To program these chips, [Aaron] first had to wire up the microcontroller into a circuit. This was just a bit of perf board, a resistor, a few caps, and a USB A plug.

An Arduino is a microcontroller — a single board designed to control something and perform a specific task. Unlike a Raspberry Pi, you won't find anything resembling an operating system here ...

When you think of microcontroller development, you probably picture either a breadboard with a chip or a USB-connected circuit board. But Tim Ansell pictured an ARM dev board that is almost complet… ...

At its core, the Arduino is a small, programmable microcontroller board that accepts and stores code from your computer capable of cool outcomes ranging from controlling lights to making music.

Basically: If you want a popular, do-it-all microcontroller and you have some C or C++ experience, go with an Arduino (I’ve personally worked with an Arduino Mega in the past and can attest to ...

10 Simple-But-Fun Projects to Make With Arduino John Boxall, author of the new book Arduino Workshop, shares a few of the projects from his book on how to get started with the microcontroller.