This document is a guide to using the Arduino platform, detailing its components, basic setup, and programming tasks. It includes descriptions of various projects such as a spaceship interface and a motorized pinwheel, emphasizing the importance of understanding circuits. The author reflects on their learning experience and expresses a desire to further explore both hardware and software aspects of Arduino.

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Arduino Introduction Guide 1

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  ARDUINOGuide created byan awesomeGrade 9 girl
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  Arduino■ Arduino isan open-source electronics platform with easyto use software and hardware.The boards are able toread inputs and turn it into an output.■ The kits usually come with a book that starts you off withsome simple projects that allows you to get used to howit works and to begin to understand circuits.■ It also has an app that allows the user to code programsin Java that can be uploaded to theArduino Board andrun.
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  Setting Up Arduino■Download Arduino fromthe website, and install.■ Connect your Arduinoboard to your computervia USB cable.The greenlight labelled ’ON’ will turnon.■ Make sure that youconfigure your Arduinoboard - otherwise it willnot register your code.
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  Basic Functions ofAppVerifyUploadNewOpenSave
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  Kit Parts■ ArduinoUno■ Battery Snap■ Breadboard■ Capacitors■ DC motor■ Diode■ Gels (red, green, blue)■ H-bridge■ Jumper wires■ LEDs■ LCD■ Male header pins■ Optocoupler■ Piezo■ Photoresistor■ Potentiometer■ Pushbuttons■ Resistors■ Servo Motor■ Temperature sensor■ Tilt sensor■ Transistor■ USB Cable
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  Breadboard & ArduinoDuo■ The breadboard is where youbuild your circuit. Any mistakescan have huge effects on how itfunctions.■ The most important thing to dofirst, is to make sure that thenegative (black/ground) andpositive (red/power) leads areplugged in properly and in theright place.
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  Resistor’s■ They resistthe flow ofelectrical energy in acircuit, changing thevoltage and current as aresult.■ Resistor values aremarked using colouredbands, and each colourcorresponds to a number.
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  LED’s■ Light EmittingDiodes(LEDs) are a type of diodethat illuminates whenelectricity passes throughit.■ Electricity only flows inone direction.■ The anode connects topower while the cathodeconnects to ground.The longer leg is called the Anode (+)The shorter leg is called the Cathode (-)
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  Circuits Pt. 1■When using an Arduino, it becomes clear very quickly that having a basicunderstanding of a circuit is useful.■ Circuits are closed loops of wire with a power source, and something to dowith the power.■ In a circuit, electricity flows from a point of higher potential energy (poweror +) to a point of lower potential energy (Ground/GND or - ).■ Circuit Measurements;Current is the amount of electrical charge at a specific point duringthe circuit and is measured in Amps/Amperes.Voltage is the difference of energy between one point in a circuit andanother and is measured in volts.Resistance, which is measured in Ohms (Ω), is how much acomponent resists the flow of electrical energy.
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  Circuits Pt. 2■There needs to be a complete path from the energy source (Power) tothe point of least energy (Ground) to make a circuit. If this is not doneproperly the circuit will not work.■ There are two types of circuits;Series Circuit:A series circuit is a circuit in which resistors are arranged in achain, so the current has only one path to take.The current isthe same through each resistor.Parallel Circuit:A parallel circuit has two or more paths for current to flow through.Voltage is the same across each component of the parallel circuit.
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  Basic Circuits &Programming
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  Example – SpaceshipInterface■ The Spaceship Interface isthe first proper ArduinoProject, and also happensto be the easiest in myopinion.■ You make a control panelwith a switch and lightsthat turn on/change whenthe switch is pressed.■ As you can see in the code,input only has two states–commonly referred to HIGH(voltage) and LOW (novoltage).
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  Example – KeyboardInstrument■ This project allows the user tohook up a number of switchesthat produce a number ofdifferent tones depending onwhat you put in.■ However, not only do youcreate a ‘KeyboardInstrument’, you alsoconstruct a resistor ladder.■ Unfortunately, I did not get aphoto of this project.
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  Example – MotorisedPinwheel■ In this project, the Arduino isprogrammed to spin a colourfulpinwheel using a motor.■ One of the bigger parts of thisproject is understanding thatcontrolling motors are muchharder than controlling LEDs nomatter what the code looks like.■ If/When you complete this taskfor yourself, make sure that youhave a tight hold of the motor asit is quite powerful and is hard tocontrol if you are unprepared forit.
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  Arduino – ReflectionPt. 1■ I have found Arduino to be a fun unit with little restrictions. I have a much betterunderstanding of circuits and how they function. My understanding of code hasalso improved even though I could have focused on it more. I should have spentmore time playing around with the kit in general as I wish that I had done more.■ I really enjoyed how I was given the choice as to which projects I got to do insteadof working systematically through them as the first few were quite boring fromthe look of it.■ If I had more time I would most likely have spent more time on how theprogramming actually works and would have gone onto the internet to find moreinteresting projects that I could do with the Arduino kit. I also would have liked tosee if I could change the speed of the motor with the spinning pinwheel as it wasvery fast and hard to keep a hold of.■ As a side note: I would have loved to find a way to organise my Arduino Kit betteras there is a box with almost everything in it all jumbled up and hard to find whenattempting to find the smaller components.
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  Arduino – ReflectionPt. 2■ Being able to use the Arduino Kit gave me a glimpse at what I could doin the future with IT. I found that I do enjoy doing hardware, however Iwould like to have a further look in to software as I feel as if I haven’tgiven it a proper go at all.■ I have found that this experience has encouraged me to continue in ITand that I would like to see where this takes me in the future.■ The best thing about this unit was the fact that there was not a formalCriteria for it and that I could focus on having fun instead of my writing.