1. Arduino Workshop
Chris Agocs
2014-06-21
Chicago Girls in Computing & Southside
Hackerspace Chicago

2. Administrative stuff
• Food: eat it
• Bathroom: turn left, go down the hall, turn
left
• If you need anything, let us know.

3. Shoutouts

4. Who am I?
• Software Engineer
• Motorcyclist
• Kitchen Experimenter

6. Basic Circuits

7. Digital Circuits
• Abstraction
• High / Low

8. Microcontroller
• It’s a computer, but…
– Small
– Simple
• Applications

9. Von Neumann Architecture
Processor Memory
I/O Device
I/O Device
I/O Device
Instructions
Data
Data
Data
Data

10. Arduino Nano
Processor Memory
I/O Device
I/O Device
I/O Device

11. So what
• Let’s build something

12. Picture of the basic
nightlight in action

13. Arduino Nano
Yes, I just re-used this slide

14. Light Emitting Diode
Long end
Anode
Positive
Short end
Cathode
Ground
Light comes
out here

15. Light Emitting Diode

16. LED Manufacturing
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-leds-are-made/all

17. Resistor
Not directional
Color codes

18. How to read a Resistor

19. Photoresistor
Not directional
More light = less resistance

20. Pulldown Resistor

21. Picture of the basic
nightlight in action

22. Then what?
• Ideate
• Implement
• Iterate

23. Wifi Info
• sshc
• password1!

24. Arduino IDE setup
• arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
– Scroll down a bit
– Pick your OS
– Download & Install
• ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
– Scroll down
– Pick your OS
– Download & Install

25. Arduino IDE setup
• Tools > Board > Arduino Nano w/ ATMega328
• Tools > Serial Port > Pick one that makes sense
• Open a sketch and try to send it

26. Board assembly

27. Code
• Switch over to IDE

28. Have some fun
• Other LEDs available
• Ask questions!

29. Resources
• Ask us stuff:
– Chris: chris@agocs.org
– Mason: masond@gmail.com
• Parts and Tutorials
– Adafruit.com