Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o board and a development environment that implements the Processing/Wiring language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or can be connected to software on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP). The open-source IDE can be downloaded for free (currently for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux).

We now ship the new Arduino Diecimila. A great description of the new functionality can be found here (USB fuse protection, software reset, and much more!). Board comes fully assembled and tested with ATMega168 pre-loaded with bootloader. Please see the Arduino support forum for more information about this new board revision and bootloader.

Documents:

• Arduino Home Page
• Diecimila Features
• How To
• Programming Reference
• Arduino Forum
• Tutorial on how to load bootloader without AVR programmer