(also known as baud rate

a small computer chip that stores and execute programs and controls electronics. Microcontrollers, like most computers, have a memory that is used to store programs and program data, and a processor t [..]

the process of creating pieces of code such that a programmer does not need to understand how the code works to use it in her program. You do not necessarily need to know how a piece of code, like a p [..]

in electronics, a signal that conveys information through a continuously changing value. For example, the sensor you constructed in the monster tutorial is an example of an analog sensor since it conv [..]

a list or table in code. Arrays provide a way to store an ordered collection of data in your program. For example, the statement int keys[7] = { key1, key2, key3, key4, key5, key6, key7 };

see communication speed

(programming language): a general-purpose programming language developed in the late 1960s by Dennis Ritchie, a researcher at AT&T Bell Labs. All Arduino programs are written in C. However, the Ar [..]

(a procedure): calling a procedure means that you use the procedure in the main part of your program. For example, you call Arduino’s built-in delay

a material’s ability to store electric charge.

a sensor based on changing capacitance. That is, a sensor that changes its capacitance in response to a stimulus, often touch. For example, each piano key in the piano tutorial is a capacitive sensor [..]