Preface
The year was 2005 when a few guys from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Italy wanted to create a simple microcontroller board for their students—a board that was more modern, cheaper, and easier to use than the designs available at that moment. And they named it Arduino, after the local bar, which was named after King Arduino.
The initial version was bulky, complicated to connect, and lacked USB, and other features commonly found these days, but the board had potential. Now, Arduino is renowned for its simplicity and ease of use. Children are building projects using Arduino that only 10 years ago would have required engineers.
The whole design is open sourced and clones of the board can be found everywhere in the world. There is no ...
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