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Memory
Whereas most computers have memory capacities measured in gigabytes, the Arduino Uno has just 2 kB. That is more than a million times less memory than a conventional computer. Having only a little memory to work with focuses the mind wonderfully when writing code, however. There is no room for the “bloatware” that plagues most computers.
Although writing memory-efficient code is important, you shouldn’t do so at the expense of writing code that is easy to read and maintain. Even with an Arduino’s limited resources, most sketches will not get close to using all the RAM. You really only need to worry about memory capacity when you have a very complex sketch or a sketch that uses a lot of data.
Arduino Memory
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