Arduino ZERO - Arduino and atmel collaboration

This new board launched by arduino named Arduino ZERO, is a  outcome of collaboration between two amazing companies Atmel and Arduino.
I wonder why arduino has named it Arduino ZERO , but it sound really cool, and i believe its functionalities are also really amazing. This board aims at developing some trending wearable devices and some really good automation projects. As mentioned by the man himself, Massimo Banzi ,this board will be a new experience for all MAKERS and students who are passionate about electronics.

Massimo Banzi, Arduino CO-founder and CEO said:

"It aims to provide creative individuals with the potential to realize truly innovative ideas especially for smart IoT devices, wearable technology, high-tech automation, crazy robotics, and projects not yet imagined".

For more detailed description of Arduino ZERO, click on the link below.

http://blog.arduino.cc/2014/05/15/meet-arduino-zero/

MATLAB & ARDUINO interfacing - Part#1

After complete installation of connecting and uploading arduino uno, in the previous post,in this post we will give explanation of downloading and uploading required resources for creating arduino IDE a server for establishing  communication with MATLAB.
For interfacing arduino uno with MATLAB ,it is important to prepare arduino IDE to create proper communication between MATLAB and arduino uno. The steps involed to prepare arduino IDE are:

1.The first step for interfacing arduino with MATLAB is to download the MATLAB support for Arduino UNO from Mathworks website
http://www.mathworks.in/matlabcentral/fileexchange/32374-matlab-support-package-for-arduino--aka-arduinoio-package-

2. After downloading MATLAB support for arduino uno,unzip the  Arduino IO file and locate a folder name 'pde' in Arduino IO then copy the 'pde' folder and paste it in LIBRARIES named folder within Arduino named folder which located in PROGRAM FILES.

3 After following above two steps , confirm the addition of PDE in libraries of arduino IDE, open arduino IDE and select EXAMPLES option and verify weather the PDE is enlsted under EXAMPLES option. As shown in image below.

Follow these steps to prepare arduino IDE for making communication between Arduino UNO and MATLAB. For more eleaborate explanation watch this youtube video and subscribe our channel
 MATuino R.

In next post we will elaborate the MATLAB setup for arduino interface and establish communication between arduino UNO and MATLAB.
Keep sharing ideas related to MATLAB arduino interface , or comment if have any query.

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'No one have ever imagined that sharing has such a beatiful impact'

These ae some MAKERS who are real ame changers and still working hard to create new and cool stuff and SHARE it with world.

http://www.mnn.com/leaderboard/stories/14-makers-who-are-changing-the-diy-world

Connecting and Programming Arduino UNO

After installing the arduino IDE , the next step is to connect the arduino UNO board with windows PC or laptop and uplaod a simple program to verify the proper functionality of arduino UNO and proper communication between PC or laptop.
The steps involved for seting up arduino UNO and uploading program involves.

1. Connect the arduino uno with to laptop ot PC using USB A to B cable .
2. Browse in control panel and go into hardware options and open DEVICE MANAGER and click on PORTS( COM & LPT) option it will scroll down to Arduino(COM X) X is the numeric number.
3. Double-click on Arduino(COM X) it will open a window which contain details for updating the arduinno drivers as shown in image below:

Select the UPDATE DRIVER option and then select the FTDI USB DRIVER from arduino folder.
After successful updation of drivers .
4. Now open the Arduino IDE and go into tools option and check the BOARD and SERIAL PORT options and make sure the BOARD selected is ARDUINO UNO and SERIAL PORT is same as in DEVICE MANAGER as in case of above image it is COM 3 as shown in image below:

5. After confirming the BOARD TYPE and PORT , go to FILE option and select the BLINK program from EXAMPLES option. Then verify and upload the program in arduino uno and see the orange LED on board blinking.

All of the above steps are elaborately shown in video on youtube, watch the video for better understanding of the process:

   

Installing Arduino IDE for WINDOWS 7

For initiating the process of interfacing Arduino with MATLAB , the basic requirement is Arduino IDE and arduino uno or any other arduino board ( We will only consider Arduino uno in all future posts). MATLAB 2010b or later is mandatory for interfacing process( we will talk about it later in detail). 

The arduino IDE is basically a arduino hardware programming open-source software, which is really easy to install and very user-friendly. The arduino IDE is availabe on arduino website for downloading visit  http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software , all versions are availabe for mac, windows or linux. 

 After downloading the arduino IDE , unzip the folder and you will have a a file with logo image as below:

Double-clicking on this fle the installation will starts automatically , after succesful completion of arduino IDE installation a shortcut will be created which can be used for easy access to arduino IDE.

For further detailed process of downloading and installation of arduino IDE kindly watch the video below :

Installing Arduino IDE for WINDOWS 7