Arduino, the overview

Arduino is an open source hardware and software project. For me, Arduino is the simplest kind of platform you cold design your project. It offers variety of libraries and sketches. You don't need to wreck your brains to figure things out. There is always an online community that is always ready to help. FORUM.



                                                    
On top of it, there are few shields being made for the ease of integration of different hardware. You can learn more about the types of shield available HERE.

                                                


Now to the programming part. To program Arduino, you'll need a software called ArduinoIDE, The software supports C and C++. You could make it work even if you have the most basic idea of how programming works. Here is a template to show you how lighting up a simple LED on the arduino. This is taken from wikipedia.

There are 5 different category for the micro-controller. They are entry level, enhanced features, internet of things and wearables. I'll be covering the other parts in the next posts.