Arduino + Coding Vocabulary

Arduino

a microcontroller that is the brain of your project

microcontroller

a computer chip on the Arduino board that can read code and control inputs and outputs

Javascript

the coding language used to control the Arduino board

void setup(){}

the code that runs at the beginning of any coding program

void loop(){}

the code that loops continuously after you setup your coding program

pinMode()

the code that tells the Arduino if one of it's pins has an input or output component

digitalWrite()

the code that turns a pin on or off

Digital Pins

these can only be in two mode. HIGH or LOW

digitalRead()

the code that reads the value of a digital pin

Analog Pins

these can be a value of anywhere between 0 and 1023

analogRead()

reads the value from an analog pin

int

the code that tells the microcontroller to use a whole number

boolean

a piece of code that can either be TRUE or FALSE

for(){}

this will loop any other code you place inside of it for a specific amount of times