From 836c94139983dd57c5e2a6d3a27808b2f0b2b625 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Affolter Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:26:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add firmeare details --- source/components/arduino.markdown | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/components/arduino.markdown b/source/components/arduino.markdown index e699bd84f2d..3a02b4cb1c4 100644 --- a/source/components/arduino.markdown +++ b/source/components/arduino.markdown @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ There are a lot of extensions (so called [shields](https://www.arduino.cc/en/Mai The arduino component is designed to let you use a directly attached board to your Home Assistant host over USB. +You need to have the [Firmata firmware](https://github.com/firmata/) on your board. Please upload the `StandardFirmata` sketch to your board, please refer to the [Arduino documentation](https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Howto) for further information. + To integrate an Arduino boards with Home Assistant, add the following section to your `configuration.yaml` file: ```yaml