A 15 mins introduction to the most popular electronic prototyping platform, Arduino!
The talk took place at Beginners Meetup #5 (http://www.meetup.com/opentechschool-berlin/events/93018322/) by Open Tech School Berlin on 6 Dec 2012
# An introduction to Arduino: the 5 Ws + 1 – Alessandro Contini
We will try to answer to the following questions: What is it? Who did that? When? Where? Why is it like that? …and, What can I do with it?
In a time when everyone is talking about makers, digital fabrication, 3D printing, laser cutting, DIY and so on, let's go back and see where everything began. Ok, not EVERYTHING actually, but let's say where everything took a big step forward. We'll also have a hands-on demo that you can't miss, so – less talk, more rock!
6. if you like definitions...
“Arduino is an open-source
electronics prototyping
platform based on flexible,
easy-to-use hardware and
software. It's intended for
artists, designers, hobbyists,
and anyone interested in
creating interactive objects or
environments.”
- Arduino website
39. books
› Getting started with Arduino, M. Banzi, OʼReilly, link
› Making Things Talk, Tom Igoe, OʼReilly, link
› Make: Electronics, Charles Platt, OʼReilly, link
› Programming Interactivity, Joshua Noble, OʼReilly, link
› About Face 3: The Essentials Of Interaction Design, Alan
Cooper, Robert Reimann and Dave Cronin, Wiley
Publishing, link