I just purchased your Arduino starter kit and downloaded the software onto my computer using Windows XP. By the way, Very nice kit with little boxes full of components and very intuitive wooden base to mount circuit and breadboard.
Anyway, I can not get the first blinker sketch to upload to board. Found the, "Blink" circuit, through Examples, 01 Basics, and then Blink. It compiles fine, but when I try to upload it I get,"Problem uploading to board". What do I do? I went into the troubleshooting area of your site, but nothing there seems to match my problem. Can you help me? Maybe send me a telephone number so I may speak with someone to help me in American English? Here is my information too:
Michael Reiman
2505 South Ocean Boulevard
Palm Beach, Florida 33480
U.S.A.
(561) 951-9999 cell
If anyone on this site can help me I hope you will simply call or even email: m.reiman@comcast.net
Thank you. I've tried everything and even purchased a second Uno board inm cast somehow I fried the original. Both boards show the same computer message of, "Problem uploading to board".
Thank you.
Michael