Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Week 4

Title: Research about arduino

 Day 1: Introduction to arduino

 Arduino is one of the type of the microcotroller. Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. 
 Arduino hardware is an open-source circuit board with a microprocessor and input/output (I/O) pins for communication and controlling physical objects (LED, servos, buttons, etc.). The board will typically be powered via USB or an external power supply which in turn allows it to power other hardware and sensors.
Arduino also has an open-source software component which is similar to C++. The Arduino integrated development environment (IDE) allows you to write code, compile it, and then upload it to your Arduino for stand alone use in prototyping and projects.



Day 2: Type of arduino

There have many type of arduino boards for example Arduino Uno,Arduino Duemilanove,Arduino Diecimila,Arduino Mega 2560,Arduino NG Rev. C,Arduino Shields.

  Arduino Mega 2560
Arduino Uno


Day 3: Programming (Sketches) in arduino

The Arduino IDE is a cross platform developer tool written in Java. It allows us to control all of the software functions of our Arduino. Each program that we write is called a sketch and is compiled and uploaded to our Arduino using the IDE.

 

Day 4 : Schematic diagram for arduino UNO

The Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328. 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.



Day 5: Conclusion

As a conclusion, for this week I made some research about Arduino. Arduino is a microcontroller type used for various projects. It has a lot of type board for example arduino mega,uno,shields and others. For my project i decide to use arduino uno because it suitable for my project.thx