Arduino

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Arduino is an open-source software and hardware electronics prototyping platform intended for artists, designers, hobbyists and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Arduino projects are a popular and well supported way to get involved in electronics design.

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Arduino Starter Kit

Video 1 Get to Know Your Tool

Difficulty level: Beginner

You’ll make a simple circuit with some switches, an LED, and a resistor. In doing so, you’ll learn about the basics of electricity and how to wire up components on a breadboard.

Video 2 Spaceship Interface

Difficulty level: Beginner

Your Arduino is going to act as the backdrop to a science fiction movie. You’ll get a couple of lights to blink, only to be interrupted by a switch that will turn a different light on

Video 3 Love-o-meter

Difficulty level: Beginner

Turning the Arduino into a love machine! Using an analog input, you’re going to register just how hot you really are!

Video 4 Light Theremin

Difficulty level: Intermediate/Advanced

Using a photoresistor and a piezo element, you’re going to make a light-based theremin.

Video 5 Keyboard Instrument

Difficulty level: Intermediate/Advanced

Time to make some noise! With a couple resistors and buttons you’re going to build a small musical instrument.

Video 6 Motorized Pinwheel

Difficulty level: Intermediate

Getting the Arduino to spin a colorful pinwheel using a motor.

Video 7 Crystal Ball

Difficulty level: Advanced

Create a crystal ball to tell your future.

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THE ARDUINO STARTER KIT

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Everything you need for your first Arduino projects

This kit features 15 simple projects that show you how to use Arduino to turn an idea into reality.
More importantly, it provides the basic knowledge and tools that can bring out your inner genius and fuel your creativity forever.

You will see it doesn't take a lot of complicated components to have fun, to make things respond to the world around them, or to spark people's imagination. All that is called for is this kit, a few everyday items, and your own, unique ideas. Because great interactive projects need more than just wires and components, they need smart makers, like you.

01 GET TO KNOW YOUR OWN TOOL an introduction to the concepts you'll need to use this kit

02 SPACESHIP INTERFACE design to control panel for your starship

03 LOVE-O-METER measure how hot-blooded you are

04 COLOR MIXING LAMP produce any color with a lamp that uses light as an input

05 MOOD CUE clue people in to how you're doing

06 LIGHT THERIM create a musical instrument you play by waving your hands

07 KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT play music and make some noise with this keyboard

08 DIGITAL HOURGLASS a light-up hourglass that can stop you from working too much

09 MOTORIZED PINWHEEL a color wheel that will have your head spinning
10 ZOETROPE create a mechanical animation you can play forward or reverse
11 CRYSTAL BALL a mystical tour to answer all your tough question
12 KNOCK LOCK tap out the secret code to open the door
13 TOUCHY-FEEL LAMP a lamp that responds to your touch
14 TWEAK THE ARDUINO LOGO control your personal computer from your Arduino
15 HACKING BUTTONS create a master control for all your devices!

For more information visit arduino.cc/starterkit

ARDUINO LEONARDO

The Arduino Leonardo is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega32u4 (datasheet). It has 20 digital input/output pins (of which 7 can be used as PWM outputs and 12 as analog inputs), a 16 MHz crystal oscillator, a micro USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a reset button. It contains everything needed to support the microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer with a USB cable or power it with a AC-to-DC adapter or battery to get started.

The Leonardo differs from all preceding boards in that the ATmega32u4 has built-in USB communication, eliminating the need for a secondary processor. This allows the Leonardo to appear to a connected computer as a mouse and keyboard, in addition to a virtual (CDC) serial / COM port.

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ARDUINO UNO

The Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328 (datasheet). It has 14 digital input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz crystal oscillator, a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a reset button. It contains everything needed to support the microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer with a USB cable or power it with a AC-to-DC adapter or battery to get started

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ARDUINO NANO

The Arduino Nano is a small, complete, and breadboard-friendly board based on the ATmega328 (Arduino Nano 3.0) or ATmega168 (Arduino Nano 2.x). It has more or less the same functionality of the Arduino Duemilanove, but in a different package. It lacks only a DC power jack, and works with a Mini-B USB cable instead of a standard one.

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