Software
Below, the list of necessary software for getting started with Max and the Arduino platform using Teensy microcontrollers:
- Max: download and install the latest version for your operating system
- Arduino: download and install the latest version for your operating system
- Teensy [Loader]: download and install the latest version for your operating system, install it
Teensy [Teensyduino]: download and install the latest version for your operating system
Below is a list of extensions to the Max environment and steps for installing them:
- create a folder called “for-Max” in your “Documents” folder.
- Download all the necessary 3rd party externals and place them in your “for-Max” folder
- Familiarize yourself with Maxuino and it documentation
- Start up the Max program which you installed above, run as “Demo” if you must, select “File Preferences…” from the “Options” menu; add the “for-Max” folder to the search path by clicking on the + button and selecting that folder
Windows Only:
- Download and install the lastest FTDI Virtual COM port (VCP) drivers for your operating system. Use the “setup executables” that are under the “Comments” column of the table half-way down above page, titled “Currently Supported VCP Drivers”