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Arduino Is An Open-Source Prototyping Platform Based On Easy-To-Use Hardware and Software. Arduino

Arduino is an open-source hardware and software platform for building electronics projects. Arduino boards can read inputs from sensors and turn them into outputs that activate motors, lights, or publish data online. The Arduino platform is inexpensive, cross-platform, and has a simple programming environment making it ideal for beginners to prototyping and physical computing.

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Arduino Is An Open-Source Prototyping Platform Based On Easy-To-Use Hardware and Software. Arduino

Arduino is an open-source hardware and software platform for building electronics projects. Arduino boards can read inputs from sensors and turn them into outputs that activate motors, lights, or publish data online. The Arduino platform is inexpensive, cross-platform, and has a simple programming environment making it ideal for beginners to prototyping and physical computing.

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Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software.

Arduino
boards are able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message - and turn it
into an output - activating a motor, turning on an LED, publishing something online. You can tell your
board what to do by sending a set of instructions to the microcontroller on the board. To do so you use
the Arduino programming language (based on Wiring), and the Arduino Software (IDE), based on
Processing.

Arduino was born at the Ivrea Interaction Design Institute as an easy tool for fast prototyping, aimed at
students without a background in electronics and programming. As soon as it reached a wider
community, the Arduino board started changing to adapt to new needs and challenges, differentiating
its offer from simple 8-bit boards to products for IoT applications, wearable, 3D printing, and embedded
environments. All Arduino boards are completely open-source, empowering users to build them
independently and eventually adapt them to their particular needs. The software, too, is open-source,
and it is growing through the contributions of users worldwide.

Advantages of Arduino

 Arduino also simplifies the process of working with microcontrollers, but it offers some
advantage for teachers, students, and interested amateurs over other systems:
 Inexpensive - Arduino boards are relatively inexpensive compared to other microcontroller
platforms. The least expensive version of the Arduino module can be assembled by hand, and
even the pre-assembled Arduino modules cost less than $50
 Cross-platform - The Arduino Software (IDE) runs on Windows, Macintosh OSX, and Linux
operating systems. Most microcontroller systems are limited to Windows.
 Simple, clear programming environment - The Arduino Software (IDE) is easy-to-use for
beginners, yet flexible enough for advanced users to take advantage of as well. For teachers, it's
conveniently based on the Processing programming environment, so students learning to
program in that environment will be familiar with how the Arduino IDE works.
 Open source and extensible software - The Arduino software is published as open source tools,
available for extension by experienced programmers. The language can be expanded through C+
+ libraries, and people wanting to understand the technical details can make the leap from
Arduino to the AVR C programming language on which it's based. Similarly, you can add AVR-C
code directly into your Arduino programs if you want to.
 Open source and extensible hardware - The plans of the Arduino boards are published under a
Creative Commons license, so experienced circuit designers can make their own version of the
module, extending it and improving it. Even relatively inexperienced users can build the
breadboard version of the module in order to understand how it works and save money.
Specification

Microcontroller ATmega328P
Operating Voltage 5V
Input Voltage (recommended) 7-12V
Input Voltage (limit) 6-20V
Digital I/O Pins 14 (of which 6 provide PWM output)
PWM Digital I/O Pins 6
Analog Input Pins 6
DC Current per I/O Pin 20 mA
DC Current for 3.3V Pin 50 mA
32 KB (ATmega328P)
Flash Memory
of which 0.5 KB used by bootloader
SRAM 2 KB (ATmega328P)
EEPROM 1 KB (ATmega328P)
Clock Speed 16 MHz
Length 68.6 mm
Width 53.4 mm
Weight 25 g

Programming

The Uno can be programmed with the Arduino Software (IDE). Select "Arduino/Genuino Uno"
from the Tools > Board menu (according to the microcontroller on your board). For details, see
the reference and tutorials.

The ATmega328 on the Uno comes preprogrammed with a bootloader that allows you to upload
new code to it without the use of an external hardware programmer. It communicates using the
original STK500 protocol (reference, C header files).

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