How Arduino
Works
Done by: Moun
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Here’s what you’ll find in this Arduino presentation:
1. What is Arduino?
2. How Microcontrollers work
3. What are LCD displays and how to connect them to a
circuit board
What is Arduino?
Arduino is an open-source electronics
platform based on easy-to-use hardware
and software. Arduino boards are able to
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.
This is an Arduino
board.
On it, you’ll find many
features, including
pins, the USB port, a
DC jack, and the
microcontroller,
which is the most
important component
on the Arduino board.
Microcontrollers
What is a
Microcontroller?
The Microcontroller is the heart
of the Arduino circuit board. It is
embedded inside of a system to
control a singular function in a
device. It does this by interpreting
data it receives from its
input/output peripherals using its
central processor.
The temporary information that the
microcontroller receives is stored in its data
memory, where the processor accesses it and
uses instructions stored in its program memory to
decipher and apply the incoming data. It then
uses its input/output peripherals to communicate
and execute the appropriate action.
LCD Screens
What is an LCD
screen?
An LCD screen, also known
as a Liquid Crystal Display,
is a screen that can be
connected to an Arduino
board to send and receive
information and display it on
the screen itself when
commanded to.
This diagram shows how to
connect the LCD screen to an
Arduino board.
The GND is connected to the
“ground” pin, the VCC is
connected to the power
source (in this case, 5v), and
the SDA and SCL pins are
connected to pins A4 and A5
respectively.
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