We'll outline the basics of the Arduino itself, what the crazy jumble of wires means, and then step through how to use other people's code and schematics to build your first electronics project ...

The electronic design of the Basic Stamp is simple, yes, but there’s a method to the madness. The code you write for the Basic Stamp is stored in 256 bytes of the EEPROM.

Of course, knowing the basics of Arduino is only half the battle; if you want to get to the fun stuff you'll have to learn how to code it as well.

Youngsters interested in technology might get a kick out of working with real computer hardware and software during their summer break. Parents, ...

The basic code for handling these motors and sensors comes from Sparkfun and uses only the basic pin-level Arduino routines.

Download the codes here Arduino simple shield potentiometer code: Arduino shield rc car: Arduino nano module L298P code: Board project: In this project you'll see how simple it is to make an rc car ...

Check out the this colourful but BASIC use of Arduino, flagged in the "Tweets of the Week" section of the magazine, but it's worth highlighting in a bit more detail.

The serial port baud rate is set to 9600, and the Arduino Uno uses COM34. Visual Basic 2008 comes with the SerialPort function, so it’s pretty easy to program. All that we need the Arduino to do is ...

Technically, the extras in the Arduino Basic Kit aren't anything a savvy consumer couldn't order piecemeal, but there's something nice about having everything ready for you in one place.