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Arduino is a single-board microcontroller intended to make the application of interactive objects or environments more accessible. The hardware consists of an open-source hardware board designed around an 8-bit Atmel AVR microcontroller or a 32-bit Atmel ARM. Current models feature a USB interface 6 analog input pins as well as 14 digital I/O pins which allows the user to attach various extension boards.