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Why Arduino

The document discusses the Arduino, an open-source physical computing platform based on a microcontroller board and development environment. It allows users to program interactive objects or environments and is inexpensive, cross-platform, and has a simple programming environment.

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Why Arduino

The document discusses the Arduino, an open-source physical computing platform based on a microcontroller board and development environment. It allows users to program interactive objects or environments and is inexpensive, cross-platform, and has a simple programming environment.

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ARDUINO

What is Arduino?
• An open-source physical computing
platform based on
• a simple microcontroller board and
• a development environment for writing
software for the board.

• Tiny computer you can program


• Completely stand-alone, talks to other
devices
Cont…
• It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists,
and anyone interested in creating interactive
objects or environments.
Why Arduino?
• Inexpensive

• Cross-platform

• Simple, clear programming environment

• Open source and extensible software

• Open source and extensible hardware


Microcontroller used

• Uses high performance AVR ATmega8


microcontroller chip.
An Arduino Board
Component mapping
But how do you program it?

• Write programs on your PC

• Download them into the Arduino board

• Arduino board can then be used by itself


Arduino IDE

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