What Is Arduino?

What Is Arduino?

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Arduino is an open-source electronics 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.

Over the years Arduino has been the brain of thousands of projects, from everyday objects to complex scientific instruments. A worldwide community of makers - students, hobbyists, artists, programmers, and professionals - has gathered around this open-source platform, their contributions have added up to an incredible amount of accessible knowledge that can be of great help to novices and experts alike.

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.

What is Arduino and why it is used?

Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform used for building electronics projects. It consists of both a physical programmable circuit board and a software, or IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that runs on your computer, where you can write and upload the computer code to the physical board.

How does a Arduino work?

The Arduino board is connected to a computer via USB, where it connects with the Arduinodevelopment environment (IDE). The user writes the Arduino code in the IDE, then uploads it to the microcontroller which executes the code, interacting with inputs and outputs such as sensors, motors, and lights.

What language is Arduino?

The "Arduino language" is simply C++ (and therefore also C). All the standard system librarys are written in C/C++ and the IDE uses the gcc g++ compiler. ... The Arduino has it's own IDE where you write the program.

Can Arduino run Python?

Arduino uses its own programming language, which is similar to C++. However, it's possible to use Arduino with Python or another high-level programming language. In fact, platforms like Arduino work well with Python, especially for applications that require integration with sensors and other physical devices.

Is Arduino a microcontroller?

Arduino is neither a microprocessor nor amicrocontroller. It is simply a development board. Generally board provides complete access to functions of microcontroller or microprocessor like to program the controller, to use the input/output pins, to communicate.

Who invented Arduino?

Massimo Banzi

A Brief History

In 2005, building upon the work of Hernando Barragán (creator of Wiring), Massimo Banzi and David Cuartielles created Arduino, an easy-to-use programmable device for interactive art design projects, at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Ivrea, Italy.

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