Arduino has today announced the availability of the latest Arduino IDE in the form of version 1.6.6 which has now been released and is available to download.

The new Arduino IDE 1.6.2 features a one click install of boards and libraries and now includes two new menu items in the form of “Sketch > Include Library ...

Some of the first steps toward working with Arduino is understanding how to write code for it. The good news is that it's made with beginners in mind.

The basic functions of the Arduino IDE – pinMode, digitalRead, digitalWrite, and analogRead – are available. Most of the WiFi functions work just like the WiFi shield library.

Using it is as simple as picking it up from the Arduino IDE. If you are looking for an RDS-enabled radio to test out your QN8066 design, you wouldn’t do too bad with this Gameboy cartridge receiver.

The popular developer system Arduino has reached the version 1.0 milestone, marking its first official release.