The Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328 with 14 digital input/output pins, 6 analog inputs, a USB connection, and a power jack. It has 32KB of flash memory, 2KB of SRAM, and 1KB of EEPROM and operates at a clock speed of 16MHz. The Arduino Uno can be powered via USB or with an external power supply between 6-20V and programmed using the Arduino IDE software. It supports communication protocols such as UART serial, I2C, and SPI.