:D I was >thoroughly< intimidated by the list of steps, especially at first when some of the items weren't in the package manager, but I'm up and running in one evening! I've made some changes to a simple sketch (Arduino program) and it's running so I can see the whole development chain is in place....

Arduino is an open-source microcontroller and the software development environment that enables you to make it do what you want to. Here's an overview quoted from the website http://www.arduino.cc/ "Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardwa...

Never mind - it finally allowed me to download it. Thanks again!

- Dave

mange tak! (for the rest of you, that's Danish for Many Thanks)

Looks great, I can't wait to try it. One problem - I can't seem to download the Dependencies pet. Is that file still available?

Dave