Editing Beginners Setup for Arduino and Processing

= Introduction =

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Setup for the Arduino and Processing falls into two major groups, setting up your PC and setting up the hardware needed.

= PC Setup =





= Hardware Setup =

The real basics:

* an Arduino board.  There are many. Some distinctions are:

**Price
**Kit or prebuilt
**Memory
**Compatible with Shields
**Easily plugable to a ProtoBoard.

* a Protoboard -- Mr H. will bring some and the components used with them. See  [[Solderless protoboard]]