Arduino and Communication with Arduino

Now people in the world, keen appliances, there is a real "Arduino". That little mysterious device dedicated to thousands of articles, hundreds of blogs and forums. So what is Arduino? And why he gained so much popularity?

The Arduino is a small electronic device that consists of a single printed circuit board, which is able to manage different sensors, motors, lighting, send and receive data ... Arduino is a whole family of devices of various sizes and capacities. And it's a whole zoo clones Arduino and Arduino world-compatible devices. But let's take first things first.

"Brain" of Arduino is the microcontroller family Atmega. The microcontroller is a microprocessor with memory and various peripherals implemented on a single chip. In fact, this one-chip microcomputer that can perform relatively simple tasks. Different models come with different family Arduino microcontrollers. BTW, you can buy the signal generator module at Banggood. Besides, you can easily get other electronic accessories (e.g. shortwave transmitter kit) there with high quality and reasonable prices.

How processor learns what he should do? You should tell him that. There is a language for communication with the microcontroller, simplified and adapted specifically for the Arduino. To master this language is not difficult, if desired, and a certain perseverance, even if you've never programmed. Writing messages called for Arduino programming. And a special software environment designed to simplify this process - the Arduino the IDE. Its structure included dozens of examples of good working programs. After reviewing them, you will quickly learn a lot about the language of communication with the Arduino.