
The ultimate gadget for not only geeks but hobbyists of every stripe, Arduino is a tool for making specialized small computers that can sense and control more of the physical world than conventional desktop computers, iPads, Androids and other popular technologies. Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a basic circuit board coupled with a development environment for writing software to drive what Arduino does. In as much as Arduino is becoming increasingly popular, the highly technical nature of the platform is widely regarded as the biggest barrier holding a lot of people back from exploring everything Arduino can do.