This is tutorial number 1 from our series of Arduino tutorials and in this part I will talk about blinking an LED using the one already available on the Arduino Uno board or using an external LED to ...

Setup 1. Run Arduino. 2. Open the LED blink example sketch: File > Examples > 1.Basics > Blink. You should see a window like in Figure 2. 3. Choose Tools > Board, then select your board, like in ...

He then used his Arduino to interface with the ATtiny85 and provide the code powering the effect. Full details can be found at the source link below. What do you think so far?

Once the code is uploaded to the BlinkM, you essentially have a micro Arduino running at 8MHz with a built in LED and 2 I/O lines (5 if you snip off the LED).

Click Sketch > Verify / Compile to make sure the code is properly in there. Save the file and then attach the Arduino to your computer with the USB cable. Click File > Upload.