Why is it awesome?

Arduino is an open source microcontroller development platform based on the Atmel series of microcontrollers. It has brought engineers, artists, and students to the same table. The programming interface (programs are written in C/C++ usually) is so simple and this was the sole reason that made the platform so popular. Hence, it is widely used for prototyping in product development.

Over the years, there have been several hardware add-ons that aided in hardware development using the Arduino. Some of these add-ons can be stacked on top of the Arduino development platform, and they are commonly referred to as shields. There are shields for medical devices, interfacing sensors, GPS units, and actuators such as stepper motors, servo motors, and so on. The ecosystem of the gadgets that are built around the Arduino is so vast that the microcontroller platform was launched into the stratosphere along with a helium balloon.

Your Hotshot objectives

In this project, we will do the following:

Mission checklist

We need a Raspberry Pi along with an SD card flashed with the Raspbian OS, a micro USB power cable, display setup, and an Arduino to get started. In the later section of this project, we will need some additional hardware such as RGB LED Strips, motors, wires, and so on.