Introduction to the course
Know your Arduino
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Introduction (0:38)
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Getting to know the Arduino Uno: Atmega328P, USB, Shields (11:00)
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Getting to know the Arduino Uno: Pins, power, clock (10:18)
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Using the digital output pins (13:13)
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Using the digital input pins (10:18)
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Using the analog output pins (8:15)
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Using the analog input pins (8:02)
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Section Quiz 1
Introduction to communications
Arduino boards
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Introduction (0:46)
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Meet some members of the Arduino family (5:10)
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Introducing the Arduino Mega 2560 (5:14)
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Introducing the Arduino Due (6:53)
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Introducing the Arduino Zero (5:17)
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Introducing the Arduino 101 (3:39)
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Introducing the Arduino Pro Mini (4:56)
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Introducing Arduino-compatible boards (10:43)
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Section Quiz 3
Prototyping basics
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Introduction (0:27)
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Using the breadboard (13:56)
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Using jumper wires (7:10)
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The absolutely essential tools (8:01)
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Powering your Arduino with power supplies (4:01)
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Using the multimeter to measure voltage (7:37)
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Using the multimeter to measure current (5:29)
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The multimeter - Resistance and continuity (6:35)
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Introduction to soldering - the soldering iron (11:24)
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Soldering - preparation and using holders (5:16)
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Soldering - using wire cutters and fume extractor (2:22)
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Soldering - Simple maintenance tips for your solder iron (3:07)
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A demonstration of soldering a header onto a breakout board (13:47)
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An introduction to protoboards (15:20)
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Section Quiz 4
The Arduino IDE
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Introduction (0:55)
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An introduction to the Arduino IDE (8:00)
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Understand the basic parts of an Arduino sketch (6:24)
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The Arduino IDE - Understanding the Preferences pane (18:13)
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The Arduino IDE - Understanding the Menu items (12:49)
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How to upload a sketch to your Arduino (9:37)
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How to upload a sketch to your Arduino - For Windows users (9:14)
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Section Quiz 5.
Introduction to Arduino Programming
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Introduction (0:54)
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An introduction to Arduino programming (5:10)
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Understand the basic parts of an Arduino sketch (14:33)
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Getting started with custom functions (15:30)
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Creating custom functions with parameters and the return keyword (6:03)
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Using variables (12:26)
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Understanding variable scope (7:05)
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Understanding constants (3:33)
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Introduction to control structures: The "if" statement (5:21)
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Introduction to control structures: The "while" statement (3:53)
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Introduction to control structures: The "For" statement (4:14)
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Introduction to control structures: The "Switch" statement (4:18)
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Digital output - how to control an LED (14:44)
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Digital input - how to read the state of a button (13:50)
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Analog input - how to read the state of a potentiometer (9:02)
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Analog output - how to create a fading LED (15:06)
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Introduction to the RGB (color) LED (8:53)
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Wiring the RGB LED (13:47)
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RGB LED: creating colors (2:29)
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Using a library to control an RGB LED with PWM (16:29)
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Learning more with the Arduino language documentation (5:01)
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End of section quiz
Measuring light and color
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Introduction (0:48)
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What is a photoresistor and how to wire it (13:00)
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How to select the appropriate fixed resistor for a photoresistor (8:48)
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Using the Ultra-Violet light sensor (13:21)
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An introduction to the RGB Color sensor (5:47)
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Wiring the RGB Color sensor (12:53)
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Mini project: copy a color to an RGB LED using an RGB Color sensor (10:52)
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End of section quiz
Measuring temperature, humidity and pressure
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Introduction (0:51)
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Using a DHT22 sensor to measure temperature and humidity (14:42)
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An introduction to the Thermistor (6:50)
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Wiring the Thermistor (5:59)
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How to calculate the temperature from the thermistor resistance (5:28)
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Thermistor: getting a temperature using a library (5:33)
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Thermistor: improving the accuracy of analog readings with AREF (4:30)
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An introduction to measuring temperature with the TMP36 (6:28)
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Wiring the TMP36 and a demonstration sketch (8:21)
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An alternate wiring of the TMP36 (7:11)
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An introduction to the MCP9808 for very accurate temperature readings (11:45)
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MCP9808: Wiring (2:17)
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Using the MCP9808, demo and sketch walkthrough (3:54)
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MCP9808: A closer look at I2C addressing (6:45)
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An introduction to measuring barometric pressure with the BMP180 (6:29)
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Wiring the BMP180 and first sketch walkthrough (5:51)
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A first demo sketch for the BMP180 (9:45)
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A second demo sketch for the BMP180 (7:51)
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End of section quiz
Detecting acceleration
Detecting objects with the infrared motion sensor
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Introduction (0:30)
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Introduction to the Passive infra-Red (PIR) motion sensor (12:06)
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A simple PIR experiment with an LED (12:05)
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A demonstration of using the PIR sensor with the Arduino (6:32)
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PIR sensor first demonstration sketch walkthrough (4:30)
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PIR sensor second demonstration sketch walkthrough (7:41)
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End of section quiz
Sensing distance
Sensing sound
Making noise with a buzzer
The Liquid Crystal Display
Conclusion
