Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.

Our enclosure kits are designed with the Arduino in mind, so you can quickly build a nice and versatile USB controller for your audio, video or art project. The Arduino is capable of reading values from a wide range of sensors, such as potentiometers, encoders and light sensors, but it can also be used to control leds, LCD’s and servo motors. The possibilites are endless!

The open-source Arduino environment makes it easy to write code and upload it to the I/O board. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The environment is written in Java and based on Processing, avr-gcc, and other open source software.

Arduino Duemilanove

This is the latest revision of the basic Arduino USB board (it’s an 8th generation USB board to be exact, see the list of previous boards). The Arduino Duemilanove (”2009″) is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328 (datasheet). It has 14 digital input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz crystal oscillator, an USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a reset button. It contains everything needed to support the microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer with a USB cable or power it with an AC-to-DC adapter or battery to get started.

Read more about the Arduino Deumilanove at the Arduino website.

Arduino Mega

This is a new generation board, based on a more powerful microcontroller: the ATMega1280. The Arduino Mega is equipped with 4 hardware serial ports (UART), 54 digital I/O pins (of which 12 can be used for PWM), 16 analog inputs and a dedicated I²C port (two wire interface).

The ATMega 1280 has 128 kilobytes of FLASH ROM, 4 kilobytes of EEPROM and 8192 bytes of RAM. All other specs are similar to the Arduino Deumilanove: it’s equipped with an USB Port, ICSP header, reset button, external power input socket, it runs at 16 Mhz and it’s fully compatible with most standard Arduino shields.

Arduino Mega - top view

Arduino Mega - close up

Arduino Mega - bottom view

Both the Arduino Deumilanove and the Arduino Mega are available from Machinecollective.org, please use our order form to place your order.