Instructions

MAKEVMA502

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4. What is Arduino

Arduino

is an open-source prototyping platform based in easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino

boards

are able to read inputs – light-on sensor, a finger on a button or a Twitter message – and turn it into an output

– activating of a motor, turning on an LED, publishing something online. You can tell your board what to do by

sending a set of instructions to the microcontroller on the board. To do so, you use the Arduino programming

language (based on Wiring) and the Arduino

software IDE (based on Processing).

Surf to www.arduino.cc and www.arduino.org for more information.

5. Contents

 1 x ATmega2560 Mega development board (MAKEVMA101)

 15 x LED (different colors)

 8 x 220 Ω resistor (RA220E0)

 5 x 1K resistor (RA1K0)

 5 x 10K resistor (RA10K0)

 1 x 830-hole breadboard

 4 x 4-pin key switch

 1 x active buzzer (MAKEVMA319)

 1 x passive buzzer

 1 x infrared sensor diode

 1 x LM35 temperature sensor (LM35DZ)

 2 x ball tilt switch (similar to MERS4 and MERS5)

 3 x photosensitive resistor LDR (similar to LDR04)

 1 x single-digit 7-segment LED display

 30 x breadboard jumper wire

 1 x USB cable

6. The ATmega2560 Mega

MAKEVMA101

The MAKEVMA101 (Arduino

compatible) Mega 2560 is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega2560. It

has 54 digital input/output pins (of which 15 can be used as PWM outputs), 16 analogue inputs, 4 UARTs

(hardware serial ports), a 16 MHz crystal oscillator, a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a

reset button. It contains everything needed to support the microcontroller. Connect it to a computer with a

USB cable or power it with an AC-to-DC adapter or battery to get started. The Mega is compatible with most

shields designed for the Arduino

Duemilanove or Diecimila.