Currently, electronic circuit design has taking a pronounced direction in the area of programmable logic devices or the use of Microcontroller units (MCU). Non-programmable logic Integrated circuits are useful for their tasks, but when the tasks become too many, like in the design of robots, embedded systems, automation and control systems, etc, a different device that is capable of handling such tasks is needed, and that is where microcontrollers and microprocessors come into play. To mention programmable devices without mentioning Arduino will mean an offence to the tech community. Though not the only programmable logic device, we also have microcomputers also called single board computers, like the Raspberry Pi, etc.
Arduino is so popular that the name presently dominates comparatively in the realm of embedded system programming. In this arduino tutorial, you’ll get all you need to learn arduino from scratch.
Summary
- Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping and computing platform based on a simple input/output (I/O) board.
- It has hardware and software parts. The Hardware part requires the use of arduino board while the software requires an arduino integrated development environment IDE. There are many arduino boards; you just have to choose the one that serves the purpose of your design. There are in-built example codes or sketches you can implement in the IDE with little or no knowledge of programming
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