Now, everything’s set up, so click the right-facing arrow near the top-left corner of the Arduino IDE window to upload the program to the board.

Setup is fairly simple with downloads for Linux, OS X, and Windows. This isn’t an ESP8266 shield, either: you can write code for the ESP module, connect the serial pins, and hit the program button.

At the end of the video, I go through the initial set up in the Arduino IDE and run a simple sketch. The Arduino 101 and Genuino 101 are now available to purchase priced at €28.65.

The latest version of Arduino’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE), version 2.3.3, has just been released, and it brings a host of new features ...