Arduino

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Great post for all little inventors................

Today in our school a awesome guy named Avik Dhupar (Student) from RV college, Bangalore came for introducing a great "Physical Computing I/O device named Arduino.....

Brief about Arduino .........

Arduino is an open-source single-board microcontroller, descendant of the open-source Wiring platform, designed to make the process of using electronics in multidisciplinary projects more accessible. The hardware consists of a simple open hardware design for the Arduino board with an Atmel AVR processor and on-board I/O support. The software consists of a standard programming language compiler and the boot loader that runs on the board.

Arduino hardware is programmed using a Wiring-based language (syntax + libraries), similar to C++ with some simplifications and modifications, and a Processing-based IDE.

More about Arduino on 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino
and
Website for Arduino.....


Basically by using Aurduino you can make so may useful things which helped you for getting your work done.
There are so many projects you can make by using Arduino...

40. Make a Simple Wall Avoiding Robot
39. Basic LED Cube – Learn to Make LED Cubes
38. How To Smell Pollutants
37. XBee Wireless Accelerometer
36. Breathalyzer Microphone
35. Control Servo Motors with the Wii Mote Joystick
34. Lo-fi Arduino Guitar Pedal
33. Positional Memory with a Servo
32. Miniature Pocket Piano
31. Dirt Simple POV LED Display see also Wireless POV

30. How to Build a Self Balancing Segway-like Robot
29. Website Visitor Blinker – Christmas Bell
28. Turn Signal Biking Jacket
27. DIY Musical Keytar
26. Tweet-a-Watt Wireless Electricity Monitor
25. RC Car Controlled Via the Web
24. DIY Gaming with a 3D Controller
23. Sanguino – Arduino with extra I/O pins
22. Rocker Scale Measures how Hard You Rock
21. Hack a NES Controller into a Security Keypad

20. Interfacing with Maya and 3d Studio Max
19. Web Based Servo Control
18. How To Make A Daft Punk Helmet – (see also DIY Daft Punk Suits)
17. Automatic Head Tracking with Arduino
16. Pong with the Arduino
15. Interactive gaming controller
14. Marble Labrynth controlled using the WiiFit
13. Connect the the web: Ethernet Shield
12. Physical Gmail LED Notifiers – RSS Notifier
11. Robot that Reads and Speaks RSS Feeds

10. Botanicalls Twittering Plants
9. Wiimote Controlled Espresso Machine
8. How to: High Speed Photography using the Arduino
7. Controlling an RC Car with iPhone and Wii – Another version
6. Etch-a-Sketch Clock
5. Open source Game Boy
4. Electronics Filled, Arduino Powered Room
3. How-To: Make an RGB combination door lock
2. Make a UAV Spyplane Using the Arduino
1. Fantastic Arduino Laser Harp

Arduino is nothing more than a small Mother Board type which cost you around 1500 INR /- recommended basic version there are 500 INR /- models are also available, 

But,

For using Arduino one must know 'C' language basics well enough.

Now you will ask, why 'C' ??

Because when you do chip programming in Arduino you need C language to write program..

More on this topic u will find here in ppt form by Avik Dupar

http://www.slideshare.net/avikdhupar/intro-to-arduino

or

you can search for vids on  http://www.youtube.com

Guyz go for it.....

It is very awesome indeed.....

 

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