What is Arduino®?
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Arduino® refers to the brand of small computing platforms and corresponding programming software focused on electronic fans, a crowd of Do-IourSelf (DIY), artists and teachers. The Italian company with the same name designs ARDUNIO® products and provides free documentation, software and even a fully hardware on the online scheme for anyone to use or distribute. This technology is primarily designed to interact with the physical world and can be used with a wide range of sensors, lights, engines and other electronic components for feeling and interaction with the environment. The vibrating community of users used technology from entertainment gadgets to autonomous aircraft
Arduino® platform was originally created as a cheap and simple way to introduce Italian students for electronic programming and design, but the project emphasis on availability, easy use and open design and open design and open design and open design. SocietyA pioneer in Open-Source hardware, a philosophy in which fully hardware schemes are available for virtually any purpose. The company trademark prevented its name from the Italian plates of circuits to confuse with poor imitation; However, there are a number of products based on Arduino® designs, from cheap Asian knockoffs to a community supported by Freeduino, which supports projects without trademarks based on official designs. The Arduino® team fully accepted this spirit of openness freely available documentation, support and project examples, and even incorporated the proposed improvements from other users into their own designs.
Since its work in 2005, the Arduino® brand has expanded with a variety of different hardware and programming language and the integrated development environment (IDE) to create software programming. Whether it is produced by an official team or otherCompanies, hardware is often sold as part of a pre -created board with microcontroller circuits, ie a small computer that performs software instructions. Electronic enthusiasts can also buy an unshaKLED ARDUINO® set or even design a plate of circuits from zero and buy microcontroller separately. The main differences found for pre -assembled products are the size of the board and the number and type of input/outputs (I/O) for connecting the microcontroller with other components.
ARDUINO® projects include some form of physical calculation, which means that the senses of the microcontroller or somehow interact with the environment around it. In the simplest examples, this may not include anything but on and off the diode (LED), but the platform has enough computing power for robotics or advanced electronic projects. Artists, hardware hackers and enthusiasts used Arduino & Reg; Products for creating some very creative projects, including unmanned air vehicles(UAV), a device that monitor the air pollutants, and even plants that can call, tweet or text their owners when they need water.