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Video – Arduino vs Naked Microcontroller

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If you’re new to Arduino, microcontrollers, electronics, or programming you may be wondering something like Arduino vs microcontroller – what’s the difference? Just for clarity, we’re referring to a naked or stand-alone microcontroller, such as the one that powers the Arduino Uno.

I’ve written about this in the past in Getting Naked: Working With Naked Microcontrollers vs Trainers Like Arduino so I won’t rehash everything here.

However, I’ve been getting more into video production lately and decided to make a short video on this topic.

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Arduino vs. Raspberry Pi: Which is Better?

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It’s time to settle the debate. Arduino vs. Raspberry Pi: which is better? Which of the two is the ultimate ecosystem for makers, students, and development? Some swear by the Arduino, others are die-hard RPi fans.

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past 10 years, you’ve heard of Arduino. The Raspberry Pi, though newer than Arduino, also has a special place in the hearts of many makers and is now mega-popular. Many other single board computers and ecosystems have emerged — such as the BeagleBone, but the RPi and Arduino have funneled their way to the top of the list as far as popularity goes.

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Video – Use an Arduino & 2 Push Button Switches to Control an LED

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Greetings fellow geeks, we’re back again with a practical mini-project you can bust out on your bench and use right away. This time I have a short video to go along with the post and also a transcription of the video (scroll down for video) afterwards.

In the video, I use 2 push button switches and an Arduino Uno to turn an LED on and off.

After the video, but before the transcription, you’ll find a schematic and a breadboard circuit diagram (courtesy of Fritzing).

I know, some of you may be thinking who cares, it’s just turning an LED on and off…

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Getting Naked: Working With Naked Microcontrollers vs Trainers Like Arduino

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Open source electronics “trainer” boards like the Arduino, Raspberry Pi, the BeagleBone and others have been an enormous boon to introducing more people to electronics and science.

This is because they make working with microcontrollers and programming easier by way of abstraction.

The popularity of these boards has exploded over the past 8-10 years or so.

In the past, using a microcontroller in your projects meant working directly with the micro and supporting hardware, programming in C, and a host of other things.

Be that as it may, there are reasons why the hobbyist should consider learning to work directly with the “naked” or stand-alone microcontroller. We’ll talk about some of those reasons in the words that follow, but first we’ll talk about the difference between a trainer and a microcontroller.

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