A decade ago, working around electronics involved knowledge in physics and math, expensive lab equipment, a laboratory type setup and important of all, love for electronics. But the picture has changed over the decade or so where the above-mentioned factors became irrelevant to work around electronics except for the last part: love for electronics. There are many reasons which made this possible like rapid growth in the field of information technology, lower cost of electronic components and equipment and widespread availability of the internet.
One such product which made use of the above specified and many other reasons and made electronics be able reach anyone regardless of their background is “Arduino”. Since its introduction in 2005, the term “Arduino” has become very popular in the field of electronics.
Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform in electronics based on easy-to-use hardware and software. The aim of Arduino is to introduce the world of electronics to people who have small to no experience in electronics like hobbyists, designers, artists etc. Arduino is based on an open source electronics project i.e. all the design specifications, schematics, software are available openly to all the users.