Chapter 2. Embarking on hardware with Arduino
This chapter covers
- What Arduino is and the features of the Arduino Uno R3 development board
- Connecting components and power to the Arduino Uno
- Coding and uploading a sketch using the Arduino IDE to make an LED blink
- Configuring an Arduino Uno in a host-client setup using Firmata firmware and the Johnny-Five Node.js framework
- Using JavaScript to control an Arduino Uno and make an LED blink
Arduino. It’s a company. It’s a project. It’s hardware. It’s a user community. Arduino is, well, it’s Arduino, a broad concept combining open source hardware and software with the goal of making it easy (and inexpensive) for beginners
to build interactive devices.
Like most development boards, Arduino boards ...