Arduino
Arduino
AN INTRODUCTION TO ARDUINO
an open source electronic prototyping platform
including :
HARDWARE(ARDUINO
BOARD) and SOFTWARE
(ARDUINO IDE)
Arduino Lilypad
Arduino Mini
Arduino Mega
Arduino Nano
THE ARDUINO UNO BOARD:
THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF ARDUINO UNO BOARD ARE AS FOLLOWS:
USB connector
Power port
Microcontroller
Analog input pins
Digital pins
Reset switch
Crystal oscillator
USB interface chip
TX RX LEDs
USB CONNECTOR ::
This is a printer
USB port used to
load a program from
the Arduino IDE
onto the Arduino
board. The board
can also be powered
through this port.
The Arduino board can be powered
through an AC-to-DC adapter or a
battery. The power source can be
connected by plugging in a 2.1mm
center-positive plug into the power 2.1mm center-positive plug
jack of the board.
The Arduino UNO board operates
POWER PORT at a voltage of 5 volts, but it can
withstand a maximum voltage of
20 volts. If the board is supplied
with a higher voltage, there is a
voltage regulator (it sits between
the power port and USB
connector) that protects the board
from burning out.
It is the most prominent
black rectangular chip
with 28 pins. Think of it
as the brains of your
Arduino. The
microcontroller used on
the UNO board is
Atmega328P by Atmel ( a
major microcontroller
manufacturer). ATMEGA328P MICROCONTROLLER
Atmega328P has the following components in it:
Think of this as a
signal translator. It
converts signals in the
USB level to a level
that an Arduino UNO
board understands.
Now that you have
explored the Arduino
UNO board, you have
started your journey
toward building your
first IoT prototype. In
the next article, we will
discuss Arduino
programming and do a
few experiments with
Arduino and LEDs.
TX RX LEDS :
Now that you have explored the Arduino UNO board, you have
started your journey toward building your first IoT prototype. In
the next article, we will discuss Arduino programming and do a
few experiments with Arduino and LEDs.
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LEDs come in a variety of colors, styles, and sizes. We will use
LEDs in many of the projects because they help to
demonstrate a number of basic electronics and Arduino
concepts in a visual way.
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One important thing to remember about LEDs which we will
repeat throughout the book, is that LEDs have a polarity, or
direction in which they must be placed in order to work in a
project. If we place the LEDs backwards, they won’t light up.
How do we know the orientation of an LED?
LEDs have two legs, or leads, which are
different length. The longer lead is know as
the Anode, the side of the LED which we will
connect to power. The shorter leg is named
the Cathode, which will be pointed away LIGH
from our power source. We’ll show you how T
to position the leads in a circuit when we EMIT
start building one TING
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