Getting started with Swift for Arduino

Here is the introduction video about how to get started with Arduino, including working from a freshly unboxed Arduino UNO and downloading the Swift for Arduino IDE onto your mac.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8xvEcB2EDQ&t=11s


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