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2.2. Arduino Uno
Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform cased on flexible,
easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists and
anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Those are the very first
words we meet on the Arduino project website
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and after familiarizing myself with this
for me I can say they are very truth.
Arduino Uno is the latest version of the motherboard I have decided to use in this
project as the variety of inputs and outputs which can be used for sensors or to control
lights, motors and other actuators are provided.
Another very pleasant solution implemented in Arduino board is the programming
language(based on Wiring* - open source programming environment) created especially
for the needs of the microcontroller and Arduino development environment(based on
Processing* - also open source programming language). To communicate with software
running on computer Flash, Processing or MaxMSP are recommended.
Open source and relatively new concept cause the fact that documentation is
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http://arduino.cc/en/
Figure 4. Arduino Uno – Front
[source: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno]
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