{"id":13996,"date":"2025-04-22T08:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=13996"},"modified":"2025-04-22T08:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:35:51","slug":"what-are-gpio-pins-in-arduino-nano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/what-are-gpio-pins-in-arduino-nano\/","title":{"rendered":"What are GPIO pins in Arduino Nano?"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2H6iP31WaTA?si=mMz_c-23vHiUI5tn\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GPIO pins in microcontrollers like Arduino Nano are General Purpose Input\/Output pins. 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