An Open-Source Programming Language-Based Interactive Device: Popular Science of the Five Cereals for Children

In this paper, Arduino is used in combination with switch, lighting and sound facilities to realize human-computer interaction. Arduino is an open-source electronics platform that integrates hardware and software. Given its versatility, expressiveness and operability, designers and artists are free to turn their ideas into reality on this platform, using programming languages to create high-quality interactive installations. In response to children's difficulty telling the difference between the five cereals, this paper seeks to educate children on crops in the form of human-computer interaction through the design and manufacture of a popular science-themed interactive device. Through the external hardware configuration (pressure induction, lamp and sound), children are guided to knowing and grasping the growth stages of common plants. In this way, children's perceptions of nature and crops can be constructed through a combination of technology and art.