Arduino Uno
transmit
TX is short for?
TX LED
- gives visual indications whenever the Arduino is transmitting data / signals.
Main IC
- has metal legs and acts as the brain of the Arduino.
motor, button, switch
- components that uses digital pins.
RX LED
- gives visual indications whenever the Arduino is receiving data from other components.
PWM
- has the tilde (~) next to some digital pins. They act as normal digital pins but they are able to simulate analog output. - examples are the brightness that the LED will display, potentiometers.
Arduino
- is an open-source platform used for building electronic projects.
Voltage Regulator
- is not something you can interact with on the Arduino. - controls the amount of voltage/signal from the outside power source.
Power LED indicator
- lights up whenever you plug your Arduino into a power source.
open-source
- means that it has no license, giving the freedom to the user to create and modify his desired program.
AREF
- most of the time, you can leave this pin alone. It's sometime used to set an external reference voltage (between 0-5V) as the upper limit for analog input pins.
Uno
- one of the more popular boards in the Arduino family and is a great choice for beginners.
3.3V
- pin that supplies 3.3 volts of power.
5V
- pin that supplies 5 volts of power.
Analog
- pins that can read signals from analog sensors such as temperature sensors, and converts it to a digital value to be readable.
Digital
- pins used for both digital input (button) and output (LED).
Reset Button
- pushing this will temporarily restart the program/code without the need of restarting your computer.
GND
- short for "Ground". There are several of these kinds of pins on the Arduino that is used to ground your circuit.
Power Barrel Jack
- where a power source such as a wall power supply is connected.
Power USB
- where you connect a USB cable coming from your computer that acts as a power source. - also used when uploading data to your Arduino Uno.
Analog Reference
AREF stands for?
microcontroller, IDE
Arduino consists of both a physical programmable circuit board or ___________________ and a piece of software or _______ that runs on your computer, used to write and upload computer code to the physical board.
flexible
Arduino is very ___________ in terms of using its components.
Pulse Width Modulation
PWM stands for?
receive
RX is short for?
C++
The Arduino IDE uses a simplified version of ____, making it easier to program.
ATMEL company
The main IC on the Arduino is usually from the ATmega line of IC's from the __________ _______________.
6-12
The recommended voltage for most Arduino models is between?
gatekeeper
The voltage regulator acts as the __________________ of the Arduino.