Eclipse CDT & Arduino Plug-In An alternative to the Arduino IDE is Eclipse, a development environment used by professional and hobby developers. It’s open-source software and extensible via plugins.

Programming means understanding how code interacts with actual computer hardware. If you want to get a visceral (and fun) understanding of programming, start with an Arduino.

After finding some ultrasonic transducers online for a dollar each [Kerry Wong] decided to create an ultrasonic range finder. The result is much like parallax’s PING))) sensor but much cheape… ...

An Arduino is a popular open-source single-board microcontroller. Learn how to program one and let the possibilities take shape. By The Big Book Of Hacks Published Jan 10, 2013 3:00 AM EST ...

That’s right, these parking sensors are powered by an Arduino board, and the only extra components that were used in the project are a HC SR04 ultrasonic sensor, an active buzzer, and jumper wires.