Arduino for Beginners with Grove – Tech Explorations

This course will introduce you to the Arduino by teaching you how to use all of the hardware that comes with the innovative Grove Beginner Kit for Arduino.

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Introduction 5 Lectures

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01.10 What is this course about?

01.20 Required software

01.30 Required hardware

01.40 A quick review of the Grove Beginner Kit

01.50 How to make the most out of this course

02 – Control an LED with the potentiometer and button 7 Lectures

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02.10 What is this mini project about?

02.20a Basics- How to use the LED – DigitalWrite

02.20b Basics- How to use the LED – AnalogWrite

02.30 Basics: How to use the button

02.40 Basics: How to use the potentiometer

02.70 Experiment 1: Control the LED blink rate

02.80 Experiment 2: Control the LED brightness

03 – Make noise with buzzer, potentiometer and button 5 Lectures

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03.10 What is this section about?

03.20 Basics: How to use the buzzer

03.30 Experiment 1: Make random noises

03.40 Experiment 2: Frequency sweep with potentiometer

03.50 Experiment 3: Music with button

04 – Draw text in the OLED 5 Lectures

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04.10 What is this mini project about?

04.20 How to use the OLED

04.30 Experiment 1: Draw text

04.40 Experiment 2: Draw text with potentiometer

04.50 Experiment 3: Draw a counter

05 – Draw graphics in the OLED 7 Lectures

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05.10 What is this mini project about?

05.20 How to draw graphics on the LCD

05.30 Experiment 1: Draw boxes

05.40 Experiment 2: Draw circles

05.50 Experiment 3: Draw lines

05.60 Experiment 4: Draw pixels

05.70 Experiment 5: Graphics demo

06 – Control a servo motor 6 Lectures

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06.10 What is this mini project about?

06.20 Experiment 1: How to use the servo motor, servo sweep

06.40 Experiment 2: Servo control with potentiometer

06.50 Experiment 3: Servo control with pre-programmed moves

06.60 Experiment 4: Servo control with OLED position indication

06.70 Experiment 5: Servo control with OLED position indication improved

07 – Light and Relay 6 Lectures

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07.10 What is this mini project about?

07.20 How to use the light sensor

07.30 Experiment 1: Show light sensor data in LCD

07.40 Experiment 2: Determine bright or dark

07.50 How to use a relay

07.60 Experiment 3: Turn on a flash light using the light sensor and a relay

08 – Sensors: Temperature, humidity and air pressure 6 Lectures

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08.10 What is this mini project about?

08.20 Experiment 1: How to use the temperature and humidity sensor DHT11

08.30 Experiment 2: Show temperature, humidity in OLED with DHT11

08.40 Experiment 3: How to use the BMP280

08.50 Experiment 4: Show air pressure and temperature in the OLED

08.60 Experiment 5: Show all environment variables in the OLED

09 – Sensors: Sound 4 Lectures

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09.10 What is this mini project about?

09.20 Experiment 1: How to use the sound sensor

09.30 Experiment 2: Show sound sensor data in the OLED

09.40 Experiment 3: Turn on an LED with a loud sound

10 – Accelerometer 6 Lectures

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10.10 What is this mini project about?

10.20 Experiment 1: How to use the accelerometer

10.30 Experiment 2: Show acceleration sensor data in OLED

10.40 Experiment 3: Show acceleration animation

10.50 Experiment 4: Detect a collision

10.60 Experiment 5: Detect resting side

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