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What is Arduino? \"\"<\/h1>\n

Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software.\u00a0Arduino boards<\/a>\u00a0are able to read inputs \u2013 light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message \u2013 and turn it into an output \u2013 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\u00a0Arduino programming language<\/a>\u00a0(based on\u00a0Wiring<\/a>), and\u00a0the Arduino Software (IDE)<\/a>, based on\u00a0Processing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over the years Arduino has been the brain of thousands of projects, from everyday objects to complex scientific instruments. A worldwide community of makers \u2013 students, hobbyists, artists, programmers, and professionals \u2013 has gathered around this open-source platform, their contributions have added up to an incredible amount of\u00a0accessible knowledge<\/a>\u00a0that can be of great help to novices and experts alike.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0IoT\u00a0applications, 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\u00a0software<\/a>, too, is open-source, and it is growing through the contributions of users worldwide.<\/p>\n

Why Arduino?<\/p>\n

Thanks to its simple and accessible user experience, Arduino has been used in thousands of different projects and applications. The Arduino software is easy-to-use for beginners, yet flexible enough for advanced users. It runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Teachers and students use it to build low cost scientific instruments, to prove chemistry and physics principles, or to get started with programming and robotics. Designers and architects build interactive prototypes, musicians and artists use it for installations and to experiment with new musical instruments. Makers, of course, use it to build many of the projects exhibited at the Maker Faire, for example. Arduino is a key tool to learn new things. Anyone \u2013 children, hobbyists, artists, programmers \u2013 can start tinkering just following the step by step instructions of a kit, or sharing ideas online with other members of the Arduino community.<\/p>\n

There are many other microcontrollers and microcontroller platforms available for physical computing. Parallax Basic Stamp, Netmedia\u2019s BX-24, Phidgets, MIT\u2019s Handyboard, and many others offer similar functionality. All of these tools take the messy details of microcontroller programming and wrap it up in an easy-to-use package. Arduino also simplifies the process of working with microcontrollers, but it offers some advantage for teachers, students, and interested amateurs over other systems:<\/p>\n