1. LVTech / MakeLehighValley @makelv / www.makelehighvalley.comwww.makelehighvalley.com IRC #makelv on freenode.net Jared Steckel / @gimps AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARDUINO

2. WHAT THE ___ IS AN ARDUINO? An Arduino is a simple, inexpensive, open source platform for the prototyping and development of electronically controlled devices.

3. 2005 Ivrea, Italy by Massimo Banzi and David Cuartielles ~500,000 in use 2012 Fork of Wiring/Processing Projects, descended from MIT

4. xkcd.com

5. IT’S (GOT) A MICROCONTROLLER! An Arduino houses a microcontroller, which is a complete computer contained within a single integrated circuit. Microcontroller ! Arduino! (Atmel AVR Atmega328)

6. ATMEGA328(P) 8-bit AVR RISC 32K Flash Memory 16MHz USART, Serial, SPI 6-Channel 10-bit A/D 32 GP Registers, 8MHz Internal Oscillator, Interrupts, Watchdog GP I/O

8. WHAT’S ON THE REST OF THE BOARD? Voltage regulator USB Port Protection Reset Button LEDs FTDI ICSP Header Header Pins (in order!) Crystal

10. SHIELDS!

11. THE ARDUINO IDE

12. < 5 MINUTES OF ELECTRICITY

13. 1.21 GIGAWATTS!? Voltage = Pressure (Volts) Current = Volume (Amps) Power = Use/Dissipation (Watts)

14. A/C D/C 24VAC 5VDC

15. OHM’S LAW (I = V/R)

16. THE DIGITAL DIMMER

17. BREADBOARDING

18. RESISTOR COLOR CODE 5 Volts / 200 Ohms =.025A

20. Fritzing fritzing.org

21. PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) Pins

22. PULSE WIDTH MODULATION BrighterDimmer

23. WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? playground.arduino.cc learn.adafruit.com Element14 Arduino Community (http://www.element14.com/community/groups/arduino?CMP=KNC-USA-ARDUINO)http://www.element14.com/community/groups/arduino?CMP=KNC-USA-ARDUINO ISBN 978-1-449-30987-9

24. LVTech / MakeLehighValley @makelv / www.makelehighvalley.comwww.makelehighvalley.com IRC #makelv on freenode.net Jared Steckel / @gimps AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARDUINO