Arduino lesson 2 : About hardware :

About hardware :

                                           

There are three type of hardware the company producing

1. Arduino boards;
2. Arduino shields.
3. Arduino kits.                    

Arduino boards :

There are plenty of hardware boards are available in market and online stores and also you can  directly buy them at "arduino.cc". I will provide you with the boards names their comparison so you can easily decide what type of board suits your need. Here it is

Table of comparison :

hardware board comparison taken from arduino.cc

This is the original comparison provided by the original website arduino.cc but it simply helps user a lot to decide which board he is going to buy or which one suits his needs best.

I will here include pictures of some most popular boards over time. You can just click on their names and visit the main website for more details.

Arduino LilyPad Simple

                                                 Arduino Robot

Arduino Fio

Arduino Mini

Arduino Nano

Arduino Gemma

Arduino UNO R3

Arduino Zero

Arduino Mega 2560 R3

Arduino leonordo

Arduino Yun

Arduino Tre (upcomping)

Arduino Ethernet

Arduino micro

Arduino Esplora

Arduino Due

Arduino Pro

Arduino shields :

Arduino shields are those hardwares that can be attached to arduino boards directly or indirectly so the functionality of board can be extended for more effective usage and to do complex tasks more efficiently. Here are some shields that are built by arduino and mostly used.

Arduino GSM shield

Arduino Ethernet Shield

Arduino Wireless Shield

Arduino WiFi Shield

Arduino USB Host Shield

Arduino Motor Shield R3

Arduino Kits :

Kits are those hardwares that contains different hardwares to get started with so by using them one can get familiar with the tricks ans techniques of using hardware related to arduino and also they help a lot for making the small do it yourself project to build confidence in user so he. she can proceed further for more exploration of different hardware and software.

Arduino Starter Kit

There are also some third party Kits and accessories so you can also buy or search for them for customized use in projects like Sparkfun products, adafruit products. Some builders also producing some certified sheilds and accessories like programmers kits , LCD displays , USB serial converters and Sensor and all other hardwares that can be in anyway connected to arduino boards.








If  you want more information about specific hardware leave your comments here and i will provide you with more of practical knowledge of these boards.