ARDUINO

An INTRO to Arduino: the 5Ws + 1Open Tech School - Berlin

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ok, letʼs start with...

...WTF?

WHAT?

Arduino

if you like definitions...

“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.”

- Arduino website

to me itʼs this

sensors

actuators

what it really is

Hardware Software Community+ +

tech comparison

ArduinoIBM 286

WHO?

the A-team!

WHEN / WHERE?

the Italian “Silicon Valley”

20122011201020092008200720062005

IDII

WHY?

a versatile tool

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a tool for tinkering

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why Open Source?

why Open Source?

WHAT CAN I DO WITH IT?

audio

visual

design

exhibit

robot

fashion, wearables

diy, hacking, tinkering...

...fabbing!

less talk more rock!

HELLO WORLD!

blink an LED!

blink an LED!

blink an LED!

link

structure of a sketch

> global variables

> setup()

> loop()

~ initialization of pins~ executed once

~ core functions~ executed repeatedly

TOOLS & RESOURCES

useful links

› Official website, www.arduino.cc› Arduino Forum, http://arduino.cc/forum/› Fritzing, http://fritzing.org

› Arduino Store, http://store.arduino.cc› Sparkfun, www.sparkfun.com› Adafruit, www.adafruit.com

› Top 40 Arduino projects, http://hacknmod.com/hack/top-40-arduino-projects-of-the-web/› Arduino Projects, http://arduino.org/m/articles/index/› Instructablesʼ Arduino projects, http://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-technology/channel-arduino/

books

› Getting started with Arduino, M. Banzi, OʼReilly, link› Making Things Talk, Tom Igoe, OʼReilly, link› Make: Electronics, Charles Platt, OʼReilly, link› Programming Interactivity, Joshua Noble, OʼReilly, link

› About Face 3: The Essentials Of Interaction Design, Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann and Dave Cronin, Wiley Publishing, link

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