A Little Bit on Arduino Nano

 

Arduino Nano is a small microprocessor which is breadboard-friendly. It was released in 2008 and has 30 male I/O headers with DIP-30 like configuration. DIP means Dual Inline Package. Arduino Nano can be programmed using Arduino Software. It can be powered through a type-B mini-USB cable or from a 9 V battery.

The operating voltage is 5 V and input voltage can vary from 7 to 12 Volts as per the Arduino website. It has a flash memory of 32 KB and a clock speed of 16 MHz. It can communicate with a computer, another Arduino and other microcontrollers. There 8 Analog IN pins and 22 Digital I/O Pins. It weighs only 7 grams and has a size of 18 x 45 mm.

Arduino Nano controller has been used in Amateur Radio transceivers in addition to numerous other applications. Arduino Nano is open-source hardware! It is used to control antenna rotators as well.

Arduino Nano is the smallest in the group with breadboard friendly design. It has pin headers which allow easy attachment on a breadboard and has a Mini-B USB connector. There are other versions known as Nano 33 IoT which has a WiFi module and Nano 33 BLE. IoT stands for Internet of Things, which facilitates communication between devices and the cloud, as well as between the IoT enabled devices. BLE stands for Bluetooth Low Energy.

Arduino Nano is based on ATmega328 microcontroller CPU that runs with a 16 MHz crystal oscillator and has 32 KB flash memory. It can be programmed using Arduino IDE, which can be downloaded from Arduino official website. The official website gives three options: Arduino IDE 2.0 for beginners and advanced users, Arduino IDE 1.8 which is the classic offline editor, and a Web Editor. Web based editor has cores and libraries pre-installed and is ideal for beginners and for those who have to keep their sketches saved securely in the cloud and synced across devices.

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