Robert Berger

Arduino for mere m0rtals - Part 4

We’ll have a closer look at the blinking LED Arduino sketch we saw last time. Programs written for the Processing [4] programming language are called sketches. These sketches are typically written using the text editor which comes with Processing.

Arduino for mere m0rtals - Part 3

Although the Arduino software runs as well on Windows and OSX I’ll show you how to set up the software development environment on Ubuntu GNU/Linux. Your workstation needs to be connected to the web and have sufficient access rights to be able to get the necessary software packages (beware of evil administrators and firewalls trying to keep you from experimenting with Arduino).

Arduino for mere m0rtals - Part 2

Be pragmatic I was not excited about the hardware specs from above, but being a pragmatic person I looked a bit into the numbers. I would estimate that more than 150,000 boards have been sold in the meantime so let us have a look at what Google tells us about Arduino compared to similar prototyping systems:

Arduino for mere m0rtals - Part 1

This is how the official Arduino site describes it [1]: Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.