Spark: An introduction to Arduino

A brief description of the world of Arduino, and some basic examples of Arduino code.

Presented at the Cantina Spark session, July 15, 2015.

Transcript

1. An introduction to Arduino
   

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2. Arduino is hardware
   

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3. Arduino is software
   

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4. Arduino is a family
   

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5. Arduino is an ecosystem
   

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6. Arduino is a platform
   

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7. Arduino anatomy
   Finding your way around the UNO R3
   

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8. Digital Pins (some with PWM)
   Analog Pins
   ICSP Programming Pins
   ATMega328P
   microcontroller
   Reset Button
   USB port
   Power jack
   Power Pins
   

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9. Digital pins
   

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10. Pulse-width Modulation
    

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11. Analog pins
    

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12. Programming Arduino
    Stuff you’ll need
    

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13. To get started, you need—
    ● An Arduino
    ○ Start with an UNO R3
    ● A USB A-to-B cable
    ● The Arduino IDE
    ○ http://ardunio.cc/downloads
    ○ Get the latest version (right now, that’s 1.6.5)
    

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14. The bare bones sketch
    The simplest, most do-nothing program
    

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16. Blinking an LED
    Hardware “Hello World”
    

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18. A simple sensor
    Using a button
    

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20. Reading an analog sensor
    Use the force, Luke
    

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22. Learning more about Arduino
    ● http://arduino.cc
    ● Getting Started with Arduino
    ● http://learn.adafruit.com
    ● http://codebender.cc
    ● Many, many resources on the web!
    

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23. https://gist.github.com/stonehippo/73c9a4cd84f575a3e128
    Code from this deck
    

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24. That’s it!
    Go hack some hardware!
    

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