Introduction to the course
- What is this course about?
- Parts you will need
- Tools you will need
- How to get the most out of this course
Know your Arduino
- Introduction
- Getting to know the Arduino Uno: Atmega328P, USB, Shields
- Getting to know the Arduino Uno: Pins, power, clock
- Using the digital output pins
- Using the digital input pins
- Using the analog output pins
- Using the analog input pins
- End of section quiz
Introduction to communications
- Introduction
- Serial (UART) communications
- I²C (TWI) communications
- SPI communications
- End of section quiz
Arduino boards
- Introduction
- Meet some members of the Arduino family
- Introducing the Arduino Mega 2560
- Introducing the Arduino Due
- Introducing the Arduino Zero
- Introducing the Arduino 101
- Introducing the Arduino Pro Mini
- Introducing Arduino-compatible boards
- End of section quiz
Prototyping basics
- Introduction
- Using the breadboard
- Using jumper wires
- The absolutely essential tools
- Powering your Arduino with power supplies
- Using the multimeter to measure voltage
- Using the multimeter to measure current
- The multimeter - Resistance and continuity
- Introduction to soldering - the soldering iron
- Soldering - preparation and using holders
- Soldering - using wire cutters and fume extractor
- Soldering - Simple maintenance tips for your solder iron
- A demonstration of soldering a header onto a breakout board
- An introduction to protoboards
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The Arduino IDE
- Introduction
- An introduction to the Arduino IDE
- Getting and installing the Arduino IDE
- The Arduino IDE - Understanding the Preferences pane
- The Arduino IDE - Understanding the Menu items
- How to upload a sketch to your Arduino
- How to upload a sketch to your Arduino - For Windows users
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Arduino programming
- Introduction
- An introduction to Arduino programming
- Understand the basic parts of an Arduino sketch
- Getting started with custom functions
- Creating custom functions and the return keyword
- Using variables
- Understanding variable scope
- Understanding constants
- Introduction to control structures: The "if" statement
- Introduction to control structures: The "while" statement
- Introduction to control structures: The "For" statement
- Introduction to control structures: The "Switch" statement
- Digital output - how to control an LED
- Digital input - how to read the state of a button
- Analog input - how to read the state of a potentiometer
- Analog output - how to create a fading LED
- Introduction to the RGB (color) LED
- Wiring the RGB LED
- RGB LED: creating colors
- Using a library to control an RGB LED with PWM
- Learning more with the Arduino language documentation
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Arduino programming: Arrays
- Introduction to Arrays
- Arrays, Example 1
- Arrays, Example 2
- Arrays, Example 3
- Arrays, Example 4
Measuring light and color
- Introduction
- What is a photoresistor and how to wire it
- How to select the appropriate fixed resistor for a photoresistor
- Using the Ultra-Violet light sensor
- An introduction to the RGB Color sensor
- Wiring the RGB Color sensor
- Mini project: copy a color to an RGB LED using an RGB Color sensor
- End of section quiz
Measuring temperature, humidity and pressure
- Introduction
- Using a DHT22 sensor to measure temperature and humidity
- An introduction to the Thermistor
- Wiring the Thermistor
- How to calculate the temperature from the thermistor resistance
- Thermistor: getting a temperature using a library
