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Welcome! Here you can find Frequently Asked Questions and troubleshooting articles, created by the Support team.

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Hardware Support For questions about boards, shields, and carriers.

Topics included:

Giga Nicla Family Portenta Family Generic Core Boards MKR Family Nano Family Shields and Carriers Yún Board
Software Support Get help using Arduino IDE to write and upload sketches.

Topics included:

IDE Settings Installation Compilation Upload CLI
Arduino Cloud Frequently asked questions about Arduino Cloud apps, platforms, subscription plans, and more.

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General Cloud Arduino IoT Cloud Spaces Web Editor Manager for Linux Arduino SIM Card Arduino Chrome App
Education and Kits For frequently requested information about our educational products and kits.

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EDU General Registration Student Kit Explore IoT Kit Oplà IoT Kit Certification CTC Go Science Kit Starter Kit Engineering Kit CTC 101 and CTC UNO Science Journal App
Store Support For questions about orders, payments, shipping and invoices.

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General Store Shipping Payments and Invoices
About Arduino Here you can find some help about your Arduino account, how to use the Arduino logo and trademark.

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My Arduino Account Donate to Arduino Courses, Workshops, and Publications Compatible Products How to Spot a Counterfeit Trademarks, Logos, and Licenses

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Getting Started

Step-by-step instructions to get you started with Arduino right away, so you can focus your time on creating incredible things.

Foundations

Key elements of our hardware and software, and the concepts behind them. What are the building blocks of the Arduino Programming language?

Built-in examples

Find here sketches included in the Arduino Software (IDE) that demonstrates all basic Arduino commands you need to know.

Examples from Libraries

Use libraries to provide extra functionalities to your sketches. Here’s some examples of libraries that are already installed in our IDE.

Hacking

Expand your knowledge. Find guidelines to customize every software that runs on an Arduino board and some hardware design details.

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