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We had a group workshop with Jason about Arduino, we connected the wires in the circuit board (it was confusing at times but we also used the manual for help). Then we tried to connect the Arduino board into the computer using Processing software to test it.

Comparison between Arduino and Processing

Arduino is an open source electronic prototype-(representation) platform used for creating interactive objects or environments.

Processing is an open source programming language used for creating images, animations and interactions. The software was initially developed to teach the fundamentals of computer programming. It is also an integrated development environment built for the electronic art and visual design community.


SIMILARITES

Arduino and Processing are both open source and both holding the same software license- GPL (General Public License) and LGPL (GNU Lesser Public License). They both can be used in different Operating Systems- Macs/Windows. They both use Java for their programming language, although Processing also uses other programming languages such as C, OpenGL, PostScript. And their application software look very similar (see picture on the left).