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61 lines
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# First Steps
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## Introduction @unplugged
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### 1) Connecting
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Connect your mini to your computer via a micro USB cable or Bluetooth. Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, Linux systems, Smartphones and Tablets are supported.
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Your Calliope mini will show up on your computer as a drive called 'MINI'.
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Open your favourite browser and head to our website and select Editor in the main navigation.
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For example drag and drop some blocks and try your program on the Simulator within the editor.
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Click the Download button in the editor. This will download a 'hex' file, which is a compact format of your program that your mini can read. Once the file has been downloaded, just copy it to your Calliope mini just like copying a file to a USB stick.
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![Connecting Image](/docs/calliope/firststeps/connecting.jpg)
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## Introduction @unplugged
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### 2) Power it Up
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The Calliope mini requires a power source to work. You can either connect your Calliope mini directly to a computer using a Micro USB cable or you can power it using a battery pack.
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Here are the instructions on how to connect the battery pack to your Calliope mini:
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The supplied battery pack requires two AAA batteries.
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Carefully insert the small white plastic connector from the battery pack into the board’s battery socket.
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Be careful to insure that the ridge on the plug is facing upwards.
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If the plug slides easily into the socket then you are attaching it correctly. Otherwise, turn the plug round and re-insert it into the socket. Slide it to "on“ and your Calliope mini is powered by the batteries.
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![Powering Image](/docs/calliope/firststeps/powerItUp.png)
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## Introduction @unplugged
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### 3) Play!
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You can now play arround or try some of our other guided first-steps tutorials...
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[Learn how to write your name on the LED-Matrix](#tutorial:/calliope/firststeps/5x5LED)
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[Play with colors and sound](#tutorial:/calliope/firststeps/Output)
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[See how to Controll your mini with the buttons and pins](#tutorial:/calliope/firststeps/Inputs)
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## Step 1
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Play!
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You can now play arround or try some of our other guided first-steps tutorials...
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[Learn how to write your name on the LED-Matrix](#tutorial:/calliope/firststeps/5x5LED)
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[Play with colors and sound](#tutorial:/calliope/firststeps/Output)
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[See how to Controll your mini with the buttons and pins](#tutorial:/calliope/firststeps/Inputs) |