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For other uses, see Arduino (disambiguation). thesis project at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
(IDII) in Ivrea, Italy. Massimo Banzi and Casey Reas,
who are known for work on the Processing language were
Arduino is a computer hardware and software company,
project, and user community that designs and manufac- supervisors for his thesis. The project goal was to create
low cost, simple tools for non-engineers to create digital
tures microcontroller kits for building digital devices and
interactive objects that can sense and control objects projects. The Wiring platform consisted of a hardware
PCB with an ATmega168 microcontroller, an IDE based
in the physical world. The projects products are dis-
tributed as open-source hardware and software, which are on Processing and library functions to easily program the
licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License microcontroller.[4]
(LGPL) or the GNU General Public License (GPL),[1] In 2005, Massimo Banzi, with David Mellis, an IDII
permitting the manufacture of Arduino boards and soft- student, and David Cuartielles, added support for the
ware distribution by anyone. Arduino boards are avail- cheaper ATmega8 microcontroller to Wiring. But instead
able commercially in preassembled form, or as do-it- of continuing the work on Wiring, they forked (or copied)
yourself kits. the Wiring source code and started running it as a sepa-
[4]
The projects board designs use a variety of microproces- rate project, called Arduino.
sors and controllers. These systems provide sets of digital The Arduinos initial core team consisted of Massimo
and analog input/output (I/O) pins that may be interfaced Banzi, David Cuartielles, Tom Igoe, Gianluca Martino,
to various expansion boards (shields) and other circuits. and David Mellis.[2]
The boards feature serial communications interfaces, in- Following the completion of the Wiring platform, lighter
cluding Universal Serial Bus (USB) on some models, for
and lower cost versions were distributed in the open-
loading programs from personal computers. The micro- source community.[5]
controllers are mainly programmed using a dialect of fea-
tures from the programming languages C and C++. In Adafruit Industries, a New York City supplier of Ar-
addition to using traditional compiler toolchains, the Ar- duino boards, parts, and assemblies, estimated in mid-
duino project provides an integrated development envi- 2011 that over 300,000 ocial Arduinos had been com-
[6]
ronment (IDE) based on the Processing language project. mercially produced, and in 2013 that 700,000 ocial
boards were in users hands.[7]
The Arduino project started in 2005 as a program for stu-
dents at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Ivrea,
Italy,[2] aiming to provide a low-cost and easy way for
novices and professionals to create devices that inter- 2 Hardware
act with their environment using sensors and actuators.
Common examples of such devices intended for beginner Arduino is open-source hardware. The hardware refer-
hobbyists include simple robots, thermostats, and motion ence designs are distributed under a Creative Commons
detectors. Attribution Share-Alike 2.5 license and are available on
the Arduino website. Layout and production les for
The name Arduino comes from a bar in Ivrea, where some
some versions of the hardware are also available. The
of the founders of the project used to meet. The bar was
source code for the IDE is released under the GNU Gen-
named after Arduin of Ivrea, who was the margrave of the
eral Public License, version 2.[8] Nevertheless an ocial
March of Ivrea and King of Italy from 1002 to 1014.[3]
Bill of Materials of Arduino boards has never been re-
leased by the sta of Arduino.
Although the hardware and software designs are freely
1 History available under copyleft licenses, the developers have re-
quested that the name Arduino be exclusive to the of-
The origin of the Arduino project started at the cial product and not be used for derived works without
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Ivrea, Italy.[2] At that permission. The ocial policy document on use of the
time, the students used a BASIC Stamp microcontroller Arduino name emphasizes that the project is open to in-
at a cost of $100, a considerable expense for many stu- corporating work by others into the ocial product.[9]
dents. In 2004, Colombian student Hernando Barragn Several Arduino-compatible products commercially re-
created the development platform Wiring as a Masters leased have avoided the Arduino name by using -duino
1
2 2 HARDWARE
Screw-terminal breakout
shield in a wing-type format
3 Software development
2.2 Shields
Arduino programs may be written in any programming
Arduino and Arduino-compatible boards use printed cir- language with a compiler that produces binary ma-
cuit expansion boards called shields, which plug into chine code. Atmel provides a development environ-
the normally supplied Arduino pin headers. Shields ment for their microcontrollers, AVR Studio and the
can provide motor controls for 3D printing and other newer Atmel Studio, which can be used for programming
applications, Global Positioning System (GPS), Eth- Arduino.[37][38][39]
ernet, liquid crystal display (LCD), or breadboarding The Arduino project provides the Arduino integrated de-
(prototyping). Several shields can also be made do it velopment environment (IDE), which is a cross-platform
yourself (DIY).[33][34][35] application written in the programming language Java.
It originated from the IDE for the languages Processing
and Wiring. It was created for people with no pro-
found knowledge of electronics. It includes a code editor
with features such as syntax highlighting, brace match-
ing, cutting-pasting and searching-replacing text, and au-
tomatic indenting, and provides simple one-click mech-
Multiple shields can be anism to compile and upload programs to an Arduino
stacked. In this example the top shield contains a board. It also contains a message area, a text console,
solderless breadboard. a toolbar with buttons for common functions and a series
of menus.
5
A program written with the IDE for Arduino is called #dene LED_PIN 13 // Pin number attached to LED.
a sketch.[40] Sketches are saved on the development void setup() { pinMode(LED_PIN, OUTPUT); // Con-
computer as les with the le extension .ino. Arduino gure pin 13 to be a digital output. } void loop() { dig-
Software (IDE) pre-1.0 saved sketches with the extension italWrite(LED_PIN, HIGH); // Turn on the LED. de-
.pde. lay(1000); // Wait 1 second (1000 milliseconds). dig-
The Arduino IDE supports the languages C and C++ us- italWrite(LED_PIN, LOW); // Turn o the LED. de-
ing special rules to organize code. The Arduino IDE sup- lay(1000); // Wait 1 second. }
plies a software library from the Wiring project, which This program uses the functions pinMode(), digital-
provides many common input and output procedures. Write(), and delay(), which are provided by the internal
User-written code only requires two functions, for start- libraries included in the IDE environment.
ing the sketch and the main programs loop, that are
compiled and linked with a program stub main() into
an executable cyclic executive program with the GNU 5 Applications
toolchain, also included with the IDE distribution. The
Arduino IDE employs the program avrdude to convert
Xoscillo, an open-source oscilloscope[45]
the executable code into a text le in hexadecimal coding
that is loaded into the Arduino board by a loader program Arduinome, a MIDI controller device that mimics
in the boards rmware. the Monome
loop(): After setup() is called, this function is called The Arduino project received an honorary mention in the
repeatedly by a program loop in the main program. Digital Communities category at the 2006 Prix Ars Elec-
[55]
It controls the board until it is powered o or is reset. tronica.
founding bylaws of Arduino LLC specied that each of [4] Home. arduinohistory.github.io. 2016-01-01. Re-
the ve founders transfer ownership of the Arduino brand trieved 2016-03-06.
to the newly formed company.
[5] Rhizome - Interview with Casey Reas and Ben Fry.
At the end of 2008, Gianluca Martinos company, Smart 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
Projects, along with Microsoft, registered the Arduino
trademark in Italy and kept this a secret from the other [6] How many Arduinos are in the wild?" About 300,000.
Adafruit Industries. May 15, 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-
cofounders for about two years. This was revealed when
26.
the Arduino company tried to register the trademark in
other areas of the world (they originally registered only in [7] Arduino FAQ With David Cuartielles. Malm Uni-
the US), and discovered that it was already registered in versity. April 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
Italy. Negotiations with Gianluca and his rm to bring the
trademark under control of the original Arduino company [8] The arduino source code. The arduino source code.
failed. In 2014, Smart Projects began refusing to pay [9] Policy. Arduino.cc. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
royalties. They then appointed a new CEO, Mr. Musto,
who renamed the company to Arduino SRL and created [10] Freeduino Open Designs. Freeduino.org. Retrieved
a website named arduino.org, copying the graphics and 2008-03-03.
layout of the original Arduino.cc. This resulted in a rift [11] Hardware Index. Arduino Project. Retrieved 2013-12-
in the Arduino development team. All Arduino boards 10.
are still available to consumers so the implications of this
are uncertain.[57][58][59] [12] Optiboot Bootloader for Arduino and Atmel AVR. Re-
trieved 2015-10-01.
In January 2015, Arduino LLC le a lawsuit against Ar-
duino SRL.[60] [13] Bare Bones Board.
In May 2015, Arduino LLC created the world-wide [14] Boarduino.
trademark Genuino, used as brand name outside the
United States.[61] [15] Redirect.... smartprj.com.
At the World Maker Faire in New York on October 1, [16] Schmidt, M. ["Arduino: A Quick Start Guide"],
2016, Arduino LLC co-founder and CEO Massimo Banzi Pragmatic Bookshelf, January 22, 2011, Pg. 201
and Arduino SRL CEO Federico Musto announced the
[17] Arduino RS232 ocial webpage; arduino.cc
merger of the two Arduino companies.[62]
[18] Arduino Diecimila ocial webpage; arduino.cc
[1] Arduino - Introduction. arduino.cc. [30] Arduino Ethernet ocial webpage; arduino.cc
[35] Jonathan Oxer. Arduino Shield list. Retrieved 5 Nov [56] Business Entity Summary for Arduino LLC. Mass.gov.
2013. State of Massachusetts.
[36] Arduino Software Release Notes. Arduino Project. Re- [57] Allan, Alasdair (6 March 2015). Arduino Wars: Group
trieved December 26, 2016. Splits, Competing Products Revealed?". makezine.com.
Maker Media, Inc. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
[37] Using Atmel Studio for Arduino development. Me-
gunolink.com. Retrieved 2013-01-18. [58] Banzi, Massimo (19 March 2015). Massimo Banzi:
Fighting for Arduino. makezine.com. Maker Media, Inc.
[38] Using AVR Studio for Arduino development. Eng-
Retrieved 21 April 2015.
blaze.com. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
[39] Ch Arduino. Retrieved 2016-10-07. [59] Williams, Elliot (28 March 2015). Arduino SRL to Dis-
tributors: We're the Real Arduino"". Hackaday.com.
[40] Programming Arduino Getting Started with Sketches. Hackaday.com. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
McGraw-Hill. Nov 8, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
[60] Arduino LLC vs Arduino SRL lawsuit; United States
[41] Tutorial: Bare Minimum code needed; arduino.cc Courts Archive.
[42] Documenation for setup() function; arduino.cc [61] Arduino Announces New Brand, Genuino, Manufactur-
ing Partnership with Adafruit. Make:. 16 May 2015. Re-
[43] Documenation for loop() function; arduino.cc
trieved 17 May 2015.
[44] Blink Tutorial. Arduino.cc.
[62] Arduino Blog Two Arduinos become one. Arduino
[45] xoscillo A software oscilloscope that acquires data us- Blog. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
ing an arduino or a parallax (more platforms to come).
Google Project Hosting. Code.google.com. Retrieved
2013-01-18.
11 Further reading
[46] Gameduino home page. excamera.com.
[51] Silva, L.; Dantas, R.; Pantoja, A.; Pereira, A. Exploring Arduino: Tools and Techniques for Engi-
(1 July 2013). Development of a low cost data- neering Wizardry; Jeremy Blum; 384 pages; 2013;
glove based on arduino for virtual reality applica- ISBN 978-1118549360.
tions. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Compu-
tational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Mea- Arduino Workshop: A Hands-On Introduction with
surement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA): 5559.
65 Projects; John Boxall; 392 pages; 2013; ISBN
doi:10.1109/CIVEMSA.2013.6617395.
978-1593274481.
[52] Durante, Gabriel; Becari, Wesley; Lima, Felipe A. S.;
Peres, Henrique E. M. (February 2016). Electrical Beginning C for Arduino: Learn C Programming for
Impedance Sensor for Real-Time Detection of Bovine the Arduino and Compatible Microcontrollers; Jack
Milk Adulteration. IEEE Sensors Journal. 16 (4): 861 Purdum; 280 pages; 2012; ISBN 978-1430247760.
865. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2015.2494624.
Programming Arduino: Getting Started With
[53] CNC V2.0. Homofaciens.de . Retrieved on 2016-02-24 Sketches; Monk Simon; 162 pages; 2011; ISBN
[54] Arduino Robot Motor Control. DarkBlueBit.com. Re- 978-0071784221.
trieved on 2016-04-16
Make: Electronics (Learning by Discovery); Charles
[55] Ars Electronica Archiv. Retrieved 2015-03-27. Platt; 352 pages; 2009; ISBN 978-0596153748.
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