Make: Robotic Arms

15Chapter 1: The Foundation of Robotic Arms

the Upload button, you may see some text at

the bottom of the screen outlining the size of the

code sent to the Arduino. With that taken care of,

you’re done.

STEP 11

You’ve uploaded the code, but nothing has happened?

Well not quite. In order to see the results of our code,

we need to open the Serial Monitor—essentially, a

great way to see what the Arduino is thinking. To do

so, click on the small magnifying glass icon in the

upper right-hand corner of the screen (Figure

1-25

).

This will open the Serial Monitor, which is located

at the bottom of the screen. If your code is acting as

expected, you should ...