Arduino Uno Overview
Introduction
Arduino was developed at an Institute in Ivrea a city in Italy. It is an easy tool for the students who haven’t aimed for any kind of background in programming or electronics, used for fast prototyping.
Arduino UNO as an Open Source
As soon as it was more demanded, the Arduino microcontroller started changing to fulfill new shortcomings. All Arduino microcontrollers empower its buyers to build it on their own as it is an open editing software so that they can learn what they do more accurately.
Introduction to Arduino UNO board
The Arduino Uno basically works on the chip AT328P. This board has 14 digital and 6 input/output pins. It is only workable with the integrated development environment developed by Arduino. Some of its specifications resemble Nano and Leonard by Arduino.
Specs of the Arduino UNO board
Following are the features of Arduino UNO
- Easy USB interface
- It has an additional number of hardware features than other microcontrollers
- It makes debugging easy in programming
- 32 KB of flash memory
- Its length is almost 68.6mm
- It is very cheaper
Software for Arduino board
Arduino UNO is programmed using Arduino software. Arduino Uno is basically used in the projects that are done by the users themselves based on code base control. It is a starter in the Development of the Automation System. It is used in the planning of basic circuit designs.
Factor of price
The most important factor is the cost of prototyping because the students cannot afford expensive microcontrollers. This is the problem that every student or engineer or professional has to face in the development of something useful.
More costly from online purchasing
It is more costly from the online market with shipping charges, due to the difference in cost in different areas. During the planning of project, its size must be as small as possible, but with the big structures of Arduino UNO, we have to refer to other types of Arduino.
Usage in communications
This type of microcontroller has a number of facilities in the communication. It communicates with the computers, other Arduino boards or other microcontrollers. So, it also has a specification of communication.
The automatic software reset
It also has a specification of software reset automatically. In most of the systems it is done by pressing the button manually. This setup has more involvement.
No limitations for operating systems
Arduino UNO runs on almost vast types of operating systems including many famous operating systems. However, some microcontrollers are limited to Windows but the Arduino UNO is not the one.
Advantage for teachers
Arduino is a microcontroller which can be easily functionable so, it is easy for the teachers to first learn how it works and then teach the students so that they can easily learn how it works and do prototyping. So, it is a big advantage for the teachers and they don’t have to stress their mind.