Introduction

The Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is the programming software that interfaces your Arduino board with the program. The Arduino IDE software features a compiler that transforms your program into machine language that can be understood by the Arduino board.

The Arduino IDE is a derivative of Processing. It’s open source and can be used to program boards other than the Arduino.

To download the software, go to the Arduino IDE website. Once on the Arduino IDE site, you’ll need to click on the “Download” option corresponding to your operating system:

You can make a donation or click on “just download” for a free download:

You are then invited to subscribe to the Arduino newsletter. If you don’t want to, you can click on “just download”:

Once downloaded, you’ll find the installer in your downloads. Just click on it:

Once clicked, you must accept the terms of use of the software:

You can install Arduino ide for the current user or for all users on the computer:

Next, you’ll need to confirm where Arduino Ide will be installed on your computer:

Once installation is complete, you will be prompted to start the software:

Now all you have to do is code for your Arduino. Take a look at our Arduino IDE course to learn how to use the software: