This document introduces Arduino, an open-source electronics prototyping platform. It discusses that Arduino is intended for artists, designers, hobbyists to create interactive objects. It then describes the Arduino hardware, including the microcontroller, I/O pins, and official and third party boards. It also covers the Arduino programming environment and language, and provides examples of common tasks like reading buttons and displaying to serial. Finally, it discusses common sensors, motors, and modules used with Arduino and points to the active Arduino community for support.

1. Introduction to Arduinohttp://flic.kr/p/5XwBFBOmer Kilic | omer@tinkersoc.org

2. Before we start…Arrrr-dween-oh?!( http://arduino.cc/en/uploads/Main/Arduino_Duemilanove.wav )

3. Arduino …is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.http://arduino.cc

4. Physical Computing …is an approach to learning how humans communicate through computers that starts by considering how humans express themselves physically.- Tom Igoehttp://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/blog/archives/notes/000169.shtml

5. Bill Verplankhttp://www.billverplank.com/Lecture/

6. Embedded Systems …are computer systems designed to perform one or a few dedicated functions. They are embedded as part of a complete device often including hardware and mechanical parts. In contrast, a general-purpose computer, such as a personal computer, is designed to be flexible and to meet a wide range of an end-user's needs. Embedded systems control many of the common devices in use today..- Smart folks at Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_systems

7. Why Arduino?InexpensiveNo need for external programmers, compiler licenses etc.Simple, clear programming environmentAll done in a simple IDE, no command line voodooCross-platformWorks uniformly across Windows, Linux, MacOSOpen Source!Both software and hardwre

9. HardwareAtmel MicrocontrollerATmega328 (Duemilanove) / ATmega1280(Mega)ATmega8/ATmega168 on older versionsATmega644 for SanguinoSerial BootloaderSTK500 compatibleSupport CircuitryReset, Voltage Regulator, etc…USB/Serial Connectivity

10. Anatomy of an Arduino Boarddigital pinsUSB to serialconvertermicrocontroller(the brain!)power circuitry(voltage regulator andthe clever powersource selection bit)analog pinspower pins

11. Official Arduino Hardwarehttp://arduino.cc/en/Main/Hardware

12. “Shield Compatible” Hardware(1)(2)(3)[1] Freeduino - http://www.freeduino.org/freeduino_open_designs.html[2] Illuminato - http://www.liquidware.com/shop/show/ILL/Illuminato[3] Seeeduino - http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/seeeduino-v328-fully-assembledatmega-328-p-439.html

13. “Bootloader Compatible” Hardware(3)(2)(1)(4)[1] Oak Micros om328p - http://oakmicros.com/content/om328p.html[2] Modified Pico - http://www.modifiedelectronics.com/mp-01.php[3] Boarduino - http://www.ladyada.net/make/boarduino/index.html[4] Sanguino - http://sanguino.cc/

14. Alternative form factors Breadboard Arduinohttp://bit.ly/7QMkbxOne-Chip Arduinohttp://bit.ly/WXqeU

15. There’s more!Official boardshttp://arduino.cc/en/Main/BoardsArduino-like Boardshttp://www.arduino.cc/playground/Main/SimilarBoardsOther ‘duinoshttp://www.freeduino.org/duino.html…and possibly others

16. About the weird spacing between digital pins 7 and 8http://bit.ly/5pRZoT

17. Arduino Bar, Ivrea(from Massimo Banzi’s slides)

18. Big Computer vs. Tiny ComputerDell Precision T1500Atmel ATMEGA328PCPU Speed: 2.93GHzQuad-core!RAM: 16GBStorage: 2TBI/O:USB, Firewire, Serial, PS/2, RJ-45, Audio, etc.CPU Speed: 20MHz

19. Not Quad-core

20. RAM: 2KB

21. Storage:

22. 32KB Program Memory

23. 1KB EEPROM

24. I/O:

25. Up to 23 generic I/O

26. 6 of them ‘analog-capable’

27. UART/SPI/I2C, etc.Arduino Shields(3)(1)(4)(2)[1] Adafruit Motor Shield - http://ladyada.net/make/mshield/index.html[2] Nu Electronics LCD shield - http://www.nuelectronics.com/estore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=2[3] Arduino Ethernet Shield - http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoEthernetShield[4] Adafruit Wave Shield - http://ladyada.net/make/waveshield/index.html

28. Again, there’s more!http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Main/SimilarBoardsLook under ‘Shields’Some cool ones:LiquidwareTouchShieldhttp://www.liquidware.com/shop/show/TS/TouchShield+StealthBatsocksTellyMate Shieldhttp://www.batsocks.co.uk/products/Shields/TellyMate%20Shield.htmtinker.it RFID shieldhttp://tinker.it/en/Teaching/RFID

29. Arduino IDEBased on avr-gcctoolchain and the Processing IDE.Code editor, programming tools and serial terminal all in one place.

30. Arduino LanguageSimplified C/C++Based on the Wiring Projecthttp://wiring.org.coPeripheral LibrariesLCD, sensors, I2C, etc

31. Useful functionspinMode() – set a pin as input or outputdigitalWrite() – set a digital pin high/lowdigitalRead() – read a digital pin’s stateanalogRead() – read an analog pinanalogWrite() – write an “analog” PWM valuedelay() – wait an amount of timemillis() – get the current timehttp://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Extended

32. Example: Button