If you are on the outside looking at the buzz surrounding the Arduino and want in, how do you get started? In this column, I cherry pick a few of the best resources for you. I increase the signal to noise ratio. If you do a google search on Arduino, you get 100 Million hits. If you do a google search on Arduino tutorial, you get 4 Million hits. If you do a google search…
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Suggested Web Sites with Great Arduino Projects
If you do a google search for Arduino Projects, you will find about 20 million links. Of course, not all of them are useful or even have correct information.
Why Arduinos?
The maker revolution today has been enabled by three important elements: The open source software revolution The introduction of very low-cost electronics by Asian suppliers available on eBay and similar sites The cultural shift in the maker community to freely share their expertise on YouTube and hobbyist sites While these enable the maker revolution, it’s the applications, the “killer apps” that drive the maker community. These are the activities that are so cool, everyone wants…
Purchase Your First Arduino
In the Arduino workshops I teach at our local hackerspace in Longmont, CO, Tinkermill, I always recommend, when staring out, to use an Arduino Uno.