Arguably the biggest advantage of the Arduino ecosystem is how easy it is to get your code running. Type a few lines into the IDE, hit the button, and in a few seconds you’re seeing an LED blink or ...

The Arduino serial monitor and IDE code uploader share a serial line such that each is disconnected from the serial port while the other needs it. Since this routing mechanism is already in place, it ...

When in this configuration, Serial Monitor is opened and closed by clicking the icon on the toolbar (not the similar icon on the right hand activity bar, which only expands/collapses the panel). 🐛 If ...