Arduino Instruction

Instruction of Arduino Installation and Setup for Helo debugging (on Windows)

  1. Download arduino program from their website
  2. unzip the package and move the arduino folder to a safe place
  3. Download Motor libraries from 9th Sense Github account.


  1. unzip the zip file and move folder “MotorDriverLibrary9thSense” to arduino libraries folder: …\arduino-1.x.x\libraries\
  2. Create a new folder named “Sketches“ in the same folder that has the arduino folder
  3. Download our latest stable version sketch
  4. unzip the zip file and move folder “threeMotorsRobotComm_v0_xx” to the Sketches folder just created.
  5. Run the arduino executable program
  6. Go to File -> Preferences
  7. Set the sketchbook location to the the folder “Sketches”
  8. Go to Tools -> Board and select Arduino Mega 2560
  9. Use a USB extension cable to connect the USB plug on Helo to your computer
  10. Windows should begin installing driver for arduino Mega, and it will fail. To install the driver, you need to open device manager (type device manager in “Start Menu” program search)
  11. In device manager, you should see an unknown device
  12. Right click on “Unknown device” and select “Update Driver Software”
  13. In the window, select “Browse my computer…”
  14. Browse and select the “drivers” folder in arduino folder, then click “Next”.
  15. The installation will begin and a warning window may pop up. Select “Install this driver anyway”
  16. This should install the driver successfully.
  17. In arduino program, go to File -> sketchbook and select the sketch you just downloaded.
  18. Go to Tools -> Serial Port and click on the port. If you are not sure, you can go to device manager and find out which port arduino is using.
  19. Now you should be ready to upload the sketch and test.