Beginning Arduino Programming

The Structure of Arduino C

Our first project will provide an interesting backdrop for understanding what’s going on with the basic structure of programming an Arduino sketch. This section will attempt to explain some of the larger points of how sketches are organized and generally work and will apply to every sketch that we might write, not just our previous example. We will get to more on the specifics of functions and statements, including their syntax and parameters, a little later.

To begin with, Arduino C follows a set of rules that govern syntax and structure and tell the interface board what to do. Some of these rules are inherited from C and others have been put into place by the Arduino development team to simplify usage for beginners. ...