An intro to Arduinos, and some basic electronics concepts.

1. ARDUINO
Jump Start
22 February 2012

4. why?
• open source hardware
• a lot of great libraries
• a fantastic community
• readily available these days

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
feature=player_detailpage&v=sLVXmsbVwUs

7. setup

9. The ‘hello world’ of electronics
making an LED blink
file -> examples -> basics -> blink
xe rcise
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10. anode (+)
cathode (-) longer leg
shorter leg

12. compile upload to Arduino

13. set pin mode
two control to output
structures (instead of input)

14. making an LED blink
on the breadboard!
with a current-limiting resistor
er cise
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15. reading a schematic
i.e. a circuit diagram

16. controlling the LED
with a button
xe rcise
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17. sensors

18. xe rcise
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pull up resistor

20. xe rcise
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tricolor LEDs
(let’s pwm this!)

21. serial communications

22. xe rcise
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python pyserial library