Video Description
The Arduino micro-controller’s super low cost, versatility, and wide-ranging user base (from 10 year old kids with no electronics background to sophisticated electronics professionals) makes it a natural choice for any budding product designer, inventor, or artist looking to build a prototype of their project. Even so, when pondering this credit-card sized tiny computer with its idiosyncratic pin space for the first time, it’s not obvious where to start. In this course, Arduino expert Marc De Vinck offers a time tested, fool-proof, and systematic approach to Arduino prototype planning, testing, and production.
- Explore what every 1st time Arduino user should know before using the Arduino platform
- Learn why you should make a paper plan of a prototype before you touch the micro-controller
- Master the basics of reading electronic schematics and how to use a breadboard
- Understand how to write Arduino code and gain access to sources of free reusable code
- Gain a core understanding of the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- Learn to connect the Arduino to the IDE and run your first "Hello World" program
- Get wise to Arduino buttons, switches, potentiometers, and power strategies
- Learn the basics of creating your own printed circuit boards
Marc De Vinck is the Dexter F. Baker Professor of Practice in Creativity at Lehigh University. He is a former director of product development at MAKE magazine who sits on the Advisory Council at the New York Hall of Science Innovation Institute. Marc says that one of his greatest accomplishments was helping more than 10,000 people learn how to solder. He's a metalsmith, illustrator, 3D modeler, teacher, and writer who co-authored the O'Reilly title MintDuino: Building an Arduino-Compatible Breadboard Microcontroller.
Table of Contents
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Part 1: Introduction
- Welcome to the Course 00:00:46
- What is Arduino? 00:01:57
- Arduino Project Examples 00:02:14
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Part 2: Systematic Approach to Prototyping & Testing
- Why Prototype? 00:02:21
- Start with Sketching 00:01:01
- Know Your Customer 00:00:49
- Getting to an MVP 00:00:53
- System Flowchart & Diagram 00:06:24
- Ip, Open Source, & Secrets 00:03:13
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Part 3: Arduino Basics
- Software Setup 00:03:57
- Intro to the IDE 00:10:43
- Basic Code Overview 00:02:59
- Saving Your Code 00:02:16
- Libraries 00:03:12
- Boards 00:02:49
- Finding Resources 00:01:55
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Part 4: Powering your Prototype
- Basic Schematics 00:06:40
- Jumper Wires 00:03:58
- Breadboards 00:04:35
- First Sketch - Using an LED 00:09:29
- Using Buttons 00:10:49
- Button Debouncing 00:06:02
- Switches 00:03:22
- Potentiometers 00:12:36
- Power Your Prototype 00:01:38
- LiPo Batteries 00:00:53
- Solar Power 00:01:00
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Part 5: Prototyping Circuits
- PCB Design Software Part 1 00:02:21
- PCB Design Software Part 2 00:02:40