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.

Below are some existing arduino projects.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Projects/

/*
Blink
Turns on an LED on for one second, then off for one second, repeatedly.
This example code is in the public domain.
*/
// Pin 13 has an LED connected on most Arduino boards.
// give it a name:
int led = 13;
// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
void setup() {
// initialize the digital pin as an output.
pinMode(led, OUTPUT);}
// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {
digitalWrite(led, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
delay(1000); // wait for a second
digitalWrite(led, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(1000); // wait for a second}

The Code

"To build the circuit, attach a 220-ohm resistor to pin 13. Then attach the long leg of an LED (the positive leg, called the anode) to the resistor. Attach the short leg (the negative leg, called the cathode) to ground. Then plug your Arduino board into your computer, start the Arduino program, and enter the code below".

Final part of the workshop was to look at protecting the arduino board, we were introduced to MakerCase a webpage which creates a box template and allows you to customize its features. The design is then downloadable so that you can use it to laser cut etc

This is my tutorial/Informative video

This website has been created for education purpose only it is not in anyway intended to make a profit. Module of Authorship & Interaction for the BA (Hons) Graphics & Comunication Design

Jasper Shiner (c) 2013

Documentation and Exploration MGRA 501.1

On the 29thOct and 5thNov we had two half day lectures with 'Rob Canning'. A guest lecturer. During these two lectures we looked through the ideology of open source software and many of its aspects and outcomes such as. The first was based around Open Source Ecology the second was based around Aduino.

- 'Copy left' movement.
- Creative Commons
-VLC
- wikimwedia.org
- hackerspaces.org
- thingiverse.co
- webmaker.org
- Raspberry pie computer
- gutenberg.org
- virtualbox.org

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Our introduction to "Arduino" began with looking at the core backbone of its methodology. Code.

Because it is Open-Source, Arduino makes examples easily available to users, these examples are pre-built sections of code that allow users to learn or modify them creating their own projects. The examples provide assistance for all interested with a large variation of projects.

After looking at examples and discussing the way the code operates we began assembling the components (below) having done electronics before i knew how to construct a simple LED circuit and so quickly assembled it on the bread board.

This shows the use of a regulator to adjust the speed of the flashing LED's

The code (left)
to change the speed an delay persiod of the light you simply alter the numeric value in each section and upload the code into the Arduino via a USB connection which also supplies power.