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).
Arduino main site
Arduino playground
Adafruit
Arduino, Wikipedia
The Making of Arduino, in
IEEE Spectrum, report Oct 31, 2011
Alica Gibb Master's Thesis:
New Media Art, Design, and the Arduino Microcontroller: A Malleable Tool
Arduino The Documentary (2010) English HD video
Simon Monk, Programming Arduino, Getting Started with Sketches, McGraw-Hill, 2012. ISBN 978-0071784221
Michael Margolis, Arduino Cookbook, Second Edition, O'Reilly, 2012. ISBN 978-1449313876.[UD library electronic resource]
Michael McRoberts, Beginning Arduino, Apress, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4302-3240-7 [UD Library electronic resource]
Dale Wheat, Arduino internals, Apress, 2011. [UD Library electronic resource]
John-David Warren, Josh Adams, Harald Molle, Arduino robotics Apress, 2011. [UD library electronic resource]
Kimmo and Tero Karvinen Make: Arduino bots and gadgets, O'Reilly, 2011. [UD electronic resource]
Maintained by John Loomis, last updated 6 January 2013