Arduino Intro
An introduction to Arduino materials.
We use Arduino Uno compatible boards, programmed with Snap4Arduino.
The materials we used are based off of the SparkFun Inventor’s Kit Experiment Guide. SparkFun has lots of learning materials if you are interested.
Setup
If you are not using a school computer, you will want to install the same software that we have:
If you are using a school computer that does not have Snap4Arduino, you should install the “MS Windows portable (64 bits)” version.
Day 1
- Identify parts: resistor, LED, Arduino board, breadboard, USB cable, jumper cable. See SIK book if you need pictures.
- How to use a breadboard.
- Install StandardFirmata on an Arduino board.
Day 2: LED
Connect an LED to the breadboard: Instructions.
To learn:
- What is an LED?
- Electrical symbols for resistor, LED.
- Testing your circuit: “5V -> LED -> Resistor -> GND”.
- How to draw a circuit diagram for “Pin11 -> LED -> Resistor -> GND”.