Arduino programming

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Hi, Guys,

I’m very new to Arduino. I’ve been trying to figure out what it’s going to take to learn to program for a Mega 2560. I don’t know a thing about programming. I’ve read where it might be better to use a Linux machine to do the programming. Is it possible to use a regular PC to do the programming? I’m running Windows 7 on my computer right now. Can I use it to write the files? What can I use as a compiler? Like I said, I’m new to all this and really am having a difficult time with this. I ordered a book, Beginning C for Arduino, today. Has anyone read it? Lew

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Yes, Arduino’s cab be programmed with a Windows PC.

There are numerous tutorials on the web on doing this and the most common software is:

http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

This site has most of the info needed to get you started.

As for tutorials I recommend the ones at Adafruit for step by step instructions.