Arduino IDE and Drivers Installation Windows XPArduino UNO and Arduino Mega Software and Drivers Installation. This tutorial describes the installation of the Arduino IDE Development software and drivers for the Windows Operating System. The images and description is based on installation under Windows XP, but the process should be similar for Vista and Windows 7. First we need to get the latest version of the Arduino software this can be downloaded from the Arduino website here. Ride On Shooting Star Game here. Download the Arduino software and unzip all the files into c program files. You will end up with a directory like arduino 0. Next, plug in your Arduino board to your computer with a USB cable and wait while Windows detects the new device. Windows will fail to detect the device as it doesnt know where the drivers are stored. You will get an error similar to the one right. Select the Install from a list or specific location Advanced option and click Next Now choose the location that the Arduino drivers are stored in. This will be in a subfolder called drivers in your arduino directory After selecting Next you may get a message like the one shown right. Select Continue Anyway Windows should now have found the Arduino drivers. Guide/Micro_BoardSel.jpg' alt='Windows Remote Arduino' title='Windows Remote Arduino' />Click Finish to complete the installation So far so good. The computer communicates with the Arduino board via a special serial port chip built into the Arduino board. The Arduino IDE software needs to know the serial port number that Windows has just allocated to it. Open the Windows Control Panel and select the System app. Click on the Hardware tab and then on the Device Manager button. Click on the Ports COM and LPT option and note what com port has been allocated to the Arduino Board Next, run the Arduino IDE application, which will be in c program filesarduino 0. Click on Tools Serial Port and select the port number from above Next click on Tools Board and select the type of board that you have Thats it. Now try opening the Blink demo program from the example directory within the Arduino IDE, VerifyCompile it and upload it to your board. You should see the TX and RX leds on the board flash showing you that it is working. Finally the built in LED connected to Pin 1. Arduino Drivers Windows 7Thats your first program running. Enjoy. One final note. Create a shortcut to the Arduino IDE and place it on your desktop. Guide/DRV_Capture3.png' alt='Arduino Software Windows Vista' title='Arduino Software Windows Vista' />Download arduino software for windows 7 and best integrated development environment software Sharp World Clock, Erply Point of Sale for Windows, Windows 7 USBDVD. Modify-the-Windows-Vista-Registry-Step-5.jpg/aid266252-v4-728px-Modify-the-Windows-Vista-Registry-Step-5.jpg' alt='Arduino Software Windows Vista' title='Arduino Software Windows Vista' />Arduino. Guide Windows. with an Arduino board before. On Windows Vista. Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software. Getting Started w Arduino on Windows. Installing drivers for the Arduino Uno with Windows7, Vista. Drivers folder of the Arduino Software.