This week I’ve been on a introductory course for Arduinos, so I thought I might share some of what I’ve learned. Arduino is an open source rapid prototyping platform based on easy to use hardware and software. It’s intended to be used by hobbyists, artists, designers, and anyone who’s interested in quickly and easily creating their own gadgets.
It is possible to connect almost anything to the Arduino board. I myself have successfully experimented with servos, ultrasound distance sensors, and the Wii Nunchuck, among others. What’s more, an Arduino can easily be connected up to a computer that can control the Arduino, and can receive data from it.
The Arduino can work with pretty much any computing platform, and the official IDE is available for Linux, Mac OS X, and even Windows.
I’ll soon post some of my projects here, and in the meanwhile you can get more information on Arduinos on the Arduino home page and on the Arduino Wikipedia article.
For an idea of some of the things that you can do with Arduinos, go to Arduino Playground.
If you understand Finnish, you can also go to Sulautetut.fi
Tags: arduino, phydgit, sulautetut.fi
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