FIELD APPLICATION ENGINEER
Arduino has most probably been heard by almost everyone who deals with electronics and software. Although those who have dedicated their years to these jobs do not like it so much as it makes people’s access to hardware and software easier, it has a huge fan base as well. So, what is Arduino? Arduino is a completely open-source electronic platform where hardware and software can be used in combination. Normally, when you decide to design an electronic circuit, you first need to design the printed circuit board of the circuit, and then realize this circuit with your own conditions or in a professional environment. After the printed circuit work is completed, you place the electronic materials that you want to use in the printed circuit to produce the final product. This forms the hardware part of the business. After that, you can develop your own code after you have thoroughly learned the microprocessor you have decided to use and mastered the relevant coding language. However, Arduino has completely changed this and allowed developers to focus directly on the software instead of wasting time with the hardware.
Technology that appeals to the end user
The company that designed Arduino has also designed a standard printed circuit using Gpio, Adc, Pwm, Uart, I2c, Spi, peripherals that can be used by anyone in the field and created an electronic board for all kinds of applications. Thanks to hardware designed for those who want to make prototypes, all that remains is to write code and run the system. The Arduino team provides its customers with a compiler designed by themselves for this process, taking the code writing and embedding into the microprocessor to the simplest level. Their own spelling languages, built on C language, can easily be used by the end user, independent of the electronics. You have a sensor that you need to try quickly? You want to design a filter? You want to build a robot? If yes, you should meet with Arduino, which offers an easy and fast solution for all these.
A product from Nuvoton that will please Arduino users: NuMaker Uno
The most popular processor company of the Far East, Taiwan based Nuvoton, which Ozdisan Elektronik is a distributor of, has not forgotten the Arduino players. The microprocessor used in the NuMaker Uno, which has the same pin-array size as Arduino Uno and which is designed with the Nuvoton processor, offers much more functions than the microprocessor used by the original Arduino. Also, when choosing the NuMaker Uno’s electronic materials, industrial values have been taken into consideration. With these values, the product can be used as a fast, simple but professional solution. Since the printed circuit dimensions and pin sequences are the same, it is possible to use them interchangeably. So, Arduino Uno users can easily prefer NuMaker Uno in cases where some of its functions are insufficient. NuMaker Uno is equipped with a Nuvoton brand NUC131SD2AE microprocessor. The general characteristics of this processor are as follows.
“Arduino is a completely open-source electronic platform where hardware and software can be used in combination.”
Nuvoton – NUC131SD2AE;
- 32bit ARM Cortex M0 processor
- 50MHz processor frequency
- 2.5V – 5.5V wide operating voltage range
- -40°~+105° wide industrial working temperature range
- 68Kb Flash memory
- 8Kb SRAM
- 12-bit resolution ADC
- PWM
- CAN/SPI/I2C/UART communication support
