Welcome to Dino
Get Started In No Time
Dino was designed to help you start working with your Arduino in minutes.
Install the Gem
gem install dino
Upload the Bootstrapper
- Open the normal Arduino IDE
- Download the bootstrapper src/du.ino
- Open the file in the Arduino IDE
- Plug in your Arduino via USB
- Click the upload button (an arrow)
Verify Install
- Build the sample circuit examples/led/led.png
- From your terminal, execute
ruby example/led/led.rb - Observe your LED blinking continuously
Examples and Tutorials
Circuits and Programs
- Take a look in the example directory for small component examples
- Try Getting Started with Arduino and Dino from Jumpstart Lab, building a number-guessing game and a simple nightlight
- An example rails app using Dino and Pusher
- For a Sinatra example look at the site used to shoot the cannon at RubyConf2012
Explanatory Talks
- "Arduino the Ruby Way" at RubyConf 2012