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IRONBOY USER MANUAL Ver.1.03_Eng

6.1. Arduino & IRduino

(1) Why Open Source?

① Open source from beginner to expert.

: IRduino is an open-source platform based on easy-to-use hardware and

software which is easy-to-use for beginners, yet flexible enough for advanced

users, so developer may edit it freely & flexibly.

② Abundant information : Developer may easily acquire abundant technical

information through Arduino community. There are tons of Arduino

communities on the web and even beginner may get necessary

information, advice easily from the communities and may also approach

various kinds of self-teaching books for Arduino anywhere, anytime.

③ Simple, Easy & Hassle-Free.

With IRduino, you do not need to be an electronic professional. Even many artists like interactive

music and video artiest may utilize it for their project. Non-professional may learn Robotics easily

and build their own robotic structures effectively for proto type using IRduino platform based on

easy programming and abundant information on the internet. Soldering will be minimized thanks

to "Breadboard" system.

④ Best solution to learn C language.

Since IRduino is using similar language as C, it is a good tool to learn C

language effectively. The language can be expanded through C++

libraries, and user who wants to understand more technical details may

skip to the AVR C programming language on which it's based. On the

other hand, user may add AVR-C code directly into their IRduino programs if they wish. Also, you

may utilize your knowledge if you have some experience in Flash, Android, MaxMSP, Processing

and Object C.

⑤ Abundant "Shields" at reasonable cost in the market. Immediate solution.

There are already existing "shield(like sensors)" which enable developer to

try various kinds of robot tasks in short time. Most of Shield Boards are

relatively reasonable in cost-wise comparing to other microcontroller

system, so developer may also minimize development cost.

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