuncg
I reference many URLs in the beginning comment section of the file. I used Lucid Puppy 5.2.8 version. Comment below if it worked for the Precie Puppy Linux 5.4.3.

http://www.instructables.com/id/TV-Out-with-Arduino/?ALLSTEPS

Download Java 7 from www.java.com use the 45 MegaByte NON-RPM tar.gz file.

http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp?locale=en

install tarball file to directory /usr/java the use XArchive to select all and extract to directory /usr/java

Cheers on using Arduino 1.0.3 or the later version 1.5 (for the new Duo board)

Here is a set of Arduino Tutorials from Jeff Blum
Tutorial 1 Getting acquinted with Arduino http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCxzA9_kg6s&NR=1&feature=endscreen
Tutorial 2 Buttons and Switches http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LCCGFSMOr4

Fred

Copy this to a file Arduino_1.0.3.desktop or use Menu --> Utility --> MenuMaker to create.

Tug · Posted: Fri 19 Apr 2013, 09:14 Post subject:

Greetings Arduinistas,

I recently bought Arduino Uno Rev3 board. I have been using this laptop, Dell Inspiron 4000 with a 7G HDD and 384MB of RAM to mess around with the Arduino board. The only reason I have kept Windows XP on this laptop is because I could never get the wireless working with Puppy, so I have always dual booted with Puppy and Windows XP

But recently it seems that Windows is slower and slower so I guess it is time to wipe it out completely and use a frugal install of Puppy so I won't worry about running out of disk space anymore.

My question is: What version of Puppy should I use to work with Arduino?

If I can't get the wireless thing working on this laptop, I can run ethernet to the router.

Your advice would be appreciated.

Doug

tytower · Posted: Fri 19 Apr 2013, 19:04 Post subject:

Any puppy version should do it now as long as you install a late version ( >1.0.3) Arduino IDE properly .(post 1)

Your wireless sounds like the trouble I have had with mine see
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=85614
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=84718[/url]

tytower · Posted: Fri 19 Apr 2013, 19:14 Post subject:

Tug · Posted: Sat 20 Apr 2013, 23:57 Post subject: