To get started in the amazing world of robotics, we need to
acquire the right tools. The microcontroller i.e. Arduino Uno is the primary
component we need, but there are others which are also important and so I
normally advice the best way to get started is to get an Arduino starter kit.
There
are various packaged kits in the market and you may land yourself one different
from the one I have but not to worry, most starter kits have common components
in them.
Typically you have an Arduino Uno board or a clone. What
does clone mean here?, let me explain; Arduino is open source and so other
manufacturers can design their own Arduino boards, examples of such boards are
lafvin Uno, funduino Uno, etc. these are known as Arduino clones because they
aren’t made by the original Arduino makers and so they cannot brand their
boards as Arduino. However, they can perform the same function as an original
Arduino board; some can even do more because some manufacturers add other
features to their boards. I will be diving into the Arduino boards and clones
in another post so you know what to look out for when purchasing one, but
whatever you have now can be used. There are other components like the
capacitors, servo motors, LCD, breadboard, DC motor, battery snap, diodes etc.
Over the next couple of days, we will look at how to use
these individual components we may find in a kit and how they can best serve
our purposes.
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