Committing individual examples instead of one .zip

build/shared/dist/examples/serial_comm/serial_write_basic/serial_write_basic.pde

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+/* Serial Write Basic
+ * ------------------ 
+ *
+ * turns on and off a light emitting diode(LED) connected to digital  
+ * pin 13. The LED will light up when pressing a button. At the same
+ * time, Arduino will send two different strings over the serial
+ * port depending if the button is pressed or released.
+ *
+ * Created 1 December 2005
+ * copyleft 2005 DojoDave <http://www.0j0.org>
+ * http://arduino.berlios.de
+ *
+ */
+
+int ledPin = 13;   // select the pin for the LED
+int buttonPin = 2; // select the pin for the button
+int val = 0;       // variable to store the data from the serial port
+
+void setup() {
+  pinMode(ledPin,OUTPUT);   // declare the LED's pin as output
+  pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);   // delcare the button pin as input
+  Serial.begin(9600);        // connect to the serial port
+}
+
+void loop () {
+  // read the button and store the value
+  val = digitalRead(buttonPin);
+
+  // if the button is at HIGH, turn the LED on, off otherwise
+  if (val == HIGH) {
+    Serial.print("HIGH");
+    digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
+  } else {
+    Serial.print("LOW");
+    digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
+  }
+
+  Serial.println();
+  delay(1000);      // convenient to use delays when sending stuff back to the comp.
+}