The Arduino is a circuit board that you'll program to perform certain tasks, and what it does will entirely be up to you. You can make it do all sorts of things, ranging from creating a smart ...

Limor Fried built her business on DIY tools and technologies. Limor, better known to the Internet as Ladyada, is a cofounder of Adafruit Industries, a site that sells kits, tools, and accessories ...

Arduino is sold under a Creative Commons Share-Alike (CC-SA) license, so you can make changes to the original Arduino board or how it’s programmed and release it to the public, so long as you ...

If you're a typical developer, your familiarity with the Arduino open-source hardware platform may be limited. Arduino, based on the Atmel AVR microcontroller, is positioned as an alternative to ...

The Arduino Nano and Uno are equipped with very similar processors (the chip that essentially serves as the brain of the board). The Nano features an ATmega328, while the Uno sports an ATmega328P.

In the last installment of The GeekDad Arduino Guide, I introduced you to the Arduino hardware and why it is so cool. Now, let’s start actually using an Arduino. How do you get started? Well ...

To start, you need to buy an Arduino. It comes pre-assembled or, for those handy with a soldering iron, in kit form. A fully assembled Diecimila board from the excellent Make costs just $35. The ...