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In the present paper we study the development and implementation of educational material which is based on Arduino technology and the use of it in the teaching of Physical Sciences, as in recent years we have been witnessing an ever-growing need and demand for the inclusion of experimental procedures in the classroom. For the purposes of this paper, we built a robotic vehicle whose motion can vary upon programming, as well as an arrangement with a distance sensor to measure distance and time. Simple, inexpensive and user-friendly materials, along with Arduino microprocessors were used for the development and use of both. With the arrangement we built, the application Tracker Video Analysis and the simple functions of the EXCEL programme, we studied rectilinear uniform and rectilinear uniformly accelerated motion and developed the corresponding graphical representations. Finally, we planned teaching scenarios concerning the modules of kinematics and dynamics which integrate the measurements we took with our structure and with the Tracker Video Analysis application into the educational process.