Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software.<\/p>\n
Arduino is an\u00a0open-source hardware<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0software<\/a>\u00a0company, project, and user community that designs and manufactures\u00a0single-board microcontrollers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0microcontroller<\/a>\u00a0kits for building digital devices. Its hardware products are licensed under a\u00a0CC BY-SA license<\/a>, while the software is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License<\/a>\u00a0(LGPL) or the\u00a0GNU General Public License<\/a> (GPL),\u00a0<\/sup>permitting the\u00a0manufacture<\/a>\u00a0of Arduino boards and software distribution by anyone.\u00a0Arduino boards<\/a>\u00a0are available commercially from the official\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0or through authorized distributors.<\/sup><\/p>\n Arduino board designs use a variety of microprocessors and controllers. The boards are equipped with sets of digital and analog input\/output (I\/O) pins that may be interfaced to various expansion boards (‘shields’) or breadboards (for prototyping) and other circuits. The boards feature serial communications interfaces, including Universal Serial Bus (USB) on some models, which are also used for loading programs. The microcontrollers can be programmed using the C and C++ programming languages, using a standard API which is also known as the Arduino Programming Language, inspired by the Processing language and used with a modified version of the Processing IDE. In addition to using traditional compiler toolchains, the Arduino project provides an integrated development environment (IDE) and a command line tool developed in Go.<\/p>\n The Arduino project began in 2005 as a tool for students at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Italy, aiming to provide a low-cost and easy way for novices and professionals to create devices that interact with their environment using sensors and actuators. Common examples of such devices intended for beginner hobbyists include simple robots, thermostats and motion detectors.<\/p>\n The name Arduino comes from a bar in Ivrea, Italy, where some of the founders of the project used to meet. The bar was named after Arduin of Ivrea, who was the margrave of the March of Ivrea and King of Italy from 1002 to 1014.<\/p>\n \u2022 Inexpensive. You can also buy clones that are even cheaper.Why Use Arduino?<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 Easy to use and get started with
\n\u2022 Huge community
\n\u2022 Completely Open Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"