The Untold History of Arduino
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- Hernando Barragán created Wiring in 2003 as his Master's thesis at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (IDII) in Italy.
- Wiring was designed to simplify electronics for artists and designers by abstracting complex details.
- Massimo Banzi and Casey Reas supervised Barragán's thesis.
- Wiring's development continued after Barragán moved to Colombia to teach at the Universidad de Los Andes.
- The Wiring project included the creation of commands like pinMode(), digitalRead(), and digitalWrite().
- Barragán designed the hardware prototypes for Wiring, starting with the Parallax Javelin Stamp and later using Atmel microcontrollers.
- In 2005, Massimo Banzi, David Mellis, and David Cuartielles forked Wiring's code to create Arduino, without involving Barragán.
- Barragán expresses frustration over the lack of proper acknowledgment of his work by the Arduino Team.
- The history of Arduino has been misrepresented in various media, often omitting or distorting Wiring's role.
- Barragán calls for proper attribution and ethical practices in academic and open-source projects.