TinkerCAD Circuits PlatformA free to use prototyping software for simulating Arduino.
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MicrocontrollersA microcontroller is a circuitboard designed to run one program forever. They can be as small as the tip of your finger. The most common, open-source microcontroller is the Arduino brand of boards.
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Arduino
Arduino is a microcontroller that allows you to easily program the pins to do whatever you want. Because it's open source, there's a lot of resources online to learn about its applications. Any question you have can be found online.
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Sensors
There are digital sensors or analog sensors. Digital sensors represent two states: High (1) or Low (0), whereas analog sensors represent a range of values. An LED sensor is a digital sensor because it can only turn on or off. And an ultrasonic range finder is an analog sensor because it can record a range of distances from 0 to 11 cm.
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Breadboards!
Breadboards are super simple ways to connect electronics without doing any soldering. They are connected in the following ways: