How do I power the Arduino Nano?

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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I needed an arduino to control a quadcopter. However, I am a complete noob with arduinos and microcontrollers. Anyway, I was looking at the arduino nano because I need something small. From what I understand, I need to connect the positive wire of a 6V battery to the VIN pin, but what do I do with the negative one? Do I connect it to ground?

Thanks!

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KitsuneBlade:
From what I understand, I need to connect the positive wire of a 6V battery to the VIN pin

If you read this you'll see that 6V is the lower limit (20V upper) and 7-12V is recommended.

Alternatively, use a regulated 5V on the 5V pin.

KitsuneBlade:
what do I do with the negative one? Do I connect it to ground?

Indeed you do.

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Pro Mini such as this one:

is made very thin and light. When paired with an FTDI adapter like this one:

http://www.tinyosshop.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=600

it is essentially the same as a Nano, except you disconnect the FTDI adapter when done programming and leave it on the ground.