Tinkerkit help?

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Hi,

I bought the T110061 from a friend and I don't quite know how to interface it through programming. I have Arduino 1.6.5 installed and run examples well with my ESPLORA. Where do I post to get help to set up and run similar examples for the T110061. Thank you!

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By "T110061" do you mean the (now retired) Arduino product called "Tinkerkit Text LCD 16x2 Retail"?

http://store.arduino.cc/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_code=T110061

Just follow the link on that page that says "Library and Examples".

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Yes, that's it, the link you kindly supplied is broke. When I plug in the usb connector, it displays "Hello World". How do I access the program to change the words? I don't see the board listed in Arduino 1.0.6 under tools/boards. Thank you for your help.

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Maybe this works.

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johnwasser:
By "T110061" do you mean the (now retired) Arduino product called "Tinkerkit Text LCD 16x2 Retail"?

http://store.arduino.cc/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_code=T110061

Just follow the link on that page that says "Library and Examples".

Sorry. The Link button always puts in an extra "http://" which I failed to erase. You should learn to recognize that mistake and correct for it. Here is a corrected link:

Just follow the link on that page that says "Library and Examples".

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Thank you very much for all your help however I still have a question.

I understand where to find the examples. My question is how do I run the examples? How do I connect Tinkerkit to a windows computer and upload the examples. Tinkerkit is not listed as a board in Arduino 1.0.6.

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blewis:
I understand where to find the examples. My question is how do I run the examples?

The product page says: "it has in fact a microcontroller and a USB port on board that make it a fully-fledged LCD-shaped Arduino Leonardo." I think that means you connect it to your PC with a USB cable and upload examples to it as if it were an Arduino Leonardo. If the (ancient) V1.0.6 IDE doesn't support Leonardo, update to the current 1.6.5 IDE.

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The board reads "Hello World" when connected to the usb, however I did as you suggested but got the follwing error when I set the board to Leonardo and tried to upload the "Hello World" example in LiquidCrystal. The board was reset also. Thank you.

Arduino: 1.6.5 (Windows 7), Board: "Arduino Leonardo"

Sketch uses 6,104 bytes (21%) of program storage space. Maximum is 28,672 bytes.

Global variables use 197 bytes (7%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2,363 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2,560 bytes.

processing.app.debug.RunnerException: Couldn't find a Board on the selected port. Check that you have the correct port selected. If it is correct, try pressing the board's reset button after initiating the upload.

at cc.arduino.packages.uploaders.SerialUploader.waitForUploadPort(SerialUploader.java:246)

at cc.arduino.packages.uploaders.SerialUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(SerialUploader.java:129)

at processing.app.debug.Compiler.upload(Compiler.java:166)

at processing.app.Sketch.upload(Sketch.java:1167)

at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1141)

at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1113)

at processing.app.Editor$DefaultExportHandler.run(Editor.java:2380)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Couldn't find a Board on the selected port. Check that you have the correct port selected. If it is correct, try pressing the board's reset button after initiating the upload.

This report would have more information with
"Show verbose output during compilation"
enabled in File > Preferences.

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Update:

I succesfuly installed the tinkerkit library folder into Arduino 1.6.5 but I still get wrong board errors even with leonardo. Thank you.