# FLORA & Codebender ## Overview ![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/016/976/medium800/flora_cb_promo_source_2.png?1400954705) **codebender** is an online development and collaboration platform for all Arduino users, makers, and engineers out there. It makes it easy for anyone, no matter how novice they are, to program their favorite microcontroller. codebender takes away all the frustration of setting up and maintaining your computer when developing applications for Arduino related hardware. It offers an advanced **editor** with highlighting, autoformating, and autocompletion. It has an extensive **[repository of libraries](https://codebender.cc/libraries)** that you can access directly from the editor, as well as a handy **compiler** with very descriptive output that will help you quickly debug your programs. **Your projects are stored on the cloud** , so you can access them anytime, from anywhere, and **share them** with your friends and colleagues. You can even **embed your code** anywhere on the Internet... on your favorite forum, or your personal blog. codebender supports an ever-growing **collection of Arduino platforms**. And now, one of those platforms is **FLORA** , Adafruit’s wearable electronics platform. ![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/016/950/medium800/flora_cb_diagram.png?1400878620) In order to be able to program your FLORA, you need two pieces of software on your computer. The first is a **driver** that will allow your computer to recognize the FLORA. The other is a **browser plugin** that will allow codebender to communicate with the FLORA. Thankfully, codebender’s **Getting Started guide** will help you set these up, and have you programming your FLORA in just minutes. Let's check it out! http://youtu.be/mpslRoBCVjQ - [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/flora-and-codebender/signup.md) ## Featured Products ### FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible [FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible](https://www.adafruit.com/product/659) FLORA is Adafruit's fully-featured wearable electronics platform. It's a round, sewable, Arduino-compatible microcontroller designed to empower amazing wearables projects.FLORA comes with Adafruit's support, [tutorials and...](http://learn.adafruit.com/category/flora) In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/659) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/659/guides) ### Adafruit GEMMA v2 - Miniature wearable electronic platform [Adafruit GEMMA v2 - Miniature wearable electronic platform](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1222) **Deprecation Warning: The Gemma bit-bang USB technique it uses doesn't work as well as it did in 2014, many modern computers won't work well. So while we still carry the Gemma so that people can maintain some older projects, we no longer recommend it.** Out of Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1222) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/1222/guides) ### Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA Book Pack [Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA Book Pack](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2404) Pickup a copy of [Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA](https://www.adafruit.com/products/1839) and then hit the ground running with everything that you need to become an [Adafruit FLORA](https://www.adafruit.com/products/659) supreme being! This pack is... No Longer Stocked [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2404) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/2404/guides) ### Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA [Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1839) **Making Wearables with an Arduino-Compatible Electronics Platform** This book introduces readers to building wearable electronics projects using Adafruit's tiny FLORA board: at 4.4 grams, and only 1.75 inches in diameter, and featuring Arduino compatibility, it's the... No Longer Stocked [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1839) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/1839/guides) ### FLORA Sensor Pack [FLORA Sensor Pack](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1458) Sense the world around you! The FLORA Sensor Pack includes many types of sensors for your wearable enjoyment. Sense motion, direction, color, light levels, touch, and connections with FLORA sensor breakouts and conductive materials, and a few NeoPixels for experimenting with displaying your... No Longer Stocked [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1458) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/1458/guides) ### FLORA GPS Starter Pack [FLORA GPS Starter Pack](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1090) Get started with the fabulous Adafruit Flora platform with this lovely starter kit. Included are plenty of parts to make a few different fun projects! There's a Flora motherboard, a GPS module that can also perform location datalogging, eight ultra-bright chainable RGB pixels, a battery... No Longer Stocked [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1090) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/1090/guides) ### FLORA Budget Pack [FLORA Budget Pack](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1405) Get started with the fabulous Adafruit Flora platform with this lovely budget kit, just enough to get you started with this fun wearable computer. Included are enough parts to make your first wearable electronic project. There's a Flora motherboard, four ultra-bright chainable RGB pixels,... 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