What is an Arduino? Enlist advantages of Arduino and IDEs available used for Arduino Programming.

Arduino is an open source electronics platform accompanied with a hardware and software to design, develop and test complex electronics prototypes and products. It is easy to use hardware.

The hardware consists of a micro-controllers with other electronics components which can be programmed using the software to do almost any task.

Some of the largest semiconductor companies have jumped into the Arduino space such as Cypress, STM, Texas Instruments, Freescale, and of course the incumbent Atmel.

What is interesting is the emergence of small cottage industries sprouting up in many unsuspected areas. This new generation of platforms is significantly different as it serves as the incubator of new designers, and a new era, as transformations of applications serve new and exciting needs.

The 5 Major Benefits of Using Arduino Starter Kits

  1. Inexpensive - Arduino boards are relatively inexpensive compared to other microcontroller platforms. The least expensive version of the Arduino module can be assembled by hand, and even the pre-assembled Arduino modules cost less than $50.
  2. Cross-platform - The Arduino software runs on Windows, Macintosh OSX, and Linux operating systems. Most microcontroller systems are limited to Windows.
  3. Simple, clear programming environment - The Arduino programming environment is easy-to-use for beginners, yet flexible enough for advanced users to take advantage of as well. For teachers, it's conveniently based on the Processing programming environment, so students learning to program in that environment will be familiar with the look and feel of Arduino.
  4. Open source and extensible software - The Arduino software is published as open source tools, available for extension by experienced programmers. The language can be expanded through C++ libraries, and people wanting to understand the technical details can make the leap from Arduino to the AVR C programming language on which it's based. Similarly, you can add AVR-C code directly into your Arduino programs if you want to.
  5. Open source and extensible hardware - The Arduino is based on Atmel's ATMEGA8 and ATMEGA168 microcontrollers. The plans for the modules are published under a Creative Commons license, so experienced circuit designers can make their own version of the module, extending it and improving it. Even relatively inexperienced users can build the breadboard version of the module in order to understand how it works and save money.

IDEs available

  • Arduino IDE
  • PlatformIO
  • Eclipse Arduino IDE
  • embedXcode

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