# Arduino

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Arduino board, Ardweeno

An [open-source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source) electronics platform of small boards and free software for building devices that read sensors and control lights and motors.

**For example:** At a [makerspace](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/makerspace), a [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) wires a [temperature](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/temperature) sensor to an Arduino to test a product idea.

Official site: <https://www.arduino.cc>

## Connects to (6)

- [Open source hardware](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source-hardware): Physical products whose design files are published so anyone can study, change, make and sell the design or hardware based on it.
- [Prototype](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prototype): An early, rough version of a product made to test an idea or show others what you mean.
- [Raspberry Pi](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/raspberry-pi): A small, low-cost computer on a single board, used for learning, prototypes and sensors.
- [Makerspace](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/makerspace): A shared workshop with tools such as 3D printers, laser cutters and electronics benches that members can use.
- [Scratch](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/scratch): A free block-based coding language and online community for young people, made at MIT.
- [Meshtastic](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meshtastic): An open-source project that uses small, cheap radios to send text messages over a mesh network without cell service or internet.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/arduino