Technology

A physical programmable circuit board

A piece of software that runs on your computer, used to write and upload computer code to the physical board

one of the more popular boards in the Arduino family and a great choice for beginners

The places where you connect wires to construct a circuit (probably in conjuction with a breadboard and some wire

Short for ‘Ground’. There are several GND pins on the Arduino, any of which can be used to ground your circuit

5V pin supplies 5 volts of power, and the 3.3V pin supplies 3.3 volts of power

The area of pins under the ‘Analog In’ label (A0 through A5) are Analog In pins. These pins can read an analog value of voltage

Across from the analog pins are the digital pins (2 through 13). These pins can be used for both digital input (like telling if a button is

These pins act as normal digital pins, but can also be used for something called Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) that simulates analog output (

Short for transmit

Short for receive

Button that connects the pins

an electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts

Something (such as a number) that is produced with no particular order

To flash on and off quickly

a simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation

A combination of 3 different LED: red, green and blue

A device that produces sound (beeps or alerts)

(Pulse Width Modulation) consists in modifying the length of digital outputs. This way the average value changes

Motors that are designed to turn to a specific position according to a control signal. They hold that position until getting a new signal

Allows communication between computer and arduino board, while the program is being run

a simple knob that provides a variable resistance, which we can read into the Arduino board as an analog value