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Other Resources

On the Arduino Website

• Tutorials: code examples and circuits for performing many tasks.

• Reference: documentation of the Arduino programming language and functions.

• Hardware: descriptions of the various Arduino boards and other hardware, with schematics, PCB layout files, assembly instructions, etc.

• Language comparison: compares the Arduino/Wiring language (based on C/C++) with Processing (based on Java).

• FAQ: frequently asked questions about Arduino.

• Discussion forums: for questions about anything Arduino related.

• Playground: a publicly editable wiki collecting community documentation (register here).

External Resources on Arduino

• Video lectures: Tom Igoe introduces Arduino. (thanks to Pollie Barden).

• Course guides: Longer documents introducing Arduino: class 1 (getting started), class 2 (input and sensors), class 3 (communication, servos, and pwm), class 4 (piezo sound & sensors, arduino+processing, stand-alone operation).

Electronics and Physical Computing

• Wiring electronics reference: circuit diagrams for connecting a variety of basic electronic components.

• Schematics to circuits: from Wiring, a guide to transforming circuit diagrams into physical circuits.

• Open Circuits: a public wiki collecting electronic circuits, components, and techniques.

• Tom Igoe's Physical Computing Site: lots of information on electronics, microcontrollers, sensors, actuators, books, etc.

Related Sites

• Instant Soup is an introduction to electronics through a series of beautifully-documented fun projects.

• Make magazine has some great links in its electronics archive.

• hack a day has links to interesting hacks and how-to articles on various topics.

The text of the Arduino getting started guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Code samples in the guide are released into the public domain.