Computer-based interactivity used to be beyond the reach of most artists, designers, and other electronics amateurs who wanted to make their work respond to light, sound and other stimulus by moving, beeping, tweeting.

THAT ERA!

2 Americans & 3 Italians did the

job...

Then, in 2005, Italian engineer

Massimo Banzi and his team created

the Arduino microcontroller, a small,

cheap programmable computer,

bringing interactive technology to the

masses.

WHAT OTHERS SAY!

"Most open-source projects start

from a frustration. Arduino was

born when Banzi's design students

complained about not being able

to find a microcontroller for their

robotic projects." — WIREDItalia

WHY ARDUINO??

And the most important!

OPEN SOURCE!

- Both hardware and software...

OBVIOUSLY

“You don’t need anyone’s

permission to create something

great.”

Have A Look

Typical Arduino Board...

Arduino IDE

Arduino Language

C like syntax, but simplified

Abstracts the pin naming to numbers

Trades efficience for ease of use

Easy to learn, yet powerful

Lots of example code

Easy to reuse C-code from other

projects

Libraries can be written in C++

Lots of libraries available

Different Flavours!!!

Real Time

Applications?

Here Are

Some..........

BotaniCalls!

KickBee!

& Google ADK 2012

SO,how to become a maker?

Workshops??

Hackerspaces??

Labs??

Electronics groups??

ABSOLUTELY NOT

USE THE WEB!

http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2

http://www.instructables.com/technolog

y

http://www.tinkerlog.com

http://www.makezine.com

http://www.ladyada.net/make/index.htm

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GET A KIT!

&

EXPLORE!

Start doing things!

A Great Saying!

"The only way to do great

work is to love what you do.

If you haven’t found it yet,

keep looking. Don’t settle"

Steve Jobs