An annoyance with the Arduino IDE is the need to shut down the serial port terminal when you want to upload new code. The Eclipse solution manages this while keeping the terminal window open.

In a previous article, we looked at connecting various kinds of Arduino hardware to your Mac. Here's how to get started programming on them to create your own projects.

Over on the codebender blog [Vasilis] and his team are rolling out a way to remotely upload code to an Arduino over Ethernet.

It is a standalone, non-networked app that isn't very pretty to look at. But what if you want to share code and upload programs right from your browser? That's where CodeBender.cc comes in.

For those starting out in Arduino, there are tons of resources to get better acquainted with the community and the types of projects you can tinker with.

First, some background: Arduino boards, like the popular Raspberry Pi computers, are single-board systems. You can upload code to them, just as you would any electronics project, but Arduino ...