| A guided tour of the Arduino Uno. This is a really basic and I hope somewhat humorous introduction to the layout of the Arduino board and some of its functions. The Arduino is open-source and the images are my own or downloaded from public domain stuff in the Google Sketchup 3D Warehouse. Music is royalty-free from Kevin MacLeod. More info on the Arduino is at www.arduino.cc My strange blog is at http I don't know why the Arduino board looks square on Youtube. ***CORRECTIONS*** I have been informed of a couple errors, that actually there is another clock chip that runs the microcontroller, the one they're standing on is for something else. Also, shields connect via the headers not prongs. . I'm planning to redo the video very soon, just hoping for more corrections of things I didn't catch. Maybe also next time I can speak better and make the Arduino rectangular on Youtube! The corny jokes and 8-bit video game music will stay, however, for they will always have a place in my heart. Update 30 Jan 2011 "PRONG ISSUE" Ardy the Arduino Mascot Pup (that will never catch on!) has an annotation that corrects the tour guide's erroneous statement. MICROPROCESSOR VERSUS MICROCONTROLLER? www.answers.com defines a microcontroller as "A microcomputer, microprocessor, or other equipment . . . .." In other words, a type of microprocessor. dictionary.reference.com defines microcontroller as "A microprocessor on a single integrated circuit intended to operate as an embedded system." In ... |
