Why is Arduino highly respected? What is its advantage? -part 3

Rich third-party resources: Arduino is all open source regardless of hardware or software. You can understand all the underlying mechanisms, and it also reserves a very friendly third-party library development interface. Adhering to the openness and sharing of the open source community, many enthusiasts will share their hardware and software with you after successfully implementing their own designs. For the latecomers, you can easily find some basic function modules you want to use in the Arduino community, such as servo control, PID speed control, A/D conversion and so on. Some function module vendors are also paying more and more attention to the Arduino community, and will provide libraries and related tutorials under Arduino for their products. And it is also super easy to purchase good quality arduino starter kit on the market now. These are greatly convenient for Arduino developers, you don't have to stick to the basic functions, but put more energy into the functional design you want to do.

Yes, from the technical point of view of professional embedded development, Arduino is not the first choice. In order to take care of beginners and even the layman of electronic development as much as possible, Arduino has customized many low-level designs, and naturally lost a lot of embedded. The flexibility and efficiency of development are one of the reasons why many experienced embedded designers are dismissive of Arduino. So where is the positioning of Arduino?

Arduino's positioning

Arduino was originally created for the learning of embedded development, but today it has gone far beyond the technical field of embedded development. Some people refer to Arduino as “technical art”. Many enthusiasts outside the field of electronic technology have designed and developed many interesting works with rich imagination and creativity. At home, Arduino appears more as an embedded learning tool and electronic development prototype module, but its charm is not only that, it can be used as a new "toy" or even a new art carrier to attract more people from many fields join the magical world of Arduino.

Why is Arduino highly respected? What is its advantage? -part 2

Arduino's unique advantages

Several advantages unique to Arduino are reflected in the following aspects:

Openness: Arduino is an open source hardware project that started early. Various open source projects have been widely recognized and widely used. Its hardware circuitry and software development environment are completely public, and anyone can use, modify, and distribute it without commercial use. This not only allows the user to better understand the circuit principle of Arduino, but also can modify it according to his own needs. For example, due to space constraints, it is necessary to design a special-shaped circuit board or design its own expansion circuit together with the main control circuit.

Ease of use: For those who are slightly interested, no matter what the basis, as long as he is interested, within one hour after getting a good arduino starter kit, you should be able to successfully run the first simple program. Arduino's connection to the PC uses the most mainstream USB connection available today. You can connect the Arduino directly to your computer just like you would to a smartphone, without the need to install any additional drivers. And Arduino's development environment software is also very simple, the menu at a glance only provides the necessary toolbars, removing all the elements that may be dazzling for beginners, you can even compile and download the routines without reading the manual.

Communication: For beginners, communication and presentation are very exciting ways to stimulate learning. But sometimes, you used AVR to make a tracking car. I used PIC to make a car tracking. It is not a very profound beginner to understand the MCU. I am afraid it will be difficult to communicate. Arduino has already delineated a relatively uniform framework. Some of the underlying initializations use a unified method. The ports used for digital signals and analog signals are also calibrated. Beginners are very convenient in AC circuits or programs.

Why is Arduino highly respected? What is its advantage? -part 1

If you browse the electronic production materials 5-10 years ago, you will be able to see a wide variety of microcontroller selection, various hand-welded circuit boards, complicated flying lines, and various MCU-based electronics in recent years. Production, it is unified, many electronic DIY works of different fields and different functions, most of which use the same control module as the core - Arduino. So what exactly is Arduino? Is it a new control chip or a new development software? What advantages does it have, and it can almost unify the electronic DIY world in just a few years?

The most common kind of Arduino object has been distinguished according to the function, which you can purchase on some online platforms, like the arduino starter kit. I believe that a user who has a little understanding of the development of the MCU must have found that, isn’t this a control board with the minimum system of ATmega MCU as the core? Yes, Arduino is a single-chip control board with ATmega microcontroller as the control core. In addition to the ATmega328 minimum system circuit, the board also includes a voltage regulator circuit, a USB to serial port circuit, some LEDs for indication, and some expansion circuit sockets. Why is it possible to be the world's smallest system with only one microcontroller? It seems that Arduino has no special advantage, so why is Arduino getting such a hot pursuit?

To answer this question, we must first review the development of Arduino. In 2005, Massimo Banzi, a teacher at a high-tech design school in the Italian town of Ivrea, in order to provide students with a cheap and good using microcontroller platform, the original Arduino control panel was designed in collaboration with David CuarTIelles, a Spanish chip engineer who was a visiting scholar at the school. Then Arduino began to quickly become popular in Europe, and gradually spread the spring breeze around the world.

Redefining family DIY, 3D printers light up life with creativity -part 2

"Although there are many kinds of household 3D printers on the market, in the same price products, the A4 household-grade 3D printers are very competitive in terms of appearance and performance." Market researchers revealed that A4 is currently available. Home-grade 3D printers are very popular in markets around the world.

As an emerging smart home appliance, home-grade 3d printer kit brings many changes to people's lifestyles. On the one hand, they help users print various ideas to light up life scenes, and promote emotional communication between family members; on the other hand, 3D printers entering the family is especially helpful for your child's education.

“The art decoration of the study, the family's embossed pendant, the moonlight wall lamp in the bedroom, and the hollow vase of the restaurant... all will be the meaning of the home-grade 3D printer.” When talking about the use of home 3D printing products, a loyal user said using 3D printing technology to conceive life ideas, this is not only a simple family DIY activity, but also a family education model that guides children to release their imagination and cultivate creativity. So to have a 3d printer at home might be more meaningful than you though it will be. It must be said that many schools have started interest courses on 3D printing, which are not available before, and are of great help to students' hands-on ability and comprehension of modern technology.

The home-grade 3D printer breaks the conventional family DIY concept and advocates more intelligent and fun family life education modes. I believe that in the future, more good brand companies will launch more cost-effective home 3D printing products to help every family use their creativity to light up their lives and improve their education with life.

Redefining family DIY, 3D printers light up life with creativity -part 1

In recent years, along with the advancement of science and technology, 3D printers have long been an unattainable concept. Shopping malls and online malls have already sold 3D printers as smart home appliances. Earlier, Shenzhen 3D printing listed companies supplied several batches of A4 household-grade 3D printer products for Guangzhou One Electronic Shopping Mall. With its avant-garde functional use and convenient operation experience, it was well received in the smart home appliance market.

There are quite a few prestigious companies in the 3D printing industry. As early as 2009, 3D printing technology research and development and comprehensive application began. In the past ten years, 3D printing technology products have been developed and manufactured, and nearly 100 independent patent technologies have been accumulated. A4 home-grade 3d printer kit products continue to be consistently high-level, and a more comprehensive upgrade on the core technology. A few years ago, 3D printing was just beginning to become popular. When people entered the field of vision, many people felt very novel about this emerging technology, as if they entered the science fiction world. But now, people are no stranger to the term 3D printing, and even many people have bought home 3D printers, such as some artisans, technology geeks and so on. The size of these printers is getting smaller and smaller, and the price is getting more and more budget-friendly.

According to the author's understanding, there are some good quality products weighing 21KG, the texture is solid and steady; the large curved rounded line design just happens to neutralize the hard color, so that whether it is used or still indoor, it is a beautiful scenery. In addition to the fascinating shape, at first sight, this home-grade 3D printer is not inferior in performance: suspend continuous, power-off continuous, break detection and other intelligent functions, making printing smoother and more humane.