That provides a professional development environment, at least. The code base for the Arduino is another frustration. Bluntly, the use of setup() and loop() with main() being hidden really bugs me.

An Arduino with 40 lines of code, a temperature resistor, and servo are all that’s truly needed to save some dough with this thermostat by [Peter Hamilton]. LEDs and a potentiometer are added… ...

Arduino simplifies things by only using just one coding language. Here's what you need to get started with developing software for the tiny device.

Using an Arduino and a little code on your PC, it monitors your screen and creates lighting behind your monitor.

Below are snapshots of my initial experiment setup and the serial monitor window of my laptop. In addition to the Arduino Serial Monitor, I tried the same setup later with PuTTY. Remote control I used ...