The document discusses the history and uses of Arduino. It began in 2005 when teachers wanted an affordable tool to teach electronics. Arduino is an open-source hardware platform that uses a simple hardware and software language to control devices. It comes in many forms, from basic boards to wearable and 3D printing versions. Examples of projects include a camera controller, 3D printers, a pet feeder using RFID chips, and interactive clothes. The implications are that electronics will become more accessible and education will improve.

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2. Overview
 Why did Arduino start?
 The beginning of Arduino
 How it works
 Different types of Arduino
 Projects based on Arduino
 Implications
 Conclusions

3. Why did Arduino start? [2]
The reasons because it started:
 A team of teachers wants to make a tool for their
students
 This tool must be cheaper than previous devices for
doing this
 They want open source project, that way people that
want to can help and contribute

4. The beginning of Arduino [2]
 In “Interaction Design Institute ” on Italy in 2005
 One group of people met and thought about it
 One of the founders of Processing taught there
 Processing on Hardware becomes “Wiring”
 Cheaper and easier than “Wiring”, becomes Arduino

5. How it works [3]
 Device that can interact with the real world
 Hardware
 Microcontroller (Reduced Instruction Set Computer)
 Devices Input/Output
 Software
 Processing language (also others like Matlab, SC, Java, etc.)
 Bootloader

6. Different types of Arduino
Arduino UNO [4] Arduino Ethernet [5]

7. Different types of Arduino
Arduino Micro [6] Arduino Mini [7]
Arduino Fio [8] LilyPad Arduino [9]

8. Project I: Photoduino
 Camera controller based on Arduino
 It works using Arduino’s inputs and it receives the signals
of the real world
 It has different programs
[11]
[12]
[10]

9. Project II: 3D Printers
 On general aspects 3D printers can make your ideas in a
three-dimensional way
 It uses the additive process
 Examples: MakerBot, RepRap
[13] [14]

10. Project III: Pet Feeder
 Pet Feeder that opens only for a special cat
 The cat has a collar with a chip
 The device that allows the cat to eat has a sensor that
can recognize it
Link to the project [15]

11. Project IV: Interactive Clothes
 The LilyPad Arduino is more useful than the other
boards because you can sew it on your clothes
 You can make lights, music or anything you imagine
[16]
[17]

12. Implications
 Electronics are everywhere
 We will be a different type of consumers
 Equal access rights for all students
 Startup ventures will have an easier way to do their
projects

13. Conclusions
 “Arduino is a physical representation of the great things
that you have in the open-source software but now in
hardware” [2]
 People can see your designs and improve them
 We can understand the world better
 We can learn about electronics, to think, to work in a
team

14. Summary
 History of Arduino
 What Arduino is and how it works
 The parts of Arduino and different Arduinos
 Projects based on Aduino
 Implications and Conclusions

15. References
 [1] Image from http://www.sacosta.org/rfid_castellano/arduino.html (26.11.12)
 [2] http://vimeo.com/18390711 (26.11.12)
 [3] http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino (17.11.12)
 [4] Image from http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno (26.11.12)
 [5] Image from http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardEthernet (26.11.12)
 [6] Image from http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMicro (26.11.12)
 [7] Image from http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMini (26.11.12)
 [8] Image from http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardFio (26.11.12)
 [9] Image from http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardLilyPad (26.11.12)

16. References II
 [10] Image fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/52294450@N06/6872500525/in/set-
72157628720817293/ (26.11.12)
 [11] Image from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60106003@N04/6041416636/in/photostream
(26.11.12)
 [12] Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/47208281@N06/ (26.11.12)
 [13] Image from http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2012/01/09/introducing-the-
makerbot-replicator/
 [14] Image from http://reprap.org/wiki/File:Mendel.jpg (26.11.12)
 [15] Pet feeder http://www.instructables.com/id/RFID-pet-feeder/ (26.11.12)
 [16] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10TKmVQ1A4 (26.11.12)
 [17] http://www.flickr.com/photos/leahbuechley/2326630769/in/photostream/
(26.11.12)