LittleBits Arduino Board

Setup

The Arduino board (w6) needs to be powered from the power module (p4) while plugged into the computer via the USB port. Once powered and plugged in use the Arduino development environment to connect to the board:

• Under Tools|Board select "Arduino Leonardo"
• Under Tools|Port select the appropriate port (e.g., COM4)
• Run Tools|Get Board Info to test communications

Put sketches (code) into Documents|Arduino

Blink LED (Hello World)

Unfortunately, the LittleBits Arduino board does not have a built-in LED for the standard Blink demo. To get the Blink example working will require an additional littleBits Bright LED module (o14) or similar. Maybe we can solder some up ourselves using the bitSnaps or bitWire.

An alternative is to use the Elegoo Nano Arduino with LEDs soldered to the I/O pins.

Serial Communications

TODO