• Arduino Uno Rev 3 - marked components

    Arduino – How to get started

    When you found my website, I am pretty sure you have already heard about Arduinos. But what is Arduino anyway? Most of you will probably think of a board like this. However, Arduino is much, much more. Arduino is a Physical-Computing-Platform consisting of hardware and software. The Arduino Uno Board you can see above is the most common Arduino hardware, but there are numerous other boards. All of them, with their strengths and weaknesses. Let’s find out what makes an Arduino Board run. The Arduino Uno consists of four major sections. MCU I/O Serial converter Power supply Let’s look at them in more detail. MCU MCU stands for Microcontroller Unit.…