Category = Education https://opensourcehardwaregroup.com/how-to-use-and...uino-reference/ So you just opened up your fancy new gadget -- maybe an awesome DSLR camera, or the newest gaming system, or maybe a new Blu-ray player. As you gladly tear away the packaging -- you notice a small book that feels like it was printed on 4th generation recycled newspaper -- it's the instruction manual. As you skim the pages you realize it was first written in Japanese, translated to Chinese by an Australian ventriloquist and then an intern in California used Google Translate to finish the job for your native tongue. So you toss the instruction manual and just plug the gadget in. Good for you -- especially since it appears as everything is working just fine. Until.. ...something isn't working just fine. Maybe you can't navigate the menu options to find a setting that was advertised on the box, or maybe the functionality you thought your gadget has does not appear to be working no matter how correctly it seems you are pressing the buttons. This tutorial is going to focus on the Arduino instruction manual, known more commonly as the "Arduino Reference" or the "Arduino Documentation". It is an important and useful aspect of learning to use Arduino -- it will be your best friend in times of bewilderment, brain lapses and fits of rage. I know that instruction manuals get a bad wrap -- but don't fret -- the Arduino Reference is awesome! To be honest what really keeps us away from the documentation is our fears. That's right -- the reference pages can be a bit intimidating when you are just starting out. They use a lot of technical jargon, are loaded with funky acronyms and filled with rabbit holes. Nobody uses the stuff anyway...right? ( Not right -- that was a joke! ) This Tutorial Will Cover: What is the Arduino Reference? The Anatomy of an Arduino Reference Page. Why You Should Be Using the Arduino Reference More. How to use brain waves to trick your cat into eating less.