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What is Arduino board?
Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino boards are able to read inputs – light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message – and turn it into an output – activating a motor, turning on an LED, publishing something online.
What does AVR mean Arduino?
The creators of the AVR give no definitive answer as to what the term “AVR” stands for. However, it is commonly accepted that AVR stands for Alf and Vegard’s RISC processor. Note that the use of “AVR” in this article generally refers to the 8-bit RISC line of Atmel AVR microcontrollers.
Which Arduino board is best?
Arduino UNO is the most popular and best-selling Arduino board. As mentioned, this board is equipped with an ATMEGA328 microcontroller. It has standard female pin headers with 2.54 mm spacing and is compatible with various shields.
How many types of Arduino boards are there?
Features of Different Types of Arduino Boards
| Arduino Board | Processor | Analogue I/O |
|---|---|---|
| Arduino Uno | 16Mhz ATmega328 | 6 input, 0 output |
| Arduino Due | 84MHz AT91SAM3X8E | 12 input, 2 output |
| Arduino Mega | 16MHz ATmega2560 | 16 input, 0 output |
| Arduino Leonardo | 16MHz ATmega32u4 | 12 input, 0 output |
What is the difference between Arduino and Arduino AVR?
Arduino is a prototiping board, and also the term “Arduino” is used to referr to the IDE and library on the PC side, and all its ecosystem. AVR is the architecture (developed by atmel) of the microcontroller chip used in all official 8bit board, and almost all clone.
What is an Arduino board?
It means, you can by an Arduino board and start developing your project instantly. The boards are built around the AVR microcontroller as the base. Software libraries to run on the board are written and made available for free.
What is the difference between an Arduino and a PIC microcontroller?
First of all, Arduino is not actually a microcontroller it is a microcontroller board or development board. It has an AVR atmega328 microcontroller in it. PIC microcontroller is a family of microcontrollers made by microchip.
What is the difference between programming for Atmel and Arduino?
Software libraries to run on the board are written and made available for free. Programming for Arduino board is to write program for an ATMEL AVR microcontroller, only difference being that the program for Arduino is written in its own language called the Arduino programming language.