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Arduino

What Does Arduino Mean?

Arduino refers to an open-source electronics platform or board and the software used to program it. Arduino is designed to make electronics more accessible to artists, designers, hobbyists and ayone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. An Arduino board can be purchased pre-assembled or, because the hardware design is open source, built by hand. Either way, users can adapt the boards to their needs, as well as update and distribute their own versions.

Techopedia Explains Arduino

A pre-assembled Arduino board includes a microcontroller, which is programmed using Arduino programming language and the Arduino development environment. In essence, this platform provides a way to build and program electronic components. Arduino programming language is a simplified from of C/C++ programming language based on what Arduino calls "sketches," which use basic programming structures, variables and functions. These are then converted into a C++ program.

Other open-source electronics prototyping projects, such as Wiring and Processing, provide the underpinnings for Arduino technology.

Google Android Open Accessory Development Kit is also based on Arduino.

Arduino Hardware

Arduino has over the years released over 100 hardware products: boards, shields, carriers, kits and other accessories. In this page, you will find an overview of all active Arduino hardware, including the Nano, MKR and Classic families.

Some Arduino boards

* classic family

1) Boards:

Arduino UNO R3	Arduino Mega 2560 Rev3	Arduino Leonardo	Arduino UNO Mini Limited Edition
Arduino Due	Arduino Micro	Arduino Zero	Arduino UNO WiFi Rev2

2) Shields:

Arduino Motor Shield Rev3	Arduino 4 Relay Shield	Arduino Ethernet Shield Rev2

* Nano Family:

The Nano Family is a set of boards with a tiny footprint, packed with features. It ranges from the inexpensive, basic Nano Every, to the more feature-packed Nano 33 BLE Sense / Nano RP2040 Connect that has Bluetooth® / Wi-Fi radio modules. These boards also have a set of embedded sensors, such as temperature/humidity, pressure, gesture, microphone and more. They can also be programmed with MicroPython and supports Machine Learning.

Arduino Nano 33 IoT	Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect	Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense	Arduino Nano 33 BLE
Arduino Nano Every	Arduino Nano	Arduino Nano Motor Carrier

* MKR Family:

The MKR Family is a series of boards, shields & carriers that can be combined to create amazing projects without any additional circuitry. Each board is equipped with a radio module (except MKR Zero), that enables Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, LoRa®, Sigfox, NB-IoT communication. All boards in the family are based on the Cortex-M0 32-bit SAMD21 low power processor, and are equipped with a crypto chip for secure communication. The MKR Family shields & carriers are designed to extend the functions of the board: such as environmental sensors, GPS, Ethernet, motor control and RGB matrix.

1) Boards: