Getting Started with Arduino....
Arduino is an open source hardware platform which can be used by developers to test their projects and bring their ideas to life.The company offers a range of tools and documentation to enable anybody to be creative with technology.
The first arduino board was introduced in 2005 to help design students,who had no previous experience in electronics or microcontroller programming.Arduino can be easily used to create working prototypes to interact with the physical world. Currently Arduino is most popular prototyping tool out there.
Some of the competitors to arduino are Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, Minnowboard MAX, Nanode, Waspmote,Nordic nrf51 or LittleBits.
Some features of the Arduino are:
Microcontroller Atmega328
Operating Voltage 5v
Input Voltage 5v
Digital I/O Pins 14(Of which 6 provide Pwm Output)
Analog Input Pins 6
Dc Current per I/O Pin 40mA
Dc Current For 3.3v Pin 50mA
Flash Memory 32Kb(Atmega328) of which 0.5kb Used by Bootloader.
SRAM 2Kb(Atmega328)
EEProm 1Kb(Atmega 328)
Clock Speed 16Mhz.
Due to its Simplicity and widely available forums and support.The arduino is great tool for for beginners to get started with microcontroller programming.
Some of the arduion projects are Weather system,Montion triggered night lamp,Spying robot,Fingerprint Scanner,Robotic arm,Ambient light System, etc.
To know more about the arduino you can follow This Link.
You can also buy an arduino uno board from the below link so you can get started with building your products.
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