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Indira KnightConnecting Arduino to the Webhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3480-8_1

1. Arduino, Circuits and Components

Indira Knight1 
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London, UK
 

This chapter is an introduction to electronics for Arduino. It will explain how an Arduino is set up and how electricity flows through the circuits and the components. By the end of this chapter you will have used some basic components and created the four base circuits: analog input, analog output, digital input, and digital output.

Arduino

Arduino allows you to create your own electronics projects. It is a collection of open source hardware and software that allows you to attach and control other components to create an electrical circuit. Projects such as an automated plant watering ...

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