A 15 mins introduction to the most popular electronic prototyping platform, Arduino! The talk took place at Beginners Meetup #5 (http://www.meetup.com/opentechschool-berlin/events/93018322/) by Open Tech School Berlin on 6 Dec 2012 # An introduction to Arduino: the 5 Ws + 1 – Alessandro Contini We will try to answer to the following questions: What is it? Who did that? When? Where? Why is it like that? …and, What can I do with it? In a time when everyone is talking about makers, digital fabrication, 3D printing, laser cutting, DIY and so on, let's go back and see where everything began. Ok, not EVERYTHING actually, but let's say where everything took a big step forward. We'll also have a hands-on demo that you can't miss, so – less talk, more rock!

1. ARDUINO
An INTRO to Arduino: the 5Ws + 1
Open Tech School - Berlin
info@alessandrocontini.it / @CNTLSN

2. ok, letʼs start with...

3. ...WTF?

4. WHAT?

5. Arduino

6. if you like definitions...
“Arduino is an open-source
electronics prototyping
platform based on flexible,
easy-to-use hardware and
software. It's intended for
artists, designers, hobbyists,
and anyone interested in
creating interactive objects or
environments.”
- Arduino website

7. to me itʼs this

8. sensors

9. actuators

10. what it really is
Hardware + Software + Community

11. tech comparison
IBM 286 Arduino

12. WHO?

13. the A-team!

14. WHEN / WHERE?

15. the Italian “Silicon Valley”
2006
2007
2009
2005
2012
2008
2010
2011

16. IDII

17. WHY?

18. a versatile tool
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19. a tool for tinkering
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20. why Open Source?

21. why Open Source?

22. WHAT CAN I DO WITH IT?

23. audio

24. visual

25. design

26. exhibit

27. robot

28. fashion, wearables

29. diy, hacking, tinkering...

30. ...fabbing!

31. less talk more rock!

32. HELLO WORLD!

33. blink an LED!

34. blink an LED!

35. blink an LED!
link

36. structure of a sketch
> global variables
> setup()
~ initialization of pins
~ executed once
> loop()
~ core functions
~ executed repeatedly

37. TOOLS & RESOURCES

38. useful links
› Official website, www.arduino.cc
› Arduino Forum, http://arduino.cc/forum/
› Fritzing, http://fritzing.org
› Arduino Store, http://store.arduino.cc
› Sparkfun, www.sparkfun.com
› Adafruit, www.adafruit.com
› Top 40 Arduino projects, http://hacknmod.com/hack/
top-40-arduino-projects-of-the-web/
› Arduino Projects, http://arduino.org/m/articles/index/
› Instructablesʼ Arduino projects, http://
www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-technology/
channel-arduino/

39. books
› Getting started with Arduino, M. Banzi, OʼReilly, link
› Making Things Talk, Tom Igoe, OʼReilly, link
› Make: Electronics, Charles Platt, OʼReilly, link
› Programming Interactivity, Joshua Noble, OʼReilly, link
› About Face 3: The Essentials Of Interaction Design, Alan
Cooper, Robert Reimann and Dave Cronin, Wiley
Publishing, link

40. the end!