[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Hi Pete,

I had zero knowledge of Arduino this time last week. I got the prototype up and running in eight hours so it is pretty simple given my coding experience (almost none).

All the parts I used are from Jarcar. The part numbers are:
XC3902 - Arduino starter kit (this contains the Arduino Uno, the breadboard and some hookup wires
The sensors are:
XC-3704 - Non contact IRsensor module
XC-4446 - Photosensitive LDR sensor module
XC-4603 - Rain sensor
XC-4520 - Temperature and Humidity sensor module
XC-3702 - Barometric Pressure sensor module

Once you have the parts you need to install the Arduino IDE software on the PC you intend to use to program the Arduino Uno.

You then connect the Uno to the PC via USB and start t write the code.

There are Adafruit libraries for some of the modules I used (IR module, Barometric pressure module and the Temp/Humidity module). These get downloaded and linked into the Arduino IDE environment.

The ones I used were :
Adafruit_MLX90614.h
Adafruit_Sensor.h
Adafruit_BMP085.h

The Arduino code is a form of C I think.

I've attached my code in the text file if you want to see what it looks like however I'm a novice so there might be much better coding practices than this.

Enjoy.

Peter