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Note: The Board Type and Serial Port here are not necessarily the same as shown
in picture. If you are using 2560, then you will have to choose Mega 2560 as the
Board Type, other choices can be made in the same manner. And the Serial Port
displayed for everyone is different, despite COM 26 chosen here, it could be COM3
or COM4 on your computer. A right COM port is supposed to be COMX (arduino
XXX), which is by the certification criteria.
The Arduino IDE will show you the current settings for board at the bottom of the
window.
Click on the 'Upload' button. The second button from the left on the toolbar.
If you watch the status area of the IDE, you will see a progress bar and a series of
messages. At first, it will say 'Compiling Sketch...'. This converts the sketch into a
format suitable for uploading to the board.
Next, the status will change to 'Uploading'. At this point, the LEDs on the Arduino
should start to flicker as the sketch is transferred.