problems programing APM2 for quadcopter.

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Hello,

We got a project from school to build a quadcopter.
They gave us a flamewheel 450 set ( this has the frame for the quandcopter and his engines)
They also gave us an APM2board.
we are haveing alot of problems programming and testing this board.(none of us has worked with arduino before)
We would like to know how we can test simple programs(like a flashing LED) on this board to learn us work with arduino.
we are quite confused with the 3 pins for each output and input and dont know where we should find our signal we programmed.

hope for a quick response
thanks in advance
Greetings Hannes De Bie.

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HannesDeBie:
We would like to know how we can test simple programs(like a flashing LED) on this board to learn us work with arduino.

That's a sensible starting point.

Download and install the IDE. It comes with many examples that you can install and run on your Arduino.

If the type of Arduino you are is not one of the standard ones that the IDE knows about then you may need to create a new 'boards' entry for it. In that case I would expect the vendor of your board to provide the information you need to do that.

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we are quite confused with the 3 pins for each output and input and dont know where we should find our signal we programmed.

We could probably help with more details, like a link to the device(s) so we can see what 3 pins you are talking about, and what signal.

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thanks for the reply here is a link with some explanations about the board Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.
where should i connect the LED if i want to try this : http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Blink ?