Arduino
Open-source electronics platform
Arduino is an open-source electronics platform combining simple hardware and software, used for building interactive projects.
The microcontroller boards read inputs—light sensors, button presses—and turn them into outputs like activating motors or triggering displays.
Arduino democratized physical computing, making it accessible to hobbyists, artists, and students without electrical engineering backgrounds: I built a weather station with an Arduino.
Solderless circuit-building platform
- resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
- capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
- LEDSemiconductor that glows
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
diode · servo · motor · sensor · relay · potentiometer · jumper wire · shield
Hasty informal drawing
- loopCurve closing on itself
- setupHow something is arranged
- variableProne to fluctuation
- functionPurpose or duty
compile · upload · IDE · library · serial · debug · C++ · syntax
Small broken-off piece
- pinoutConnector terminal reference
- PWMVariable pulse duration signaling
- analogComparable equivalent
- digitalOf discrete data
interrupt · bootloader · flash · clock · voltage · register · timer · watchdog
Recreational pursuer of interests
- DIYerSelf-reliant home improver
- inventorCreator of original devices
- creatorOne who produces something
- hackerUnauthorized system accessor
builder · tinkerer · educator · student · enthusiast · community · open-source · hackathon
Casual, unskilled adjusting
- componentsConstituent parts
- assemblyConstructing from components
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- proof-of-conceptFeasibility demonstration
testing · debugging · experimentation · modification · hacking · customization · enclosure · mounting
Programmable automated machine
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- home automationTechnology controlling household systems
- weather stationAtmospheric conditions measurement facility
- LED displayScreen using light-emitting diodes
synthesizer · irrigation system · 3D printer · CNC · wearable · IoT · smart home · quadcopter
breadboard
Solderless circuit-building platform
- resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
- capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
- LEDSemiconductor that glows
transistor · diode · servo · motor · sensor · relay · potentiometer · jumper wire · shield · soldering
sketch
Hasty informal drawing
function · compile · upload · IDE · library · serial · debug · C++ · syntax · conditional
chip
Small broken-off piece
digital · interrupt · bootloader · flash · clock · voltage · register · timer · watchdog · fuse
hobbyist
Recreational pursuer of interests
hacker · builder · tinkerer · educator · student · enthusiast · community · open-source · hackathon · makerspace
tinkering
Casual, unskilled adjusting
- componentsConstituent parts
- assemblyConstructing from components
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
proof-of-concept · testing · debugging · experimentation · modification · hacking · customization · enclosure · mounting · integration
robot
Programmable automated machine
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- home automationTechnology controlling household systems
- weather stationAtmospheric conditions measurement facility
LED display · synthesizer · irrigation system · 3D printer · CNC · wearable · IoT · smart home · quadcopter · alarm system
- embedded systemsmicrocontroller, microcontrollers, firmware, embedded systems, bare metal
- MicrocontrollersMCU, ARM, RX
- roboticsrobot, android, humanoid, robotic arm, servo
- platformspodium, Windows, stage, Linux, platform
- Electronics Educationsoldering, breadboarding, Raspberry Pi, microcontrollers, electronics kits
- hobby electronicscircuits, resistors, capacitors, LEDs, wires
Arduinosupercomputer
Ultra-powerful computing system
mainframe · server · workstation · data center · cloud server