Arduino is a computing system that allows artists, designers, hobbyists and all that are interested in creating interactive objects or environments. It is a easy to use source of hardware and software that can only add to a project.

Arduion uno the one i had used to create a light show.

To use Arduino u will need a program to code the system to do the desired task.
This program has the same name as the computing system because they are one of a pair, you can download the coding program from there website for free.

This program is also quite simple to use it has stocks of simple code you can use with out the need for extensive knowledge in the field of coding. so you can then use this within your project. If there are ever any need for help you could always look up on there website to help code the unique task u have in mind.

the Arduino coding program.

Just like any other computing system you will need to connect the parts that are acquired to do the task at hand to the arduino., you will have to do this with wires and resisters and the arduino will have to be connected to a viable power source.

This is the light show I created with a fellow from my group, we used the arduino and the coding program to create this. The way we connected the parts together was with wires and resisters.

wires-

-Resistors

This is the code that was made to be for the attachment of four led lights this is for them to blink in a sequence or stay on if we wanted.

This is where a switch was added to allow the led flashing to be more controllable for a third party so they could speed it up of slow it down.