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Getting Started with Mixly and UNO

This document provides a guide for getting started with Mixly and the UNO R3 board, including installation instructions and an overview of the software's features. Mixly is a versatile graphical programming tool designed for educational purposes, allowing users to create Arduino projects without text programming. The document also details the steps to install necessary drivers and upload a sketch to the UNO board using Mixly.

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Getting Started with Mixly and UNO

This document provides a guide for getting started with Mixly and the UNO R3 board, including installation instructions and an overview of the software's features. Mixly is a versatile graphical programming tool designed for educational purposes, allowing users to create Arduino projects without text programming. The document also details the steps to install necessary drivers and upload a sketch to the UNO board using Mixly.

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Lesson 0 - Getting Started with Mixly and UNO

Points of this section

You will learn：


How to install the Mixly on Windows PCs
Use your uno on the Mixly and upload your first sketch

Need to prepare:
A computer with a reliable Internet connection
A UNO R3 board
A USB cable
Introduction for Mixly

Mixly is a free open-source graphical Arduino programming software, based on Google’s Blockly graphical
programming framework, and developed by Mixly Team@ BNU.
It is a free open-source graphical programming tool for creative electronic development; a complete support
ecosystem for creative e-education; a stage for maker educators to realize their dreams.
Although there is an Ardublock graphical programming software launched by Arduino official, Ardublock is not
perfect enough, and many common functions cannot be realized.
The figure below shows the functional comparison between Ardublock and Mixly.

It can be said that Mixly is the most versatile and smoothest Arduino graphical programming software, which can
replace the Arduino programming tool IDE.

User Groups
From the above design concept, it can be seen that Mixly is suitable for primary and secondary school students
to cultivate programming thinking. It is also available for quick programming when creating a work. Of course, it
is good for those lovely friends who don't want to learn text programming, but want to do some small works with
intelligent control.

Install the Mixly Software on Windows PCs

Here we provide you with the Mixly0.998 Win(7.9) software. You can download the software from the link
below:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=10t_ku7uFSLoL9M8RCcBNxoB7RzfslIqp

Downloaded the Mixly software package, you should get it as below:


Unzip the package, you can see the Mixly application icon.

Double click the Mixly icon to open the software; you should get the pop-up interface shown below.
Interface Functions
Code: This is the C language code interface. When you are using Blocks graphical programming, you can click on
this menu to switch to the C language format interface. To switch back to the graphical interface, click on the
Blocks menu.
In/Out: IO port function definition, mainly defines input/output mode; reads analog voltage; outputs analog
value; external interrupt pin, interrupt mode; IO port shift output.

Control: setup function definition, judgment statement, timer setting, program end
Math:Arithmetic statement

Test：Text statement
Lists：The creation of an array

Logic：Logic statement
SerialPort：Serial port settings, including setting baud rate, reading/writing data, etc.

Communicate：Communication interface class functions, such as IIC, SPI, infrared receiving and transmitting, and
RFID
Storage：Read and write SD card functions, read and write EEPROM functions

Sensor：Sensor library function, including ultrasound, DHT11, LM35, DS18B20, ADXL345, DS1302, GPS
Actuator：Servo motor and stepper motor drive function

Monitor：Display class output, such as 1602LCD, 2004LCD, OLED, RGB LED, TM1650 based dot matrix, TM1673
based dot matrix, 8*8 dot matrix
Ethernet：Internet function

Variables：Definition of variables
Functions：The definition of the function

Factory：Library files, macro definitions, serial port printing, class function operations
Driver Installation Of Mixly Ide

The USB connection with the PC is necessary to program the board and not just to power it up. The Uno
automatically draw power from either the USB or an external power supply. Connect the board to your computer
using the USB cable. The green power LED (labelled PWR) should go on.

Downloaded and expanded the Zip package, double click to open arduino-1.8.5 folder, you can see drivers folder
in it
For some reason, the uno board wasn't properly recognized, please follow the procedure below.

Click on the Start Menu, and open up the Control Panel.


While in the Control Panel, navigate to System and Security. Next, click on System. Once the System window is up,
open the Device Manager.
Look under Ports (COM & LPT). You should see an open port named "Arduino UNO (COMxx)". If there is no COM
& LPT section, look under "Other Devices" for "Unknown Device".
Right click on the "Arduino UNO (COmxx)" port and choose the "Update Driver Software" option.
Next, choose the "Browse my computer for Driver software" option.
Finally, navigate to and select the driver file named "arduino.inf", located in the "Drivers" folder of the Arduino
Software download (not the "FTDI USB Drivers" sub-directory). If you are using an old version of the IDE (1.0.3 or
older), choose the Uno driver file named "Arduino UNO.inf"
Windows will finish up the driver installation from there.

Installing the Arduino drivers under Windows XP

This is a guide to getting the Uno working under Windows XP after the operating system has tried but failed to
install the drivers.
The driver is installed. Click on Computer--Properties--Device Manager again and we can see that the driver is
installed.

Use your uno on the Mixly and upload your first sketch
1. The USB driver of the UNO R3 development board is successfully. We can find the corresponding serial port in
the mixly IDE interface.

Before programming, corresponding select motherboard type and COM port for the mixly IDE, as shown below:
2、programming in the mixly programming box, Click the Compile menu to verify that the program is correct, as
shown below

3、Upload the code to the UNO R3 motherboard as shown below：

6、As a result, the L LED on the uno r3 board flashes once every 1 second.

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