I am running windows 8(64) and am using Arduino Uno for the first time. I downloaded the IDE and plugged in my arduino. I'm using a IMU 6050 Accelerometer Gyroscope Breakout Board and am using the first MPU6050 DMP6 example program to test it out. I open up the serial monitor and instead of displaying the text like it should, it only displays a line of weird symbols(cross,box, y with a dot over it, Germanic alphabet letters) and then nothing else. I am brand new to ardruino and can't figure out what to do. I checked the Uno driver and everything is fine. All the arduino files are downloaded, I have downloaded both the MPU library as well as the I2C library. The Uno is blinking, the data is coming through (I think) for some reason its just not displaying right. I have been searching all over the web for days now and I can't find anyone with the same problem. Has anyone else had this problem?
Have you matched the serial monitor speed to the serial line speed in your "setup()"?
Yes. It's set at 115200
You have to set the same baudrate, in Serial.begin() and in the Serial Monitor window.
Also select the correct Board in the Tools menu. Programming 5V systems for 3.3V changes the system clock and consequently the baudrate. Happend to me with the Arduino Pro Mini, which can operate at both voltages. No such problem when you selected your Arduino Uno board.