Arduino/wifi/setup/Arduino Blink

get into windows device manager before plugging diamondback into a usb port

Before hooking the diamondback arduino wifi board into a computer, get into device manager. This way you can watch if it successfully finds a device driver.

Get into device manager by pressing windows start, and then into the search box type "device manager".

Then press enter. Look for the Ports (COM & LPT).

initial device manager window seen after pressing enter ... click on the arrow next to Ports (COM & LPT) to expand and see the details of these ports .. can do before, after or during the connection of the diamondback to the computer

Then connect the diamondback arudino wifi to the computer through usb cable. The device manager window will blick several times and go through the installation of at least two drivers before settling down.

The next step is to fire up the Arduino IDE (integrated development environment) and send the blink program to the arduino.

device manager displaying a found diamondback after plugging into a computer usb port and waiting while the screen flashes several times ... because it does not say "Uno" ... because it describes the diamondback as a generic "USB Serial Port" we know that it is patterned after the older arduino types such as a duemilanove ... we also know it is going to be serial port 6

arduino integrated development environment (ide) .. choosing the diamondback wifi arduino board ... the name diamondback wifi arduino does not appear in the list ... use the Duemilanove w/Amega328 board

arduino ide ... choosing the usb (serial) port ... the usb (serial) port that was seen in device manager ... if the usb (serial) port doesn't appear, close the arduino ide and get back in .. if it still doesn't appear then start over again .. unplug arduino .. open up device manager and then plug arduino back into the usb port ..

find the blink example program in the arduino ide, click on it

press the upload button (right arrow) to compile and send the program to the diamond back ... the check mark just does a compile ... it is used to see compile error messages only ... the blink example should compile correctly

if uploads there will be a success message in the bottom window of the arduino IDE screen, red messages indicate that the upload did not go well ... check that the correct board was selected ... Look at the diamondback ... the link led on the board should be blinking yellow/amber, once a second .. if this is the case, ready to go to the next step: wifi router configuration

Arduino/wifi/setup