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Figure 1-3. IDE main window (<strong>Arduino</strong> 1.0 on a Mac)<br />

on the desktop). Inside the disk image is the <strong>Arduino</strong> application. Copy this to<br />

somewhere convenient—the Applications folder is a sensible place. Double-click the<br />

application once you have copied it over (it is not a good idea to run it from the disk<br />

image). The splash screen will appear, followed by the main program window.<br />

Linux installation varies depending on the Linux distribution you are using. See the<br />

<strong>Arduino</strong> wiki for information (http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/Linux).<br />

To enable the <strong>Arduino</strong> development environment to <strong>com</strong>municate with the board, you<br />

need to install drivers.<br />

On Windows, use the USB cable to connect your PC and the <strong>Arduino</strong> board and wait<br />

for the Found New Hardware Wizard to appear. If you are using an Uno board, let the<br />

wizard attempt to find and install drivers. It will fail to do this (don’t worry, this is the<br />

expected behavior). To fix it you now need to go to Start Menu→Control Panel→System<br />

6 | Chapter 1: Getting Started

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