Arduino Step by Step Guide : Basic Level

Here in this lecture, we will discuss

• Breadboard and its internal connections

• LED and its connections

• Tri-color LED

• Resistor

• Simple circuit using LED, resistor and breadboard

• Common mistakes when using breadboard to make connections

• Pushbutton and its connections

• Common mistakes when using pushbutton to make connections

• Seven segment display and its connections

• Demonstration of all the above components

Here in this lecture, we will discuss

• About Arduino device

• Features of Arduino

• Components of Arduino board

• Description of Microcontrollers

• Few examples where a Microcontroller is used

• Installation of Arduino IDE on Ubuntu Linux OS

• Run the arduino executable file

• The Arduino IDE window

Here in this lecture, we will discuss

1. Set up a physical connection between Arduino and a computer

2. Connect the Arduino board to the computer using the USB cable

3. Various components available in Arduino hardware

   • ATMEGA 328 microcontroller chip

   • About Arduino BootLoader

   • Digital Pins

   • Analog Pins

   • Blinking LEDs that are helpful for troubleshooting

   • Ground Pins

   • External power adapter

   • Arduino programming language

Here in this lecture, we will discuss

• Write an Arduino program to blink an LED

• Arduino program is saved as Sketch

• Default program environment with two empty functions -

  • setup - function for setting up a micro-controller

  • loop - infinite loop

• Program to turn on the LED

• Compile the program into binary format

• Program to turn off the LED

Here in this lecture, we will discuss

• Tricolor LED - Common Cathode Tricolor LED

• Other external devices that are required for this experiment

• Understand the connection circuit details

• Connect a tricolor LED to Arduino board

• Write a program to blink tricolor LED

• Use Pushbutton to control the blinking

• How to reduce the delay of the blink

Here in this lecture, we will discuss

• Connect an LCD to Arduino board

• See the details of the circuit connection

• See how to do the soldering

• Setup the components as per the circuit diagram

• The aim is to write two strings on the LCD display

• Write a program to display a text message on the LCD

Here in this lecture, we will discuss

• Connect an LCD and a Push button to Arduino board.

• Add a pushbutton and make a simple counter

• Write a program in the Arduino IDE

• See that pushbutton is working successfully

• Modify the program to set a counter

• Output: count is increased whenever the button is pressed

Here in this lecture, we will discuss

• Connect a seven segment display to Arduino board

• Types of seven segment display

• Connection details of common cathode seven segment display

• Connection details of common anode seven segment display

• Circuit connection explanation

• Live setup of the connection

• Program to blink LEDs in seven segment display

• High and low state of LED's in the seven segment

• Program to display digits 0 to 4 in seven segment display

• Compile and upload the program

Here in this lecture, we will discuss

• About Pulse Width Modulation

• About duty cycle and frequency

• Formula to calculate the duty cycle

• Experiment to control the brightness of LED by varying the duty cycle

• Demonstration of the output