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Todd W. Neller
 
Whatis an Arduino?
 Asmall, open-source, affordable, easy-to-programmicrocontroller (much like a CPU)
16K RAM
Up to 20Mhzclock
Inexpensive:
 ArduinoDiecimilaboard ($35 @ SparkFun.com)
Replacement Atmel ATMEGA168 chip <$5
Parts to build your own ~$10
 
What is itused for?
“MakingThings Talk” –
getting devices, sensors,actuators to communicate
 Addinga computational brain to a circuit for:
Control, i.e. directing circuit operations
Reasoning, “intelligent” decision making, etc.
“Embodying” your code–
making the transition frominput text and GUI events to button presses, knobreadings, etc.
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