What is Arduino?
Arduino is
an open source platform for building electronic gadgets. It consists of a
microcontroller which can be programmed by computer, laptops or smart phones.
It has now
become a popular platform among the people for building DIY stuffs with an
affordable price. Unlike other programmable boards, Arduino doesn’t need a separate
piece of hardware in order to load new code into it , anyone can simply use a
USB cable for programming it. The software (called arduino IDE) used to program
the arduino is a simplified version of C++.
What does Arduino
do?
Arduino is
designed in such a way anyone who is interested for creating interacting object
and gadgets can easily do that. It
can easily interact with LED’s, motors, camera, speakers even with your TVs and
Smartphone’s makes it a flexible device. For every DIY gadget, arduino can be the brain
behind it.
History:-
This arduino project started in 2003 at the Interaction Design
Institute Ivrea in Italy. This project aimed for providing low-cost way to
create devices that can interact with the environment by using sensors.
The name “arduino” came from a bar in Ivrea where some
founders used to meet there.
Some Popular Arduino boards:-
1. Arduino Uno :-
1) Processor 16Mhz ATmega328
2) Memory 2KB SRAM, 32KB flash
3) Digital I/O 14
4) Analogue I/O 6 input, 0 output
2. Arduino Due :-
1) Processor 84MHz AT91SAM3X8E
2) Memory 96KB SRAM, 512KB flash
3) Digital I/O 54
4) Analogue I/O 12 input, 2 output
3. Arduino Mega :-
1) Processor 16MHz ATmega2560
2) Memory 8KB SRAM, 256KB flash
3) Digital I/O 54
4) Analogue I/O 16 input, 0 output
4. Arduino
Leonardo:-
1) Processor 16MHz ATmega32u4
2) Memory 2.5KB SRAM, 32KB flash
3) Digital I/O 20
4) Analogue I/O 12 input, 0 output
5.
Arduino Nano:-
1) Processor 16 MHz ATmega328
2) Memory 16 MHz ATmega328
3) Digital I/O 14
4) Analogue I/O 8 input, 0
output
Other arduino boards are:-
1. Arduino pro mini
2. Arduino pro
3. Arduino lilypad
4. Arduino geniuno
5. Arduino USB
6. Arduino Yun
6. Arduino Yun
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