Arduino Basics
Arduino.cc is the place to start
Examples of what you can do with an Arduino
First, you will need to get your Arduino. I recommend using an Uno.
- Amazon
- Radio Shack
- or any of these: USA: SparkFun, Maker Store, Adafruit Industries, Little Bird Electronics, Modern Device, FunGizmos, NKC Electronics, Gravitech, RobotShop, Liquidware, Hacktronics, MakerBot Industries, Microcontroller Pros, Curious Inventor, AeroQuad, CuteDigi, EIO, Teach me to make, UltiMachine, Electrojoystick.com, Electronics is Fun, AME – After Midnight Engineering, Trossen Robotics, Jameco, Zagros Robotics, Advanced Micro Circuits Corp, iHeartEngineering, 3D Robotics, Jaycon Systems, Elexp, Abra-electronics, Reuseum, Pololu, 411 Technology Systems, Handmadecircuits, Aztec MCU Prototyping, ManyLabs, Epictinker
You will need an A/B type USB cable. I will have one you can use.
You will need a computer with administrative privileges.
- 1 | Get an Arduino board and USB cable
- 2 | Download the Arduino environment (86 MB)
- 3 | Connect the board
- 4 | Install the drivers
- My Windows 7 laptop showed the device as “unknown” until I installed the drivers.
- 5 | Launch the Arduino application
- It is in the directory where you put the environment files
- 6 | Open the blink example
- 7 | Select your board
- Under “Tools”
- 8 | Select your serial port
- Under “Tools”
- 9 | Upload the program
Here is Sylvia’s “Super Simple Adjustable Strobe.” Sylvia will have you up and running with a cool project right away.
