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    A Tour of an Arduino Board


    Arduino Uno
    The Uno was the first prototyping board produced by Arduino, and it
    is now on its third revision (hence the name Arduino Uno R3).
    Power Supply

    Directly below the USB connector is the 5-volt (5V)


    voltage regulator. This regulates whatever voltage
    (between 7V and 12V) is supplied from the power
    socket into a constant 5V.
    The 5V voltage regulator chip is quite big for a surface
    mount component. This is so that it can dissipate the
    heat required to regulate the voltage at a reasonably
    high current. This is useful when driving external
    electronics.
    Power Connections

    The first is Reset. This does the same thing as the Reset
    button on the Arduino. Rather than rebooting a PC, using the
    Reset connector resets the microcontroller so that it begins
    its program from the start. To reset the microcontroller with
    the Reset connector, you momentarily set this pin low
    (connecting it to 0V).
    The rest of the pins in this section just provide different
    voltages (3.5V, 5V, and, GND), as they are labeled. GND, or
    ground, just means zero volts. It is the reference voltage to
    which all other voltages on the board are relative.
    Analog Inputs

    The six pins labeled Analog In A0 to A5 can be used to


    measure the voltage connected to them so that the value
    can be used in a sketch. Note that they measure a voltage
    and not a current. Only a tiny current will ever flow into
    them and down to the ground because they have a large
    internal resistance. That is, the pin has a large internal
    resistance that only allows a tiny current to flow into the pin.
    Although these inputs are labeled analog and analog inputs
    by default, these connections can also be used as digital
    inputs or outputs.
    Digital Connections

    • The 14 pins labeled Digital 0 to 13. These can be used as


    either inputs or outputs. When used as outputs, they
    behave rather like the power supply voltages except that
    these are all 5V and can be turned on or off from your
    sketch. So, if you turn them on from your sketch they
    will be at 5V, and if you turn them off they will be at 0V.
    As with the power supply connectors, you must be
    careful not to exceed their maximum current
    capabilities.
    Microcontroller

    • The microcontroller chip itself is the black rectangular


    device with 28 pins. This is fitted into a dual inline (DIL)
    socket so that it can be easily replaced. The 28-pin
    microcontroller chip used on the Arduino Uno board is the
    ATmega328.
    • The heart—or, perhaps more appropriately, the brain—of
    the device is the central processing unit (CPU). It controls
    everything that goes on within the device. It fetches
    program instructions stored in the flash memory and
    executes them.
    Microcontroller

    • This might involve fetching data from working memory


    (RAM), changing it, and then putting it back. Or, it may
    mean changing one of the digital outputs from 0V to 5V.
    • The EEPROM memory is a little like the flash memory in
    that it is nonvolatile. That is, you can turn the device off
    and on and it will not have forgotten what is in the
    EEPROM. Whereas the flash memory is intended for
    storing program instructions (from sketches), the EEPROM
    is used to store data that you do not want to lose in the
    event of a reset or the power being turned off.

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