Weston Arduino

 

Why are we doing this? 

 

• What Most Schools Don't Teach  http://youtu.be/nKIu9yen5nc (5:44)
• Limor Fried on the DIY Revolution:  http://www.bloomberg.com/video/71139364-adafruit-s-limor-fried-on-the-d-i-y-revolution.html
• Massimo Banzi at TED: How Arduino is Open-Sourcing Imagination http://youtu.be/UoBUXOOdLXY (15:47) 

 

• Leah Buechley at TED: How to Sketch with Electronics   http://www.ted.com/talks/leah_buechley_how_to_sketch_with_electronics.html (6:34) 
• Dale Dougherty( MAKE Magazine) at TED: We are Makers http://www.ted.com/talks/dale_dougherty_we_are_makers.html (11:34) 

 

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Software:

 

• Arduino Software:  http://www.arduino.cc/  - Go to "Download"; download Arduino IDE Folder; Follow Instructions under "Getting Started"
• Fritzing ( Circuit Design Software):  http://fritzing.org/ - Go to "Download"  

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Hardware/Vendors:

   

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Texts and Tutorials:

• Arduino Comic by Jody Culkin 
• Arduino Programming Notebook
• Arduino In a Nutshell- Basic Exercises in Arduino

 

• Adafruit Learning System-Arduino Tutorials 
• Arduino Tutorials by Jeremy Blum 
• Arduino.cc- Official Tutorials 
• Tutorials by Massimo Banzi 
• Tronix.stuff 

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1. Basic Circuit Theory

 

• Circuit Playground Episode 1  ( 3:51)
• Circuit Playground App 

 

• Ohm's Law (7:09)
• Super Awesome Sylvia's Squishy Circuits  (7:03)

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• Ohm's law practice problems (Flash)
• Ohm's Law Practice Problems 2
• Resistors  (5:08)
• Resistance Practice Problems3 (Flash)

 

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• Voltage Dividers:
• Force-Sensitive Resistor- Lady Ada Tutorial
• Fritzing Diagram 
• Potentiometer 
• Fritzing Diagram 

 

Examples of Arduino Circuits 

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2. Schematics 

• Schematics  (6:10)
• Schematic Example 
• Arduino limitations 
• Make Magazine: The Multimeter http://youtu.be/BW3Wj7UD-_s (7:22)   
• LED Circuits (5:29)

 

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3. Introduction to Arduino : Blink

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKwox3dd-dE&feature=share&list=PL8CD32146ED5CD04E  (2:30)

 

Also:Intro to Arduino http://youtu.be/pMV2isNm8JU

• Fritzing Diagram

 

• Challenge 1: Write and Save "Blink" Sketch
• French Lesson: Commencer facilement avec un arduino ! [Tuto] 
• Change rates of blinking, by modifying parameters in "Blink"

 

•  Challenge 2: Make row of blinking LEDs-see answer

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4. Sensors 1: Analog Read Serial- Reading an analog voltage, displaying it on the Serial Monitor 

 

• Fritzing Diagram : Analog Read

 

• Challenge 3: Make Rate of blinking controlled by Potentiometer- see  http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/AnalogInput

 

•  Challenge 3: Sylvia's Simple Arduino Projects http://sylviashow.com/episodes/s1/e3/full/arduino
• Sylvia's Super Strobe Light 
• Sylvia's RIFF Code  

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Introduction to Breadboarding:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CssOBb-qaX0&feature=share&list=PL8CD32146ED5CD04E 

  

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Sensors: 

Challenge 4: Read a Button : If/Else

http://www.mon-club-elec.fr/pmwiki_mon_club_elec/pmwiki.php?n=MAIN.ArduinoInitiationBPAppuiBpLedMinuteur

Reading: Arduino in a Nutshell pp. 9-10

 

• Fritzing Diagram

 

• Adding a Button: http://youtu.be/XUuXq4J4u14 

 

 

 

Arduino-Bot: Video

 

Challenge: Build a robotic vehicle that can follow a wall at a fixed distance.

               

                    Add lights and buzzers that indicate if it is turning left, right, or going straight.

 

                    Add a servo motor that enables robot to scan left and right, and find its way

                    through a maze- see Explorer Bot

 

                    Example

 

Example Code

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Controlling Motors with an H-Bridge:

 

• H-Bridge Tutorial from NYU: http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Labs/DCMotorControl
• H-Bridge Theory:  http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/robotics/tutorial/h-bridge/
• UMass-Amherst H-Bridge Tutorial:  http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/m5/tutorials/H-Bridge_tutorial.html      

 

Creating Functions (useful for organizing code) 

 

Adjusting Output Speed with Pulse-width Modulation(PWM)

 

 

  analogWrite(pin,  value 0-255);

 

• Introduction
• Introduction- II 

 

Sensors: 

Challenge 5: Control Tone with  Light Sensor

 

• Fritzing Diagram
•  http://learn.adafruit.com/photocells/using-a-photocell

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Challenge 6: Using Ultrasound

 

• Using Ultrasonic Sensor
• Ultrasonic Sensor: http://youtu.be/E_GcoicsNJs 

 

Challenge 7: Using Motors

 

• Using Motors  with H-Bridges

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• Fritzing Diagram 
• Using Servos 

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• Accelerometer Sensor: http://youtu.be/HYUYbN2gRuQ
• Using Interrupts: http://www.engblaze.com/we-interrupt-this-program-to-bring-you-a-tutorial-on-arduino-interrupts/

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Projects:

 

• Arduino Tutorials.Com http://www.arduinotutorials.com/ 
• Instructables http://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-technology/channel-arduino/
• Make: Magazine   http://blog.makezine.com/arduino/
• Boss Lab:  Boston's Open Source Science Lab http://bosslab.org/
•  Public Laboratory  http://publiclab.org/ 

 

• Sparki Robot