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International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Vol:9, No:2, 2015

A Review: Comparative Analysis of Arduino Micro

Controllers in Robotic Car
C. Rajan, B. Megala, A. Nandhini, C. Rasi Priya

robotic pool cleaners, robotic vacuum cleaners, gutter

Abstract—Robotics brings together several very different cleaners, sweepers and other robots that can do different
engineering areas and skills. There are various types of robot such as chores. And also some surveillance and telepresence
humanoid robot, mobile robots, remotely operated vehicles, modern robots could be regarded as household robots if used in
autonomous robots etc. This survey paper advocates the operation of a that environment.
robotic car (remotely operated vehicle) that is controlled by a mobile
phone (communicate on a large scale over a large distance even from • Medical robots are used in medicine and medical
different cities). The person makes a call to the mobile phone placed institutions. And also in some automated guided vehicles
in the car. In the case of a call, if any one of the button is pressed, a and lifting aides.
tone equivalent to the button pressed is heard at the other end of the • Service robots are the robots that don’t fall into other types
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call. This tone is known as DTMF (Dual Tone Multiple Frequency). by usage. These might be robots used for research,
The car recognizes this DTMF tone with the help of the phone stacked different data gathering robots, etc.
in the car. The received tone is processed by the Arduino
microcontroller. The microcontroller is programmed to acquire a • Military robots are used in military. This kind of robots
decision for any given input and outputs its decision to motor drivers includes different transportation robots, bomb disposal
in order to drive the motors in the forward direction or backward robots and reconnaissance drones. Robots initially created
direction or left or right direction. The mobile phone that makes a call for military purposes can be used in search and rescue, law
to cell phone stacked in the car act as a remote enforcement, and other related fields.
• Entertainment robots are robots used for entertainment. It
Keywords—Arduino Micro-controller, Arduino UNO, DTMF, is a very broad category. It begins with toy robots such as
Mobile phone, Robotic car.
robosapien or the running alarm clock and ends with real
heavyweights such as articulated robot arms used as
I. INTRODUCTION
motion simulators.
A. Robot • Space robots include robots used on the International
Space Station, Canadarm which was used in Shuttles, as
F OR many people robot is a machine that imitates a
human—like androids in Star Wars, Star Trek and
Terminator. However much of these robots incarcerate our •
well as Mars rovers and other robots used in space.
Hobby and competition robots are that you create. Sumo-
thoughts, such robots still only dwell in science fiction. Still, it bots, line followers, robots made just for fun and robots
is impossible to give a robot enough 'common sense' to reliably made for competition [15].
interact with a dynamic world. C. Robotic Vehicle and DTMF Technology
Today, robotics is a rapidly growing field in researching,
A remote control vehicle (RCV) is defined as any mobile
designing, and building new robots practical purpose, whether
device that is controlled by a means that does not restrict its
domestically, commercially, or militarily. Many robots help
motion with an origin external to a device. This is commonly a
humans by doing jobs such as defusing bombs, mines and
radio control device, infrared controller or a cable between
exploring shipwrecks.
control and vehicle. A RCV is at all times controlled by a
B. Types of Robots by Application human and takes no positive action autonomously [2]. Mostly
• Industrial robots are robots used in an industrial wireless-controlled robots use RF circuits, which have the
manufacturing environment. Generally these are drawbacks of limited frequency, limited control and limited
articulated arms specifically developed for applications frequency range. Since here cell phone is used to control the
such as material handling, painting, welding and others. If operation of the robot, it can overcome these limitations. The
we judge this by an application, it also includes some cell phone signal has a wide range over the surface that’s why
automated guided vehicles and other robots. robot can be operated from far away without disturbance and
• Domestic or household robots are used at home. This type interference with other signals. The control action of robot
of robots includes several quite different devices such as includes three parts Perception, Processing and Action.
Generally, the preceptors are the sensors mounted on the robot,
Mr. C. Rajan, Assistant Professor, is with the Dept. of. IT, K. S. processing can be done by the on-board microcontroller or
Rangasamy College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India (phone: 9865090665; processor, and then the action is performed using motors [26].
e-mail: rajanksrct@gmail.com).
Ms. B. Megala, Ms. A. Nandhini, UG Scholar, are with the Dept. of. IT, K.
S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India (phone:
8870278513; e-mail: megala_1121154@ksrct.ac.in).

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D. History of DTMF composed of both 697 Hz and 1209 Hz tone. The original
Before DTMF was created, telephone networks used a keypads had levers within, so each button can activate two
dialing system called Decadic (also known as Pulse Dial). The contacts. The multiple tones are the cause for calling the
Decadic system was used widely in modern telephone system with multiple frequencies. These multiple tones are
networks to dial numbers which could be entered by the then decoded by the switching center to determine which key
telephone companies’ users. The Decadic (Pulse Dialing) was pressed [6], [5].
system used a series of clicks (which could be heard through
the speaker of the phone) to dial the numbers which were
dialed via a keypad or rotary dial. The clicking sounds were
the connection of the phone line being connected, disconnected
and reconnected over again in a certain pattern. The Decadic
(Pulse Dialing) system was very useful, but limited to the local
exchange connections, demanding an operator to connect long
distance calls. In late years of 1950, DTMF was being
developed at Bell Labs for the purpose of allowing tone signals
to dial long distance numbers, which could be potentially be
dialed not only via standard wire networks, but also through
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radio links and or satellites [1].

E. DTMF Technology
DTMF stands for Dual Tone Multiple Frequency. DTMF is
a term which is used in the telephone industry. DTMF
generation is a composite audio signal of two tones between
the frequency of 697Hz and 1633Hz. The DTMF keypad is
arranged in such a way that each row will have its own unique
tone frequency and also each column will have its own unique
tone. Fig.1 is a representation of the typical DTMF keypad and
the associated row/column frequencies. When any of the keys
like "1", "2", "*", "#" etc., is pressed, exact code is transmitted. Fig. 1 Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) Frequency Standards
This code consists of two frequencies among which first one is
a higher frequency and the second one is a lower frequency as
shown in Fig. 1 [3], [20]. The engineers had envisioned phones
being used to access computers, and surveyed the number of
companies to see what they would need for this task. This lead
to the addition of the number sign (#, sometimes called
'octothorpe' in this context) and the asterisk or "star" (*) keys
as well as a group of keys for menu selection: A, B, C and D.
The levels of priority available were Flash Override (A), Flash
(B), Immediate (C), and Priority (D), with Flash Override
being the highest priority [19].
Mobile keypad (as represented in Fig. 2) is laid out in a 4x4
framework, although the original DTMF keypad had an
additional column for four menu selector keys. When used to
dial a phone number, pressing a single key will produce a pitch
consisting of two simultaneous pure tone sinusoidal
frequencies. The row in which the key appears decides the
lower frequency and the column determines the higher Fig. 2 Mobile keypad
frequency. For example, pressing a key will result in a sound

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Fig. 3 MT8870D

The 12 keys on a cell phone (0, 1… 8, 9,*, #) has unique

signal associated with itself. This signal is called DTMF
signal. While the call is on, the pressing of any numerical key
leads to generation of DTMF signal which is audible on the
other side. It is also possible to record DTMF tones using a
tape recorder or computer microphone, which then played into
the mouthpiece of your telephone to dial numbers. Though if
there is a significant amount of background sound behind the
recorded DTMF tones, the tones may not work correctly and
cause problems when trying to dial numbers. You can also
download DTMF tones through the S.C.P website in WAV or
MP3 format [17].
F. Earphone Jack
There are two ways of taking output from mobile phone. Fig. 5 Phone connectors

Output can be taken from speaker (which is nearer to your
ear while calling) and by using microphone it converts Earphone jack is also termed as an audio jack, phone jack,
sound waves into electrical signals. (It is a tedious phone plug and jack plug. In electronics, a phone connector is
process). a common family of connector typically used for analog

The other way is through earphone jack (3.5 MM). signals, mainly audio. It is cylindrical in shape, normally with
two, three or four contacts. Three-contact versions are called as
TRS connectors, where T stands for "tip", R stands for "ring"
and S stands for "sleeve". Similarly, two- and four-contact
versions are called TS and TRRS connectors respectively.
The "mini" connector has a diameter of 3.5 mm (approx. 1⁄8
inch) and the "sub-mini" connector has a diameter of 2.5 mm
(approx. 3⁄32 inch). Four- and five-conductor versions of 3.5
mm plug are used for certain applications. A four-conductor
Fig. 4 Earphone jack version is frequently used in compact camcorders, portable
media players and also in laptop computers and smartphones,

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providing stereo sound plus video signals. Proprietary III. ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER
interfaces using both four- and five-conductor versions exist,
A. History
where extra conductors are used to supply power for
accessories. When a three-conductor version of the 6.35 mm Arduino started in 2005 as a project for students at the
(1⁄4 in) jack was introduced for use with stereo headphones, Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Ivrea, Italy. By that time,
which was given a sharper tip profile in order to make it program students used a "BASIC Stamp" at a cost of $100,
possible to manufacture jacks (sockets) that would accept only which is considered expensive for students [4]. The name
stereo plugs, in order to avoid short-circuiting the right channel "Arduino" comes from a bar in Ivrea, where few of the
of the amplifier. founders of the project used to meet. The bar itself was called

2.5 mm mono (TS) after Arduino, Margrave of Ivrea from 1002 to 1014 [18].

3.5 mm mono (TS) A hardware thesis was contributed for a wiring design by

3.5 mm stereo (TRS) Colombian student Hernando Barragan. After the Wiring [22]

6.35 mm (1⁄4 in) (TRS) platform was complete, researchers worked to make it easier,
TT: The professional audio field and the telecommunication low cost and available to the open source community. The
industry use tiny telephone (TT) connectors in patch bays. TT school finally closed, but the researchers, including David
connectors are used for professional console and outboard Cuartielles, advanced the idea [4].
patchbays in studio and live sound applications, where there Arduino is an open - source single board microcontroller,
intended to formulate a process of exploiting electronics in
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are large numbers of patch points are needed in a limited

space. multidisciplinary projects more accessible [25].
TRS: The three-conductor (TRS) versions are capable of There are three broad ways to differentiate the various
handling balanced line signals and are used in professional Arduino boards.
audio installations.
processing capabilities

feature set
II. RELATED WORKS
form fact
Processing capabilities are the microcontroller’s memory,
Sabuj Das Gupt et al. [2013] delivered that the operation of
clock speed and bandwidth. The processing hardware is
a toy car that is controlled by a mobile phone, makes a call to
entirely determined by which microcontroller chip, the board
the mobile phone stacked in the car. In the course of a call, if
utilizes, and constrains what kinds of software can run on that
any button is pressed, a tone equivalent to the button pressed is
board.
heard at the other end of the call. This tone is called DTMF
Feature set includes all the stuff on the board other than the
(dual-tone- multiple- frequency). The car recognizes this
microcontroller, such as input and output pins, built-in
DTMF tone with the help of the phone stacked in the car. The
hardware like buttons and LEDs and the interfaces available on
received tone is processed by the (ATmega16) microcontroller
the board (USB, Ethernet, etc.).
with the help of DTMF decoder MT8870. The DTMF tone is
Form factor: Arduino is meant to be built into physical
decoded into its equivalent binary digit by the decoder and this
projects in which form factor is necessary. Arduino comes with
binary number is sent to the microcontroller. The
a variety of shapes and sizes.
microcontroller is programmed to acquire a decision for any
given input and outputs its decision to motor drivers in order to B. Hardware
drive the motors in the forward direction or backward direction An Arduino board consists of an Atmel 8-bit AVR
or left and right direction. The mobile phone that makes a call microcontroller with complementary components that facilitate
to cell phone stacked in the car act as a remote. For this reason programming and incorporation into other circuits. And an
this paper does not require construction of receiver and important aspect of the Arduino is its standard connectors,
transmitter units [23]. which means users connect the CPU board to a variety of
Awab Fakih et al. say conservatively, wireless-controlled interchangeable add-on modules called as shields. Some
robots use RF circuits, which have the limitations of working shields communicate with the Arduino board directly over
range, frequency range and control. Use of a mobile phone for various pins, but most of the shields are individually
robotic control can overcome these limitations. It provides the addressable via an I²C serial bus—so many shields can be
advantages of large coverage area, robust control, no stacked and used in parallel alignment. Official Arduinos have
interference with other controllers and up to twelve controls. used the megaAVR series of chips, which is ATmega8,
Although the appearance and capability of robots vary vastly, ATmega168, ATmega328, ATmega1280, and ATmega2560.
all the robots share the features of the mechanical, movable A hand ful of other processors have been used by Arduino
structure under some form of control. The control of robots compatibles. Most boards have include a 5 volt linear regulator
involves three distinct phases such as Perception, Processing and a 16 MHz crystal oscillator (or ceramic resonator in some
and Action. Generally, preceptors are the sensors mounted on variants), although some designs like the LilyPad run at 8 MHz
the robot, processing can be done by the on-board and dispense with the onboard voltage regulator due to specific
microcontroller or processor, and the task (action) is performed form-factor restrictions. An Arduino microcontroller is also
using motors or with some other actuators [2]. programmed with a boot loader that simplifies uploading of

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programs to the on-chip flash memory and compared with • setup(): a function run one time at the start of a program
other devices that typically need an external programmer, that can initialize settings
which makes using an Arduino more straightforward by • loop(): a function called repeatedly till the board powers
allowing the use of an ordinary computer as the programmer. off
At a conceptual level, when using the Arduino software
stack, all boards are programmed through an RS-232 serial
connection, but the way which is implemented varies by
hardware version. Serial Arduino boards contain a special
circuit called level shifter circuit to convert between RS-232-
level and TTL-level signals. The ongoing Arduino boards are
programmed through USB, implemented using USB-to-serial
adapter chips such as the FTDI FT232. Some alternatives such
as the Arduino Mini and the unofficial Arduino, use a
detachable USB-to-serial adapter board or cables, Bluetooth or
other methods. (When used with traditional microcontroller
tools instead of the Arduino IDE, standard AVR ISP program
is used.)
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The Arduino board exposes most of the microcontroller's

I/O pins for use by variant circuits. The Diecimila,
Duemilanove, and current Uno provide 14 digital I/O pins, six
of fourteen which can produce pulse-width modulated signals,
and six analog inputs, this can also be used as six digital I/O
pins. These pins are on the top of the board, via female 0.10-
inch (2.5 mm) headers. Several plug-in applications shields are
also commercially obtainable. The Arduino Nano, and
Arduino-compatible Bare Bones Board and Arduino boards
may provide male header pins on the underside of the board
that can plug into solderless breadboards.
There are many Arduino-compatible and Arduino-derived
boards. In which some are functionally equivalent to an
Arduino and can be used vice versa. Many enhance the basic
Arduino by adding output drivers, often used in school-level Fig. 6 Blink|Arduino 1.0
education to simplify the construction of buggies and small- D. Arduino Software IDE
scale robots. Others are electrically equivalent but change the The Arduino IDE utilizes the GNU tool chain and AVR
form factor—sometimes retaining compatibility with shields, Libc to compile programs and uses avrdude to upload
sometimes not. Some revision use completely different programs to the board.
processors, with varying levels of similarity. As the Arduino platform utilizes Atmel microcontrollers,
C. Software Atmel's development environment, AVR Studio or the newer
The Arduino integrated development environment (IDE) is a Atmel Studio, may also be used to develop software for the
cross-platform application written in Java and which is Arduino [26], [27].
obtained from the IDE for the Processing programming E. Projects on Arduino
language and the Wiring projects. It is sketched to introduce
LED Cube 8x8x8
programming to artists and other newcomers unfamiliar with
Power Laces- the Auto lacing shoe
software development. It comprises a code editor with features
Plantduino Greenhouse
such as syntax spotlighted, brace matching, and automated
The Eye Writer 2.0
indentation and is also capable of compiling and uploading
Twitter Mood Light - The World's Mood in a Box
programs to the board with a single click. A program or codes
Flame throwing Jack-O'-Lantern
written for Arduino is called a sketch [21].
Make a 24X6 LED matrix
The Arduino programs are written in C or C++. An Arduino
Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
IDE comes with a software library called "Wiring" from the
Turn signal biking jacket
original Wiring projects, which makes many common
Tree Climbing Robot
input/output operations much simple. Users only need to
define two functions to make a runnable cyclic executive
program:

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TABLE I
ARDUINO BOARD COMPARISON [8]
S.No Name Pictorial Representation Processor Features Advantage Limitation

ATmega328 (8- 14 digital I/O Doesn’t have a lot of

bit CPU, 16MHz pins, 6 analog Microcontroller can be removed SRAM or flash memory
ARDUINO
01 clock speed, 2KB input pins, and replaced from the socket in that limits the kinds of
UNO
SRAM, 32KB removable case of breakdown programs you can load on
flash storage) microcontroller the chip

ATmega32u4 has built-in

built USB
ATmega32u4 (8- 20 digital I/O communication (compatibility)
bit CPU, 16MHz pins, 12 of eliminating the need for Still has a few bugs that
ARDUINO clock speed, which is used as secondary processor.
pr need ironing out and isn’t
02
LEONARDO 2.5KB SRAM, analog inputs, Leonardo to interface with PC, quite as beginner friendly
32KB flash native USB which sees it as a generic mouse as the UNO
storage) support or keyboard. It also has a few
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extra analog input pins.

It operates at 3.3 volts

Atmel SAM3X8E that limits the add-on
54 digital I/O The Due is primarily for more
ARM Cortex-M3 hardware that’s
pins, native complicated projects that can
(32 bit CPU, compatible with the
ARDUINO USB port, 12 make use of its muscular
03 84MHz clock Arduino Due-if an add-on
DUE analog input processor, otherwise
erwise that needs
speed, 96KB board tries to send a 5
pins, 2 analog more I/O pins than are found on
SRAM, 512KB volt signal to the Due’s
output pins, the smaller Arduino boards.
flash storage) I/O pins, it would damage
the microcontroller.

Includes all of the power and

ATmega32u4 (8- 20 digital I/O
functionality of a full-sized
full
bit CPU, 16MHz pins, 12 of Due to the small form
Arduino Leonardo board in a
ARDUINO clock speed, which is used as factor, Arduino Micro
04 much smaller form factor.
MICRO 2.5KB SRAM, analog inputs, will not work with many
It is designed to easily slot into a
32KB flash native USB add-on boards.
breadboard, for faster
storage) support
prototyping.

ATmega328 (8-
bit CPU, 16MHz 14 digital I/O Basically, designed for Feature’s the Leonardo’s
LILYPAD
05 clock speed, 2KB pins, 6 analog wearable’s and e-textiles
e (fabric ATmega32u4 chip. But it
ARDUINO
SRAM, 32KB input pins based projects) has fewer I/O connections
flash storage)

A whole bunch of I/O hardware

soldered directly to the board.
On input side you get a joystick,
ATmega32u4 (8- four buttons, a linear The tradeoff is that you
bit CPU, 16MHz potentiometerer (slider), a do not get the standard set
Lots of built-in
ARDUINO clock speed, microphone, a light sensor, a of digital and analog I/O
06 input and output
ESPLORA 2.5KB SRAM, temperature sensor and a three-
three pins, which allows you to
hardware
32KB flash axis accelerometer. For outputs, wire up all sorts hardware
storage) you get an RGB led, a buzzer to your Arduino board.
and a TFT display connector to
attach an LCD screen (not
included).

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S.No Name Pictorial Representation Processor Features Advantage Limitation

Wi-Fi enabled
ATmega32u4 (8-
Linux based
bit CPU, 16MHz The low-bandwidth, low-
system on a It is easier to connect to cloud-
clock speed, memory, microcontrollers
chip, 14 digital, based services from the Arduino
ARDUINO 2.5KB SRAM, have a hard time handling
07 analog I/O pins, platform. It features a separate
YUN 32KB flash the verbose protocols
and 12 of which Linux-based system-on-a chip
storage), Atheros used to access those
can be used as on the motherboard.
AR9331 system services
analog inputs.
on the chip
Native USB.

A little robot composed of two

2 x ATmega32u4
Wheels, 8 separate boards (a control board
(8-bit CPU, More expensive than
analogue input and a motor board) that each
ARDUINO 16MHz clock other Arduino boards on
08 pins, 6 digital feature the Leonardo’s
ROBOT speed, 2.5KB account of having two
I/O pins, LCD ATmega32u4 processor. Though
SRAM, 32KB separate boards
screen it’s designed with room to add
flash storage)
your own custom hardware

ATmega168,Cloc
Operating
k speed Rather than requiring a physical
voltage-3.3V or
8MHz(3.3v press of the reset button before
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5V,Input The Arduino pro mini is

ARDUNIO model) or an upload, the Arduino Pro Mini
09 Voltage-3.3V- compact in size. Its size is
PRO MINI 16MHz(5v is designed in a way that allows
12V,Digital I/O about 1.3*0.70”
model),SRAM-1 it to be reset by software running
pins-14,Analog
KB, Flash on a connected computer.
Input pins-8
Memory-16 KB
Operating
voltage-
5V,Input Higher voltages or
ATmega328,Cloc
Voltage-2.5V- reversed polarity in the
k speed
12V,Digital I/O power supply can damage
16MHz,SRAM-
ARDUINO BT pins-14,Analog The board replaces the USB or destroy the board. The
10 2KB,Flash
(Blue Tooth) Input pins- plug with a Bluetooth module protection for reverse
Memory-
6,D/C current polarity connection is
32KB,EEPROM-
per 3.3V pins- ONLY on the screw
1 KB
500 mA, D/C terminal.
current per 5V
pins-1000 mA
Operating
voltage-
5V,Input
ATmega328,Cloc Voltage plug- It features support for automatic
k speed 6V-20V, Input reset, allowing sketches to be
16MHz,SRAM- Voltage PoE- uploaded without pressing the In order to use Ethernet,
ARDUINO
13 2KB,Flash 36V-57V reset button on the board. When pins 10 to 13 should be
ETHERNET
Memory- ,Digital I/O plugged into a USB to Serial reserved
32KB,EEPROM- pins-14,Analog adapter, the Arduino Ethernet is
1 KB Input pins- powered from the adapter.
6,D/C current
per 3.3V pins-
50 mA

From this list of Arduino boards, we are choosing Arduino Atmega16U2 (Atmega8U2 up to version R2) programmed as
UNO R3 for our survey paper. a USB-to-serial converter.
Revision 2 of the Arduino Uno board has a resistor pulling
E. Arduino Uno
8U2 HWB line to ground, making it easier to put into DFU
The Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the mode.
ATmega328 (datasheet). It contains 14 digital input/output Revision 3 of the Arduino Uno board has the following new
pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog features:
inputs, USB connection, power jack, 16 MHz ceramic 1.0 pinout: added SDA and SCL pins that are nearer to the
resonator, an ICSP header, and a reset button. It contains AREF pin and two other new pins placed near to the RESET
everything which is needed to support the microcontroller; pin, IOREF that allows the shields to adapt to the voltage
simply connect it to a computer with a USB cable or power it provided from the board. In future, shields would be
with an AC-to-DC adapter or battery to get started. compatible with both the board that uses AVR, which operates
The Uno differs from all preceding boards in that it does not with 5V and Arduino Due which operates by 3.3V. The
use the FTDI USB-to-serial driver chip. Instead, it features the second one is not a connected pin that is reserved for future
purposes.

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Stronger RESET circuit.
23 programmable I/O channels

Atmega 16U2 replace the 8U2.
Six 10-bit ADC inputs

Processor: ATmega328 (8-bit CPU, 16MHz clock speed,
Three timers/counters
32KB flash storage, 2KB SRAM)
Six PWM outputs [16].

Features: 6 analog input pins, 14 digital I/O pins,
Bare Minimum:
removable microcontroller

Form Factor: 2.7” * 2.1” rectangle The bare minimum of code is needed to start an Arduino

Price: $30 [7]. sketch.
The Arduino Uno is the most “standard” Arduino board Hardware Required:
currently in the market, and is probably the best choice for
Arduino Board
beginners just getting started with the platform. The board is Code:
well-suited with more shields (add-on boards) than other void setup () {
models. // put your setup code here, to run once:
Arduino simplifies the process of working with }
microcontrollers, and offers some advantages for students, void loop () {
teachers and interested amateurs over other systems: // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:

Cross-platform - The Arduino software runs on Macintosh } [10].
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OSX, Windows and Linux operating systems. Most of the Blink:

microcontroller systems are limited to Windows.
Turn an LED on and off.

Simple, clear programming environment - The Arduino
programming environment is easy-to-use for the Hardware Required:
beginners, yet flexible enough for the advanced users. For
Arduino Board
teachers, it is conveniently based on the Processing
LED
programming environment, hence students are learning to
Resistor, anything between 220 ohm to 1K ohm
program in that environment will be familiar with the look
and feel of Arduino Code:

Open source and extensible software - The Arduino /*
software is published as open source tools, available for Turns on LED on for one second, then off for one second,
repeatedly.
extension by the experienced programmers. The language
*/
can be expanded through the C++ libraries, and people
// Pin 13 has a LED connected on most of the Arduino boards.
wanting to understand the technical details can make the // give it a name:
leap from Arduino to the AVR C programming language int led = 13;
on which it is based. Likewise, you have the capacity to // the setup routine runs once when you press the reset:
add AVR-C code directly into your Arduino programs if void setup () {
you want to. // initialize the digital pin as a output.

Open source and extensible hardware - The Arduino is pinMode (led, OUTPUT);
based on Atmel's ATMEGA8 and ATMEGA168 }
microcontrollers. The plans for modules are published void loop ()
{
under a Creative Commons license, hence experienced
digitalWrite (led, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the
circuit designers can create their own version of the voltage level)
module, which can be extended and improved. Even delay (1000); // wait for a second
relatively inexperienced users can build the breadboard digitalWrite(led, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the
version of the module in order to understand how it works voltage LOW
and save money. delay (1000); // wait for a second
The Uno's main limitation is ATmega328 chip, which } [11].
doesn’t have lot of SRAM or flash memory, which limits the Digital Read Serial:
kinds of programs you can load on the chip—if your project
It reads the switch, print the state out to the Arduino Serial
involves a display or otherwise needs to store and use any
Monitor.
form of images or audio data, 2KB of memory isn’t going to
be enough [7]. Hardware Required
Features of ATmega328P Microcontroller (used by the
Arduino Board
Arduino):
A momentary switch, button, or toggle switch

AVR 8-bit RISC architecture
10k ohm resistor

Available in DIP package
breadboard

Up to 20 MHz clock
hook-up wire

32kB flash memory

1 kB SRAM

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Code: Hardware Required

/*
Arduino board
DigitalReadSerial
Breadboard
Reads a digital input on pin 2, prints the result to the serial monitor
a LED
*/
a 220 ohm resistor
// digital pin 2 has a pushbutton attached towards it. Give it a
name: Code:
int pushButton = 2; /*
// the setup routine runs once when you press the reset: Fade
void setup () This example shows how to fade an LED on pin 9
{ using the analogWrite() function.
// initialize serial communication by 9600 bits per second: */
Serial.begin(9600); int led = 9; // the pin that the LED is attached to
// make the pushbutton's pin an input: int brightness = 0; // how bright the LED is
pinMode(pushButton, INPUT); int fadeAmount = 5; // how many points to fade the LED by
} // the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
void loop () void setup ()
{ {
// read the input pin: // declare pin 9 to be an output:
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int buttonState = digitalRead(pushButton); pinMode (led, OUTPUT);

// print out the state of the button: }
Serial.println(buttonState); // the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
delay (1); void loop ()
// delay in between reads for stability {
} [12]. // set the brightness of pin 9:
Analog Read Serial: analogWrite (led, brightness);
// change the brightness for next time through the loop:
It reads the potentiometer, print its state out to the Arduino brightness = brightness + fadeAmount;
Serial Monitor. // reverse the direction of the fading at the ends of the fade:
if (brightness == 0 || brightness == 255)
Hardware Required:
{

Arduino Board fadeAmount = -fadeAmount ;

10-kilohm Potentiometer }
// wait for 30 milliseconds to see the dimming effect
Code: delay (30);
/* } [13].
AnalogReadSerial
Reads the analog input on pin 0, prints the result to the serial Read Analog Voltage:
monitor. It reads an analog input and prints the voltage to the serial
Attach the center pin of the potentiometer to pin A0, and the monitor.
outside pins to +5V and ground.
*/ Hardware Required
// the setup routine runs once when you press the reset:
Arduino Board
void setup ()
a variable resistor, like a potentiometer
{
// initialize serial communication by 9600 bits per second: Code:
Serial.begin(9600); /*
} ReadAnalogVoltage
Reads an analog input on pin 0, converts it to voltage, and prints
void loop () the result to the serial monitor.
{ Attach the center pin of a potentiometer to pin A0, and the outside
// read the input on analog pin 0: pins to +5V and ground.
int sensorValue = analogRead(A0); */
// print out the value you read: // the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
Serial.println(sensorValue); void setup ()
delay (1); {
// delay in between reads for stability // initialize serial communication at 9600 bits per second:
} [9]. Serial.begin(9600);
Fade: }
// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
Following code demonstrates the process of analog signals void loop ()
output to fade an LED. {

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// read the input on analog pin 0: [25] T.K. Sethuramalingam and M. Karthighairasan, Automatic Gas Valve
int sensorValue = analogRead(A0); Control System using Arduino Hardware, Bonfring International Journal
of Power Systems and Integrated Circuits, Vol. 2, No. 3, September
// Convert the analog reading (which goes from 0 - 1023) to a
2012.
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IV. CONCLUSION
In this paper we have reviewed various types of Mr. C. Rajan received his B.E Degree in Computer Science and engineering
from SSN College of engineering at University of Madras. Then he obtained
controllers. The advantages of using different Arduino board his Master’s degree in Computer Science. He is pursuing Ph.D. at Anna
are: Arduino Uno-easily replaceable, Arduino Leonardo- University of Technology, Coimbatore. He is currently working as an
eliminates the need of secondary processor and Arduino Due- Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Technology, KSR
College of Technology. He has 10 years of teaching experience. He has
used in complicated project. Arduino micro –enables faster presented 11 papers in various national and international journals. His
prototyping, Lily pad Arduino – wearable’s and e-textiles, research interests Multicasting Networks, Key Management and Network
Arduino Esplora- has joysticks, microphone, sensors on input Security.
side and buzzer on output side, Arduino yun-support cloud Miss. B. Megala is a B.Tech student of Information Technology department
based services, Arduino Robot-support our own customed
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in K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology. She has presented five papers in

hardware parts. This study provides a wide description about National level technical symposium. She is an active member of ISTE. Her
Research interests include Robotics, Cloud Computing and Ad hoc Networks.
Arduino processor; it will be helpful for many robotic
researchers. Miss. A. Nandhini is a B.Tech student of Information Technology
department in K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology. She has presented
three papers in National level technical symposium. She is an active member
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