Arduino Basics

Jon Culver, Matt Lepage

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Demo
Hacked Christmas Lights

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Arduino
What is a microcontroller?

Small Computer
Processor core Memory Programmable I/O peripherals

Embedded Systems
Systems designed for specific control functions within a larger system

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Breadboard
Solderless

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Electrical Circuit
Ohms Law

V R I
+ Voltage - Ground return path for current R = Resistance (ohms) V = Potential Difference (voltage) I = Current (amperes)

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First Project
Single LED

Voltage: 2V @ 20mA (.02 amperes) Arduino Voltage: 5V

V R I
52 R 150 .02

200

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Electrical Circuit
Single LED

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Arduino Code
File -> Examples -> Basic -> Blink

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Second Project
Single RGB LED

Arduino Voltage: 5V R Voltage: 2V G Voltage: 3V B Voltage: 3V @ 20mA (.02 amperes)

100 2

R B G -

V R I 53 R 100 .02

150

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Electrical Circuit
Single RGB LED

PIN 4 PIN 5 PIN 6

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Arduino Code
Modify Blink for RGB

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Sandbox
Ideas!

Christmas Lights! Gmail unread mail notifications Get my attention LED LED Matrix

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Resources

http://www.arduino.cc/ File -> Examples http://sparkfun.com http://hackaday.com/ http://www.instructables.com/ http://jonathanhculver.tumblr.com

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