Welcome to Arduino

A brief talk introducing the Arduino microcontroller to the Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club of Kenosha & Racine on August 15th, 2017.

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1. Welcome to Arduino
   Pete Prodoehl
   Milwaukee Makerspace
   

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2. Hello!
   • Pete Prodoehl
   • Maker / Artist / Designer
   • Milwaukee Makerspace
   • Betty Brinn Children’s Museum
   • Maker Faire Milwaukee
   • UWM PCOMP
   • Technical Editor
   • Arduino for Beginners
   • Robot Builder
   

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3. What is Arduino?
   Arduino is an open-source
   electronics prototyping
   platform based on flexible,
   easy-to-use hardware and
   software. It's intended for
   artists, designers,
   hobbyists, and anyone
   interested in creating
   interactive objects or
   environments.
   

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4. What Can They Do?
   • 3D Printers
   • CNC Machines
   • Drones
   • Robots
   • Automation
   • Toys
   • Exhibits
   • Physical Computing
   

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5. What Can’t They Do?
   • No (desktop) operating system
   • No keyboard
   • No mouse
   • No high-resolution display
   • No software
   

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6. The First Sketch
   

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7. The First Sketch
   

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8. The First Sketch
   

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9. The First Sketch
   

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10. Make Some Connections
    • Buttons
    • Switches
    • Potentiometers
    • Sensors
    • LEDs / Lights
    • DC Motors
    • Stepper Motors
    • Servo Motors
    

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11. Make Some Connections
    

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12. Projects
    (and Products)
    

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33. Where to Buy
    • Adafruit // adafruit.com
    • SparkFun // sparkfun.com
    • Amazon // amazon.com
    • eBay // ebay.com
    • Seeed Studio // seeedstudio.com
    • Pololu // pololu.com
    • PJRC // pjrc.com
    

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34. Where to Learn
    • Arduino // arduino.cc
    • Adafruit // learn.adafruit.com
    • SparkFun // learn.sparkfun.com
    • Instructables // instructables.com
    • YouTube // youtube.com
    • Books, user groups, makerspaces,
    etc…
    

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35. Thanks
    See you at Maker Faire!
    Wisconsin Expo Center
    State Fair Park
    Sept 23 & 24, 2017
    

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