History of the Arduino

  • Precursor to Arduino, Wiring, is proposed

    Precursor to Arduino, Wiring, is proposed
  • Wiring enters initial production

    Wiring enters initial production
    Wiring is tested and used by the creator's collegues
  • Wiring used to help students create devices

    Wiring used to help students create devices
    Wiring is used by a university in a new experimental course that is regarded as extremely successful. The students used Wiring modules to create embedded devices that were creative in nature
  • Wiring offshoot "Arduino" is created

    Wiring offshoot "Arduino" is created
    Negative: The Arduino fork did not properly attribute the efforts of the Wiring, the direct ancestor of the project.
  • Misattribution: Arduino Doc omits mention of Wiring

    Misattribution: Arduino Doc omits mention of Wiring
    Negative: The Arduino project did not mention that the code is forked from even though the Wiring project was a direct ancestor to the Arduino project.
  • Official IEEE Paper does not recognize the Wiring Project

    Official IEEE Paper does not recognize the Wiring Project