Newbie in Arduino and MQTT project-Need help

Now I have got all the components required for a simple Arduino and MQTT project.

To start with Arduino programming,I read in  "Intro to Arduino : Arduino IDE",  that I need to install Arduino Programmer which is the IDE and Arduino driver.

For Arduino programmer,I tried installing Arduino 1.6.0 Windows zip file non-admin install from " Arduino - Software  " .I am facing a problem in this download.After some 30 MB,the download is not proceeding.I also tried installing Arduino 1.6.0 Windows install.Even this is stuck up in some 60MB.I am not seeing any errors while downloading .But the download not proceeding...

Also for Arduino driver,as per "Arduino - Windows" looks like,drivers available only for Windows 7,XP,Vista.

My windows version is 8.1,64 bit.

Could you please suggest how to proceed with the software installations?

I am reasonably certain the windows 7 64 bit driver is OK with Win 8.

I find it best to use the Windows install option rather then the zip version, however if you do use the zip version try running it as am Administrator.

Thanks a lot Bob for being so helpful I will try the installation..But the installation is getting stuck up in the middle for some reason..I am checking on this

IDE got installed..

But when trying to install the Arduino UNO device driver,its not working.

I followed the steps given in Section 4 of " Arduino - Windows "

I am able to see Arduino.inf file in C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers .Eventhough I locate this path in Update drivers for Arduino under "Other devices" in Device Manager,its still throwing error as "Windows could not find driver software for your device".

Is this issue caused because of some security reason in driver? Should I have to follow the link "How Can I Install Hardware with Unsigned Drivers in Windows 8?" to fix this issue?

Whether IDE installation is the problem?

Have you tried the latest IDE 1.6 I believe it contains signed drivers and many other improvements

Peter

Yes...I have downloaded Arduino 1.6.0 only.It didnt work.

Radhamani,

                     when I installed Arduino V1.6 I used the Windows admin install and just let it install the drivers.  I always thought the drivers were installed under the windows 'system' folder.  I think you need to uninstall the software, making sure everything is removed, and do a completely new clean install.  I do not have Windows 8 so I cannot help on that specific system.

It seems to me that if Windows cannot find the driver it is in the wrong place, corrupted,missing or the wrong version.  As peter noted version 1.6 was supposed to have sorted out many of these issues.  The other thing you could try is to plug the Arduino into the USB port and let Windows search for the driver 'on line' if necessary.

Radhamani,

                     when I installed Arduino V1.6 I used the Windows admin install and just let it install the drivers.  I always thought the drivers were installed under the windows 'system' folder.  I think you need to uninstall the software, making sure everything is removed, and do a completely new clean install.  I do not have Windows 8 so I cannot help on that specific system.

It seems to me that if Windows cannot find the driver it is in the wrong place, corrupted,missing or the wrong version.  As peter noted version 1.6 was supposed to have sorted out many of these issues.  The other thing you could try is to plug the Arduino into the USB port and let Windows search for the driver 'on line' if necessary.