Open source electronics platform, Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, students, educators and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.Arduino is the leading open-source hardware and software ecosystem in the world. The Company provides a variety of software tools, hardware platforms, and documentation allowing everyone to be technically innovative. Arduino is a popular tool for creating IoT products, as well as one of the most effective STEM / STEAM education tools. Hundreds of thousands of designers, engineers, students, developers and manufacturers around the globe use Arduino to innovate in music, games, toys, smart homes, farming, autonomous vehicles and more.By receiving input from a variety of sensors, Arduino can sense the environment and can influence its surroundings through controlling lights, motors and other actuators. The board's microcontroller is programmed using the Arduino programming language ( based on Wiring) and the Processing based Arduino development setting. Arduino projects can be stand-alone or when running on a device they can connect with software.