In 2005, Massimo Banzi, a teacher at the Interaction Design Institute, wanted to make an affordable way for his students to create their own electronic projects. He wanted them to be able to program the board fast and easy. Along with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massimo Banzi and his colleagues worked together to create a easy to use programming language that was free and everybody could use it.
The team wanted the Arduino to be unique, so they made the color blue, not green like the other circuit boards, and personalized it with a picture of Italy, where the IDII is located. Also, they made it so that it would have more Input / Output slots, so it was easy and simple to add things onto the Arduino microcontroller. When it was ready, the team gave the prototype to 300 students and told them how to build it and that they had to build and program a project.
Since 2005, Massimo and his team have sold hundreds and thousands of not only Arduino UNO boards, but Arduino Due, Mega, Nano, Lilypad, and many others. Other universities have admired the easy programming language and simple, fast way to build useful things.
That's all for now!
Over & Out
Elise
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