Chapter 1
Overview – TA0136
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Overview – TA0136
In this instruction, we will introduce you through the fun project of the Arduino 2 Wheel Drive
Ultrasonic Robot Kit. Get your Arduino board kit. Let’s get started!
Getting started: the 2 Wheel Drive Ultrasonic Robot Kit
using Arduino UNO
2.1.
What is Arduino?
Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino
boards can 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. You can tell your
board what to do by sending a set of instructions to the microcontroller on the board. To do so you use
the Arduino programming language (based on Wiring), and the Arduino Software (IDE), based on
Processing.
2.2.
What is IDUINO UNO?
The Iduino Uno is on the ATmega328. It has 14 digital input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as
PWM outputs), 6 analogue inputs, a 16 MHz ceramic resonator, a USB connection, a power jack, an
ICSP header, and a reset button.
It contains everything needed to support the microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer with a
USB cable or power it with a AC-to-DC adapter or battery to get started.
