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The Arduino is an open-source, programmable microprocessor. Uses vary from measurement devices, to robotics, to automating systems, to pretty much anything else you can think of. Arduinos are coded in a language that is almost identical to C. In addition, there is a very strong community for Arduino projects, making it accessible even to people with little experience in electronics of programming.
Arduino START HERE: learn.adafruit.com/series/learn-arduino - a good list of tutorials for learning to use the Arduino and various electronics parts.
The list of electronic components that were purchased at Yerkes Observatory / GLAS / MIELab.
Arduino/Energia Reference Sheet - A cheat sheet with commonly used syntax. Great for beginners.
Main Arduino Website - Contains code examples and arduino board spec sheets. The most important pages are:
ladyada.net/learn/arduino/index.html - Has great examples and understandable explanations for people with very little programming experience.
learn.sparkfun.com - Has tutorials and getting started information on electronics and arduino in particular.
Arduino Tutorials at Tronixstuff: Arduino tutorials for beginners to advanced programers. Covers the basics but also advanced topics like displays, sensors and robots.
Windows Drivers: For windows (XP and 7) you need to install the windows driver as described under http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Windows#toc4.
For unix: http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1286088093/34#34 - This forum handles the problem with Arduino's old firmware that contained an error in the serial communication preventing you from uploading new sketches to it.
Arduino Mini 04: has problems with uploading. See here or here for more information.
Library folders: Where to find libraries that are installed for the Arduino program:
Arduino Projects has information on arduino projects at Yerkes and has links to other ideas.
Here is a list of the components used in Arduino Kits for various public events:
For activities we also include the following parts:
These versions of python run on microcontrollers such as advanced arduinos with the M0, M4, ESP32 or ESP8266 processors.