// Serial_Debugging
// Using serial.println to debug your code
//
// Arduino can talk back to the computer with information
// about itself using serial communications. This can be really 
// handy for debugging your code by checking the value of certain
// variable while the Arduino is running.

// Set variables
int myVariable = 0;

// Setup
void setup()
{
  //"Serial.begin(somenumber)" tells the Arduino to start using serial 
  // communications. You have to tell it what "baud" rate to use.
  // "baud" (named after Emile Baudot, a pioneer in telecommuncations
  // from the 19th century) is the speed at which the data flows over 
  // pins 0 and 1 between the Arduino board and the Arduino application.
  // The baud rates must match each other to work. You set the baud rate
  // in the Arduino application by clicking on the Serial Monitor button
  // in the top menu in the application window and chosing the rate
  // from the popup menu in the lower left of this screen. 9600 is a 
  // mid-range speed and is pretty reliable.
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

// Loop
void loop()
{
  //"Serial.print" and "Serial.println" tells the Arduino board to send 
  // the value of whatever is in its parenthesis to the Arduino application. 
  //"Serial.println" is like "Serial.print" except it adds a "line" 
  // each time its called.
  Serial.print("The value of myVariable is: ");
  Serial.println(myVariable);
  myVariable = myVariable + 1;
}