Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, path names, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "On the last code we have written Serial.print("Hello Arduino!\n")."

A block of code is set as follows:

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
  Serial.print("Hello Arduino!\n");
}

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "If you go to Tools | Port you will see a bunch of port list."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.