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## Overview

The OpenBCI Cyton boards come with a USB dongle that allows for communication between the board and your computer. There is a BLE radio module (actually an [RFduino 22301](http://www.rfduino.com/product/rfd22301-rfduino-ble-smt/index.html)) on the dongle and board that enables the communication. Here are some terms that are important to note:
The OpenBCI Cyton boards come with a USB dongle that allows for communication between the board and your computer. There is an [RFD22301](https://docs.rs-online.com/32f2/0900766b8138299e.pdf) BLE radio module on the dongle and board that enables the communication. Here are some terms that are important to note:

- The radio module on the dongle is called the **HOST**
- The radio module on the Cyton board is called the **DEVICE**
- Host-Device pairs can be programmed to transmit on up to **25** discrete channels
- There are _important_ differences in the firmware for 8-bit and 32-bit systems

This page covers how the radio link works and how to upload new firmware to the dongle radio and the board radio.

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**You will need:**

- Computer (Windows or Mac or Other)
- Arduino IDE Version 1.5.8 BETA
- Arduino IDE v1.8.19
- Custom [RFduino libraries for OpenBCI](https://github.com/OpenBCI/OpenBCI_RFduino/archive/master.zip)
- A 0.1uF capacitor (see Device section below)

**Steps:**

1. Download and install the [Arduino IDE Version 1.5.8 BETA](http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/OldSoftwareReleases#1.5.x).

On Windows be sure to download the file marked `Windows Installer`.

On Mac, download the `MAC OS X` version, unzip the app, move it into the Applications folder, and then install Java 6 if prompted.
1. Download and install the [Arduino IDE v1.8.19](https://www.arduino.cc/en/software/).

2. Download the [OpenBCI_RFduino](https://github.com/OpenBCI/OpenBCI_RFduino/archive/master.zip) repo from our GitHub.

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On Linux, put the RFduino folder and everything it contains in `arduino-1.5.8/hardware/arduino`

5. If you haven't already, then [install the ChipKit Core](../Cyton/05-Cyton_Board_Programming_Tutorial.md#install-chipkit-core-firmware) as well

**NOTE FOR LINUX USERS**
Linux users will need to have the program [wine](https://www.winehq.org/) installed in order to continue. There is a dependency for the Arduino code that requires running `RFDLoader.exe`.
To run this .exe, do the following:
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