Arduino open-source microcontroller platform
Arduino, plataforma abierta de microcontroladores
- Date
- 2005 · confidence high
- Place
- Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Italy
- Credited to
- Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, Tom Igoe, Gianluca Martino and David Mellis
- People
- 👤 David Cuartielles1974–👤 David Mellis1980–👤 Massimo Banzi1968–👤 Tom Igoe1967–
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A cheap microcontroller board with a simple programming environment and open-design hardware. It put programmable electronics within reach of artists, students and hobbyists.
What it led to
- The maker movement and open hardware
- The prototyping of internet-of-things devices
- STEM education in electronics
Built on
- GNU Project and free software (GPL)1983-1985
- microcontroller
- Processing
Made possible
- Raspberry Pi single-board computer2012
- home internet of things
- RepRap 3D printers
- educational robotics