Evolution of

Arduino
2005
2005 2006
2006 2007
2007 2008
2008
Old-style
Old-style RS-232
RS-232 serial
serial
port
port rather
rather than
than USB.
USB.
Serial
Serial
Designed
Designed to
to be
be built
built on
on aa
home-etched
home-etched PCB.
PCB.
In
In 2005,
2005, aa group
group at Italy’s Interaction
at Italy’s Interaction Design
Design Institute
Institute Ivrea
Ivrea developed
developed
Single-Sided
Arduino
Arduino asas aa low-cost,
low-cost, easy-to-use
easy-to-use electronics
electronics platform
platform for
for students
students and
and
Single-Sided Adds
Adds female
female pin
pin
Serial headers, data
artists. It borrows its name from nearby watering hole Bar di Re Arduino.
artists. It borrows its name from nearby watering hole Bar di Re Arduino.
Serial headers, data
transfer Since
Since exploding
exploding onto
onto the
the maker
maker scene,
scene, Arduino
Arduino has
has cultivated
cultivated aa flourishing
flourishing
transfer
LEDs.
LEDs. community
community of inventors, engineers, and hackers dedicated to sharing code
of inventors, engineers, and hackers dedicated to sharing code
USB
USB Extreme
Extreme and developing hardware under an open-source
and developing hardware under an open-source banner. banner.
First
First board to
board to
bear the
bear the
Arduino
Arduino name.
Most
Most advanced
advanced
Atmel’s
Atmel’s 8-bit
8-bit megaAVR
microcontroller
megaAVR ATmega8
ATmega8
name.
etch-it-yourself microcontroller family
family is
is
NG etch-it-yourself PCB
PCB design.
design. an Arduino signature.
NG (Nuova
(Nuova Generazione)
Generazione) Severino
Severino (aka
(aka S3V3)
S3V3)
an Arduino signature.

The
The ATmega168
ATmega168 doubles
doubles on-board
on-board memory
memory to to 16KB,
16KB,
First
First to
to ship
ship with
ATmega168.
with but is otherwise nearly identical to the ATmega8.
but is otherwise nearly identical to the ATmega8. ATmega168
ATmega168
ATmega168. Bluetooth
Bluetooth Large
Large 28-pin
28-pin Plastic
Plastic Dual
Dual In-line
In-line Package
Package
NG+ (PDIP-28) for through-hole soldering.
(PDIP-28) for through-hole soldering.
NG+ Nano
Nano
Sew-through Underside
Underside pins
Sew-through contact pads for
contact pads for pins Thin
connecting for breadboard Thin Quad
Quad Flat
Flat Package
Package (TQFP)
(TQFP)
connecting conductive
conductive thread.
thread. LilyPad
LilyPad
for breadboard designed for suface-mount soldering.
connection.
connection. designed for suface-mount soldering.
Designed Very
Very thin
thin Quad
Quad Flat
Flat No-lead
No-lead (VQFN)
(VQFN) pack-
Designed for
for pack-
battery-powered age
age replaces
replaces leads
leads with
with underside
underside pads.
pads.
Mini
Mini battery-powered
Diecimila Duemilanove wireless
First Diecimila Duemilanove wireless projects.
projects.
First board
board to
to use
use
surface-mount
surface-mount Auto-selects
Auto-selects power
power On-chip
On-chip memory
memory doubles
doubles
processor.
processor. supply.
supply. First
with
First to
to ship
ship
ATmega328.
Nano
Nano again
again to 32KB.
to 32KB. ATmega328
ATmega328
with ATmega328. Fio
Fio Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Duemilanove
Duemilanove
Designed
Designed for
for LilyPad
LilyPad Simple
Simple Replaces
semipermanent
semipermanent Replaces
LilyPad
LilyPad sew-through
installation.
installation. sew-through
Pro contacts
contacts
Pro
Ethernet LilyPad with
with button
button
Ethernet LilyPad Simple
Simple Snap
Snap snaps.
Mini
Mini form-factor
form-factor compatible.
compatible. Pro Uno snaps.
Pro Mini
Mini Uno

ATmega1280
Official
Official reference
reference model
model ATmega32u4
ATmega32u4
The
The Mega
Mega took
took Arduino
Arduino to
to aa new
new ATmega1280 for Arduino platform.
for Arduino platform. Integrates USB
Integrates USB
level, quadrupling on-chip memory Leonardo controller
level, quadrupling on-chip memory
to
Leonardo LilyPad
LilyPad USB
USB controller into
into
to 128KB
128KB andand more
more than
than tripling
tripling the
the Emulates
processor
processor chip.
chip.
total
total number of I/O and input pins in
number of I/O and input pins in Emulates mouse
mouse and
and
aa significantly larger form factor. Mega
Mega keyboard over USB.
keyboard over USB.
significantly larger form factor.
Micro Yún
With
With the
the Mega2560,
Mega2560, memory
doubled
memory
doubled again to 256KB.
again to
ATmega2560
ATmega2560
Micro
First
Yún

Though
256KB. First dual-core
dual-core model,
model, combining
combining
Though larger, the new
larger, the new Mega2560 ATmega32u4
ATmega32u4 with MIPS
with MIPS
form
form factor remains pin-
factor remains pin- Mega2560 embedded Linux machine
Mega embedded Linux machine
compatible
compatible with with the
the standard Mega update for use with Android
update for use with Android (expected
standard
Accessory ADK (expected late
late 2013).
2013).
Arduino
Arduino shield
shield footprint.
footprint. Accessory Development
Development Kit
Kit (ADK).
(ADK). ADK
TWiT.

The
The Due
Due marks
marks Arduino’s
Arduino’s first ATSAM3X8E First
First Arduino
Arduino to
to mount
development.
interviewedononTWiT.

first
begins

ATSAM3X8E mount
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departure from the AVR architecture. 32-bit

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processor. Runs at
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departure from the AVR architecture. at

The
The ATSAM3X8E
ATSAM3X8E is is an
an ARM
ARM Cortex
Cortex M3
””

3.3V rather than 5V.

wild.

M3 3.3V rather than 5V.

thewild.
ArduinoIDE
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Co-founder

processor
processor with twice the memory and
with twice the memory and
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Arduino

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four
four times
times the
the clock
clock speed
speed Due
Due
rapid

of the ATmega2560.
“in

of the ATmega2560.
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