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General Arduino Sites: Arduino.cc - Home Arduino Create - at create.arduino.cc (register at link to the "Arduino Web Editor") Engineer's Garage - super source for info. & projects Arduino Board Selection Guide - at DFRobot.com Mr. C.'s Arduino Lessons: Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 0 Tinkercad Circuits Tips Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 1 Blink LED - sketch Caution: unplug the Arduino when making wiring changes! Ohm's Law at ResistorGuide.com Tutorial - Types of Resistors - at Electronics-tutorials.ws Resistors for LEDs at ResistorGuide.com (max. digital pin current on Arduino Uno/Mega is 20 ma) Resistor Data Sheet - from Amazon "K4" starter kit ~ $27 (metal film fixed resistors by RoyalOhm) Cut-Away View of a Resistor - Electricala2z.com (includes introduction to wire gauges) Resistor Guidebook - by a vendor that distributes resistors. Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 2 About LEDs Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 3 Red-Yellow-Green LED Blink - sketch LED Data Sheet - from Amazon "K4" starter kit (for red, yellow, green, and blue LEDs) Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 4 Introduction to Potentiometers Potentiometers - Rheostats - Trimmers - at Globalspec.com 10k Ohm Potentiometer Data - from Amazon "K4" starter kit Potentiometer Lesson - from Amazon "K4" starter kit Potentiometers - Build-electronic-circuits.com Reading A Potentiometer at Arduino.cc The Potentiometer Handbook - 227 Pages (more than you need but interesting) Why Log Pots (Type A) Are Used for Audio Applications (vs Linear = Type B) Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 5 Potentiometer-LEDs - sketch Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 6 LDR-Pot-LEDs - sketch CdS Photoresistor Datasheet - from Amazon "K4" starter kit (CdS = cadmium sulfide) Photoresistor Lesson - from Amazon "K4" starter kit What is a Photoresistor aka Light Dependent Resistor(LDR) (2 min YouTube video) Measuring Light Intensity - What Is a Lux? - ScienceDirect.com Using a CdS Photoresistor-Photocell - at bristolwatch.com Photoresistors - at ResistorGuide.com Using a Photocell - at Adafruit (using 10K resistor, Light=5v Dark=0v) Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 7 16x2 LCD Parallel - sketch 16x2 LCD Data Sheet - from Amazon "K4" starter kit 16x2 LCD Lesson - from Amazon "K4" starter kit Arduino.cc 16x2 LCD Tutorial MakerGuide.com LCD Tutorial LastMinuteEngineers.com 16x2 LCD Tutorial - nicely done! (check out the custom character generator!) Lesson: DHT11 Bare Sensor - Using a Pullup Resistor and a Noise Filtering Capacitor DHT11 Data Sheet - from Amazon "K4" starter kit Better Mftr Data Sheet Showing Pinout - Aosong = Asair Pull-Up and Pull-Down Resistors - ResistorGuide.com Resistance(resistors) - Reactance(capacitors-inductors) - Impedance(all 3) - AllAboutCircuits.com RC Circuit Visualization - Physics.bu.edu Capacitive Reactance - Electronics-Tutorials.com Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 8 DHT11-16x2 LCD - sketch DHT11 Lesson - from Amazon "K4" starter kit LastMinuteEngineers.com DHT11 Sensor Tutorial LastMinuteEngineers.com DHT11 Module Tutorial CircuitBasics DHT11 Tutorial Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 9 Piezo Buzzer and Pushbutton - sketch Pushbutton Datasheet - from Amazon "K4" starter kit Active Buzzer Datasheet - - from Amazon "K4" starter kit Active/Passive Buzzer Lesson - from Amazon "K4" starter kit Arduino Tone() Function - at ProgrammingElectronics.com Tone() at Arduino.cc The Tone() Library Ugly Details at Github The Piezo Electric Effect - at NanoMotion.com What is Piezoelectricity? - at ExplainThatStuff.com Active & Passive Buzzers Difference? - at Manorshi.com Active and Passive Buzzer Demos at Electronzap.com - recommend 1st video, not Arduino but nice circuit demos. Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 10 HC-S04 US Ranger-LCD-DHT11 - sketch HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Module User Manual - from Amazon "K4" starter kit (40 kHz signal, 2 cm to 4 m range) HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Module Lesson Plan - from Amazon "K4" starter kit HC-SR04 - E. Morgan's "How It Works" HC-SR04 - Using an AVR at ezdenki.com HC-SR04 - Using With an Arduino at energiazero.org Fancy HC-SR04 Library (just for an example-not used for this lesson) HC-SR04 Product Info and Datasheet at Nightshade Electronics HC-SR04 Product Info Datasheet/Tutorial at Sparkfun Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 11 IR Remote Control & Receiver - sketch IR Remote Control Datasheet - Amazon "K4" starter kit IR Receiver Datasheet - Amazon "K4" starter kit IR Remote Control/Receiver Lesson - Amazon "K4" starter kit IRremote.h Library for Arduino - at GitHub by Ken Shirriff (this is the library referenced in Tinkercad) Multi-Protocol IR Remote Library for Arduino - by Ken Shirriff Use an IR Remote Trans/Rec with Arduino - Arduino Project Hub Under "Arduino Projects" (see below) "Mr. C.'s Arduino Robot Project" sketch uses a 9 button IR Remote Control and the K. Shirriff IRremote library. Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 12 Stepper Motor-Controller-Pot - sketch Stepper Motor and ULN2003 Driver at E-radionica (includes nice cutaway pictures of motor) ULN2003A Driver Circuit Wiki Darlington Transistor (aka Darlington Pair) Wiki ULN2003a Driver Circuit Datasheet - Texas Instruments 28BYJ-48 5v Stepper Motor Datasheet Using the ULN2003A Transistor Array with Arduino - L. Loflin Video ULN2003 Driver & 28BYJ-48 Motor & Arduino Geetech Lesson 28BYJ-48 Stepper Motor at Components 101 How A DC Motor Works Video - DIY Project by Khan Academy Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 13 Seven Segment LED - sketch 7-Segment LED Data Sheet - Amazon "K4" starter kit 7-Segment LED Lesson Plan - Amazon "K4" starter kit (for common cathode, use 220 ohm resistors) How To Tell If Your 7-Segment LED IS Common Anode or Cathode Working with 7-Segment LEDs - Jameco 7-Segment LEDs - Roll Die Lesson Lead Bender For Making Symmetric Bends in Breadboard Components Mr. C.'s Using Meaningful Variable Names for the 7-Segments Unit 1 Arduino Basics Lesson 14 4-Digit 7-Segment LEDs - *pins ~ sketch 4-Digit 7-Segment LED datasheet - Amazon "K4" starter kit 4-Digit 7-Segment LED lesson - Amazon "K4" starter kit Arduino lesson – 4 Digit 7 Segment LED Display - Osoyoo.com Arduino 4-Digit 7-segment LED Display - ElectroSchematics.com Persistence of Vision TED Video - ~ 5 min. *4 Digit Common Anode LED to Arduino Pin Drawing * 4 Digit Common Anode LED to Arduino Jumper Layout Drawing Other Arduino Lessons - Courses - Tutorials: MIT Arduino Course: Collaborative Design and Creative Expression with Arduino Microcontrollers Arduino Instructables by Codebender Paul McWhorter Arduino Tutorial 1 of 68ish: Setting Up and Programming the Arduino for Absolute Beginners Arduino Projects: Arduino Project Hub at Arduino.cc Mr. C.'s Minivex Arduino Robot Project: Picture-Front Picture-Rear Short Movie - robot senses object & auto reverses sketch Tinkercad: Tinkercad Home - register here Tinkercad Circuits Review of Tinkercad Circuits at NorwegianCreations.com Fritzing: Fritzing Home Fritzing Fab - online PCB production service Fritzing.org Learning Tutorials Electronics Design Automation (EDA) Alternatives/Comparison to Fritzing Cloud-IoT (Internet of Things) Related: Arduino IoT Cloud - Public Beta Adafruit IoT Amazon AWS IoT ThingSpeak for IoT Projects ThingsBoard Open Source IoT Cayenne MySensors IoT Google Cloud IoT - worth exploring, not recommended at this time Electronics Supersites and Suppliers: Sparkfun AdaFruit DFRobot Digikey Arduino "K4" Starter Kit at Amazon ~ $27 Parts List All Documentation/Code Files for Arduino "K4" Starter Kit Arduino Book - 627 pages Mr. C.'s "Beginning Electronics Toolkit Wishlist" at Amazon.com Converter Board: Add I2C to a 16x2 LCD Display - Amazon.com Uctronics 0.96 Inch OLED 128x64 Yellow Blue I2C Display (SSD1306 Driver - Amazon ~ $7) Uctronics U602602 128x64 OLED I2C Datasheet Arducam 128x64 OLED I2C - SSD1306 Driver Libraries for Arduino StartingElectronics.org Tutorial OLED 128x64 I2C Display Jameco's Electronic Kits and Projects - includes Arduino section Basic Electronics Tutorials: How to Solder: Through-Hole Soldering - by Sparkfun Basic Electrical Theory - at AutomationDirect.com Basic Electricity - at Instructables Basic Electronics Concepts - at Electronics-notes.com Electronics Tutorials Listed by Category - by Electronics-tutorials.ws Basic Electricity and Electronics - Udemy by Guerrieri Introduction to the 555 Timer: Book: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to the 555 Timer by Jesse Rutherford ~ $11 Parts Kit for the Above Book - at Jameco ~ $30 Forest Mims Favorites - projects at Jameco Electronics Related Tools and Data: Datasheets.com Resistor 4-Color Code Calculator - at Digikey.com