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== Présentation des éléments ==

== Présentation des éléments ==

The Spark Core is a Wi-Fi development kit for internet-connected hardware. It is, in essence, the "brains" of a connected hardware product or project.

Le Spark Core est un kit de développement Wi-Fi pour matériel connecté sur Internet. Dans l'essence, ce module est le cerveau du matériel ou du projet.

The Core has on board a microcontroller, which is a small, low-cost, low-power computer that can run a single application. The microcontroller runs the show; it runs your software and tells the rest of the Core what to do. It doesn't have an Operating System the way that your computer does; it just runs a single application (often called ''firmware'' or an ''embedded application''), which can be simple, just a few lines of code, or very complex, depending on what you want to do.

La carte du Core (le "coeur" en français) est équipé d'un microcontroleur, qui est petit, un petit ordinateur à basse consommation qui peut faire fonctionner une seule application. {{traduction}} The microcontroller runs the show; it runs your software and tells the rest of the Core what to do. It doesn't have an Operating System the way that your computer does; it just runs a single application (often called ''firmware'' or an ''embedded application''), which can be simple, just a few lines of code, or very complex, depending on what you want to do.

Microcontrollers are particularly good at ''controlling things''; hence the name. They have a set of "pins" (little spider leg type things sticking off the chip) that are called ''GPIO'' (General Purpose Input and Output) pins, or I/O pins. They can be hooked to sensors or buttons to listen to the world, or they can be hooked to lights and motors to act upon the world. These microcontroller's pins have been directly connected to the headers on the sides of the Core so you can easily access them; specifically, the pins labeled D0 to D7 and A0 to A7 are hooked directly to the microcontroller's GPIO pins.

Microcontrollers are particularly good at ''controlling things''; hence the name. They have a set of "pins" (little spider leg type things sticking off the chip) that are called ''GPIO'' (General Purpose Input and Output) pins, or I/O pins. They can be hooked to sensors or buttons to listen to the world, or they can be hooked to lights and motors to act upon the world. These microcontroller's pins have been directly connected to the headers on the sides of the Core so you can easily access them; specifically, the pins labeled D0 to D7 and A0 to A7 are hooked directly to the microcontroller's GPIO pins.