Introduction to Arduino

I've always had an interest in studying interactivity. Never had the time to, and never knew much about it, but I knew the capacity it has and the different kinds of amazing projects you can do with it. I also knew that it would help me in my field of Architecture. Arduino is a very popular language used more and more now by architects so I decided to get a head start with it. Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy to use hardware and software intended for artists and designers. Check out www.arduino.cc for more information. So i'm also studying a sister language of arduino called processing simultaneously.

Opening up my first Arduino Uno board. I went for a workshop done by Tinker London.

Connecting my board to the computer, learning how to set this up.

To make sure that everything is working, instead of running your first app 'Hello World', I gotta get a a light blinking. So this is pretty much the example code the makers of arduino have kindly provided with.

My light blinks! So basically, I got to know about circuits of by the way i wish i paid more attention in physics class in high school. I also learned how to get a button working, how to fade in and out a light. I will be continuing this workshop in the next session after christmas is over. Can't wait!