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The programming language for arduino is C! I suggest getting some books about C and going over the language! It will benefit you 100% not just in an Arduino but everything electronics!
Actually, the language is C++, and googling "arduino tutorial" should bury you in alternatives. I'd probably start with things from the arduino.cc site, but there are plenty of options.
I'm not sure that learning C (or C++) will be a benefit for *everything* in electronics, but it is a useful skill to have. Beware that C/C++ assume you know what you're doing and often provide little warning that you're about to do something stupid.
I'm not sure that learning C (or C++) will be a benefit for *everything* in electronics, but it is a useful skill to have. Beware that C/C++ assume you know what you're doing and often provide little warning that you're about to do something stupid.
Could always use assembly 
Just kidding... it is a very low level programming language. You get an infinite amount of control, but your language is very primitive and can be hard to pick up.
Using C or C++ languages make it easier to read and write for, but may introduce additional bloat in your final code.
Go take a look at the arduino website as they have lots of tutorials, and Lady Ada over at adafruit has a reasonable 'learning' section to pick up some arduino skills.
Just kidding... it is a very low level programming language. You get an infinite amount of control, but your language is very primitive and can be hard to pick up.
Using C or C++ languages make it easier to read and write for, but may introduce additional bloat in your final code.
Go take a look at the arduino website as they have lots of tutorials, and Lady Ada over at adafruit has a reasonable 'learning' section to pick up some arduino skills.
I know that Arduino application (IDE) is written in C++, but the actual code that runs Arduino is in C. Yes you can use libraries that allow you to use other languages but the default language for Arduino is C. As we'll as knowing them, we'll they both benefit extremely because they provide a better level of construction with both application and hardware, etc. I know other languages such as ASSEMBLY, BASIC are prominent for hardware but C/C++ is recommended in this time and age! Now this is all opinion and from what I've delve with from those who are already professional! So if it's wrong, correct me cause I want to know the right answer obviously !!!
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php/topic,45492.0.html
There are some questions that have been asked / answered already.
I have nothing against EP, but some answers are better searched for in forums that specialize in the topic
That said, this is a great online community that will assist in getting you answers rather than the large amount of fly-by posters that don't read the thread that you will never see again on larger forums
There are some questions that have been asked / answered already.
I have nothing against EP, but some answers are better searched for in forums that specialize in the topic
That said, this is a great online community that will assist in getting you answers rather than the large amount of fly-by posters that don't read the thread that you will never see again on larger forums
No, you can use C++ constructs in the code you write to run on the arduino.
Believe me, many libraries are written as classes.
The Arduino environment shields you from having to write header files (unless you're writing a library) and doesn't provide the standard C++ libraries, but the compiler is a standard C++ compiler and will accept standard C++ constructs. In my mind this makes it more C++ than not. C++ without the standard C++ libraries does NOT make it C.
Of course the AVR microcontroller doesn't understand C or C++, it's the compiler that converts the source code to the machine code that the microcontroller natively understands.
The argument that you shouldn't avail yourself of all the C++ features because they're hard for the microcontroller to do is not an argument that the compiler isn't C++.
Believe me, many libraries are written as classes.
The Arduino environment shields you from having to write header files (unless you're writing a library) and doesn't provide the standard C++ libraries, but the compiler is a standard C++ compiler and will accept standard C++ constructs. In my mind this makes it more C++ than not. C++ without the standard C++ libraries does NOT make it C.
Of course the AVR microcontroller doesn't understand C or C++, it's the compiler that converts the source code to the machine code that the microcontroller natively understands.
The argument that you shouldn't avail yourself of all the C++ features because they're hard for the microcontroller to do is not an argument that the compiler isn't C++.
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