Chapter 7. Monitoring and Controlling Arduino with JavaFX

Arduino is an open source electronics tool based on a simple programmable microcontroller board that can be programmed using a free open source IDE. Alone or attached to a computer, it creates interactive devices that can sense by taking inputs from a variety of switches or sensors and can act by controlling a variety of lights, motors, and other outputs physical devices.

As one of the first Internet of Things (IoT) devices, it was created in 2005. It has been here from the very beginning of the IoT concept.

Arduino runs standalone or can communicate with software running on your computer (Java, JavaFX, Python, and so on) and the boards can be assembled by hand or purchased preassembled. ...

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