Video Description
You've created your first prototypes using the Arduino micro-controller, you understand how to input to it, output from it, and now you're ready for more. Maybe you even want to commercialize your prototype. This course transforms your Arduino prototypes from basic to advanced, presenting a new set of skills, techniques, and technologies you can use to make your prototypes more useful, robust, and perhaps... market ready.
- Optimize projects with best practice bread boarding and wire management techniques
- Build-in comms capability with LoRa radios, Xbees, Bluetooth LE, and cellular networks
- Enable WiFi Internet access; connect to Cloud services; talk to iOS and Android phones
- Measure time, store data to non-volatile memory, and read/write to SD cards
- Discover flex PCBs, watch form factors, and other techniques for making wearables
- Explore enclosure options like laser cut, 3D printed, and commercial enclosures
- Get tips on avoiding regulatory problems and bringing a prototype to market
Marc De Vinck is the Dexter F. Baker Professor of Practice in Creativity at Lehigh University. A metalsmith, illustrator, 3D modeler, teacher, and writer, Marc sits on the Advisory Council for the New York Hall of Science Innovation Institute. He's the author of multiple O'Reilly titles, including his comprehensive series covering all aspects of the Arduino electronics prototyping platform.
Table of Contents
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Prototypes that Measure Time
- Measuring Time 00:04:27
- Real Time Clock 00:05:00
- GPS Time 00:02:59
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Prototypes that Communicate
- Serial Communications 00:07:47
- LoRa 00:09:01
- XBee 00:03:22
- BTLe 00:11:22
- Bluefruit EZ-Link 00:07:19
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Prototypes that Store Data
- Writing to the memory 00:05:48
- SD Cards 00:07:48
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Wearable Prototypes
- Flexible PCBs 00:03:27
- Wearables 00:05:23
- Specialty Components 00:06:30
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Prototypes That Connect to the Internet
- Adafruit HUZZAH 00:04:24
- Ethernet 00:04:27
- The Cloud 00:04:51
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Prototypes that talk to your phone
- iOS & Android Control 00:06:46
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Optimizing Your Prototypes
- Perfboard 00:07:48
- Breakout Boards 00:05:11
- ATtiny 00:10:59
- Trinket 00:05:56
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Creating enclosures for your prototypes
- Basic Enclosures 00:03:01
- Laser Cut Enclosures 00:04:23
- 3D Printed Enclosures 00:02:12
- Commercial Enclosures 00:03:31
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Making Your Arduino Prototype Robust
- Going To Market 00:06:21