What do people think of the following text as an initial GO-TO place for newbies. (it is a bit more than 30 lines )
If it finds favour I will re post it in its own Thread and format it properly.
Comments, suggestions, additions (keep them short) and subtractions are welcome
Welcome. Everyone here hopes you will enjoy your Arduino as much as we do and we all want to help you.
If you are young and wish to be treated in a manner appropriate for a child let us know. Otherwise we will assume you are an adult and can withstand good-natured banter without taking offence.
Whatever your age we do expect that you will put a lot of effort into solving your own problem - for example by first seeing if you can find the answer with Google and by using the Arduino Learning section.
To get the best from the Forum ... Help us to help you.
Spend a couple of hours reading several Topics on the Forum before posting your first question.
--- That way you can learn how the Forum works.
Give your Topic a meaningful title so that people know what you need help with.
--- that way people with experience of your problem are more likely to read your Topic.
Describe the project you want to create so that we can understand the context of your question.
--- Often newbies ask a question about a little piece of a project.
--- If we know what you are trying to achieve we may be able to point you in a better direction.
If you have a program that is not working post the program and tell us in as much detail as possible
--- {A} what it actually does
--- {B} what you want it to do that is different
--- and always post a complete program.
If you get error messages when trying to compile a program please post the full error message.
When posting a program (or an error message) it makes it very much easier if you use the code button </>
so your code looks like this
and is easy to copy to a text editor.
Give as much information as you can about the hardware you are using
--- the name of Arduino board
--- links to datasheets for any other items you are using
--- a schematic drawing showing how everything is connected.
----- a photo of a simple pencil drawing with the connections clearly labeled will be best
----- please do NOT use Fritzing as the diagrams are usually unclear.
----- Link to > Simple guide for uploading pictures
You can get a lot more infomation at Link to > How to Use the Forum
...R