From a workshop for the Open University, held in Brighton, UK on the 1st of June, 2010.

1. Introduction to Arduino
David A. Mellis
1 June 2010
Open University Photo by Jean-Baptiste Labrune

2. Contents
Introduction
Related Tools
Projects

3. Introduction

4. What is physical computing?
Prototyping with electronics.
A connection between software and the world.
Tinkering, hacking, kludging, breaking...

5. Inspiration
Hacking Toys
Circuit Bending
Illustrations by Elisa Canducci Junk

6. What is Arduino?
An open-source electronics prototyping platform.

7. What can you do with it?
Robotics
Music
Sensor networks
Interactive objects
Interactive art
Interactive spaces
Interactive ...

8. Arduino Hardware
Photos by SparkFun Electronics

9. What’s a microcontroller?
Photo by SparkFun Electronics

10. Arduino Software

11. Input and Output
Sense Sensor Actuator
Sight Light, camera, color, IR LEDs, displays, lights
Touch Buttons, pressure, rotation, Stepper motors, servo motors, DC
temperature, bend motors
Hearing Microphone, ultrasound Speakers
Smell Gas sensors, artificial noses Fragrance emitters
Taste Artificial tongues Flavor emitters
Also... RFID, GPS, accelerometers, compass Wireless communication

12. Arduino Community
International (distributors in U.S.A., U.K., Italy,
Sweden, Russia, India, China, Japan, etc.)
Large (the forum has over 100,000 posts)
In lots of organizations (Arduino is used at IDEO,
Rockwell Group, MIT, Stanford, CMU, etc.)

13. Arduino Philosophy
Simple, cheap, and easy
Standard tools and components
Open-source

14. Related Tools

15. Max/MSP

16. Pure Data

17. Quartz Composer

18. Processing

19. Flash

20. Projects

21. Earthwalk
Jens Franke & Thomas Gläser

22. Earthwalk
Jens Franke & Thomas Gläser

23. Collabolla
Nathan Waterhouse, Gary Stilwell, Jennifer Bove, Simone Pia
Photo by Ivan Gasparini

24. Drawbot
AS220 Labs

25. Color Mixer
Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd

26. High-Speed Photography
Synoptic Labs
Photo by David Lindes

27. Luxus
Christian Flindt, Marcus Hannerstig, Pontus Stalin

28. Biomimetic Butterflies
The Barbarian Group

29. Breathalyzer Genii
CTP
Photo by Christian Spanring

30. Binary Bridge
Freddie Eksteen, Helge Fischer
Neda Hajmomeni, Mey Lean Kronemann

31. Binary Bridge
Freddie Eksteen, Helge Fischer
Neda Hajmomeni, Mey Lean Kronemann

32. Tuned Stairs
Fabrica

33. Tuned Stairs
Fabrica

34. Waves
Daniel Palacios

35. Hacking Espresso Machines
Tim Hirzel & others

36. Meggy Jr. & Peggy
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories

37. ArduPilot
Chris Anderson and DIY Drones

38. Shall we get started?