Arduino has come a long way since its introduction in 2005. The open source hardware board is showing up everywhere, from consumer and industrial products to engineering toys for budding engineers.

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Before I start talking about this really cool thing called Arduino (Italian for "good friend"), let me say a few things about the fascinating subject of physical computing. Physical computing has been ...

Usually, I use the Serial Monitor of the Arduino IDE to communicate with the Arduino hardware. But now, I want to build an application on my computer that allows me to click some buttons to control ...