By, Shamanth.S Ece-3rd sem.

What is Arduino ?

• Open source Electronic prototyping platform.• Includes both hardware and software.•  Massimo Banzi & David Cuartielles are founders

of the Arduino project.

Video on “Introduction to ARDUINO”.

BY- Matt Richardson of MAKE magazine.

Types of arduino :-

Physical aspects :-

Shields :-

A ZigBee shield.

A GSM Shield :-

A Wi-Fi Shield.

A Relay incorporated with a ZigBee and Bluetooth.

An Ethernet & SD card shield for setting up a private server .

Interfacing Android with Arduino.

Arduino IDE :-

IDE stand’s for “INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT “.

This is a software/compiler which can compile and upload codes to the arduino board using serial ports(USB).

Arduino - LilyPad• The LilyPad Arduino is a

microcontroller board designed for wearable's and e-textiles.

• It can be sewn to fabric and similarly mounted to power supplies, sensors and actuators with a conductive thread.

How the lilypad is used :-

Applications of lilypad :-

• Voice activated led flashing t-shirts

15th – 16th september

• Super Angry Birds - a Tangible Controller.

Video :-