Quad Robotics – Arduino Step by Step

Introduction to Quad Robotics Arduino Step by Step 3 Lectures

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About this course

Parts you will need

Tools you will need

Know your Arduino 7 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Introduction to this section

Getting to know the Arduino Uno: Atmega328P, USB, Shields

Getting to know the Arduino Uno: Pins, power, clock

Using the digital output pins

Using the digital input pins

Using the analog output pins

Using the analog input pins

Get to know your Arduino quiz

Introduction to communications 4 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Introduction

Serial (UART) communications

I²C (TWI) communications

SPI communications

ASBS GS Communications Quiz

Arduino boards 8 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Introduction

Meet some members of the Arduino family

Introducing the Arduino Mega 2560

Introducing the Arduino Due

Introducing the Arduino Zero

Introducing the Arduino 101

Introducing the Arduino Pro Mini

Introducing Arduino-compatible boards

Arduino boards Section quiz

Prototyping basics 14 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Introduction

Using the breadboard

Using jumper wires

The absolutely essential tools

Powering your Arduino with power supplies

Using the multimeter to measure voltage

Using the multimeter to measure current

The multimeter – Resistance and continuity

Introduction to soldering – the soldering iron

Soldering – preparation and using holders

Soldering – using wire cutters and fume extractor

Soldering – Simple maintenance tips for your solder iron

A demonstration of soldering a header onto a breakout board

An introduction to protoboards

Prototyping basics quiz

The Arduino IDE 7 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Introduction

An introduction to the Arduino IDE

Getting and installing the Arduino IDE

The Arduino IDE – Understanding the Preferences pane

The Arduino IDE – Understanding the Menu items

How to upload a sketch to your Arduino

How to upload a sketch to your Arduino – For Windows users

Arduino IDE quiz

Introduction to Arduino Programming 21 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Introduction to this section

An introduction to Arduino programming

Understand the basic parts of an Arduino sketch

Getting started with custom functions

Creating custom functions with parameters and the return keyword

Using variables

Understanding variable scope

Understanding constants

Introduction to control structures: The “if” statement

Introduction to control structures: The “while” statement

Introduction to control structures: The “For” statement

Introduction to control structures: The “Switch” statement

Digital output – how to control an LED

Digital input – how to read the state of a button

Analog input – how to read the state of a potentiometer

Analog output – how to create a fading LED

Introduction to the RGB (color) LED

Wiring the RGB LED

RGB LED: creating colors

Using a library to control an RGB LED with PWM

Learning more with the Arduino language documentation

Introduction to Arduino programming quiz

Arduino programming: Arrays 5 Lectures

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Introduction to Arrays

Measuring light and color 7 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Introduction to this section

What is a photoresistor and how to wire it

How to select the appropriate fixed resistor for a photoresistor

Using the Ultra-Violet light sensor

An introduction to the RGB Color sensor

Wiring the RGB Color sensor

Mini project: copy a color to an RGB LED using an RGB Color sensor

Light and color, section quiz

Measuring temperature, humidity and pressure 6 Lectures

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Introduction to environment sensors

An introduction to the Thermistor

Wiring the Thermistor

How to calculate the temperature from the thermistor resistance

Thermistor: getting a temperature using a library

Thermistor: improving the accuracy of analog readings with AREF

Detecting objects with the infrared motion sensor 6 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Introduction to the section

Introduction to the Passive infra-Red (PIR) motion sensor

A simple PIR experiment with an LED

A demonstration of using the PIR sensor with the Arduino

PIR sensor first demonstration sketch walkthrough

PIR sensor second demonstration sketch walkthrough

Infrared sensors, section quiz

Sensing distance and vibration 5 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Tilt and impact

Introduction to sensing distance

Introduction to the ultrasonic distance sensor

Wiring and understanding Trigger and Echo

How to calculate distance

Distance sensors, section quiz

Sensing sound 4 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Introduction to sensing sound

Introduction to the analog sound sensor

A demonstration and sketch of the analog sound sensor

A demonstration and sketch of the digital sound sensor

Sensing sound, section quiz

Making noise with a buzzer 4 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Introduction to this section

Introduction to the buzzer

Playing music

Control the sound volume

Making sound, section quiz

The Liquid Crystal Display 7 Lectures | 1 Quiz

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Introduction to this section

Introduction to the LCD

LCD wiring in 4-bit parallel mode

LCD demonstration sketch

Display sensor data in the LCD

Connect LCD using the I2C adaptor

Using the RGB LCD and buttons shield

LCD section quiz

The MPU6050 motion sensor 6 Lectures

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[0540a] Introduction to the MPU6050 motion sensor

[0540b] A look at the MPU6050 datasheet

[0540c] MPU6050 wiring

[0540d] MPU6050 Arduino sketch

[0540e] MPU6050 Processing demonstration

[0540f] MPU6050 bonus lecture

The rotary encoder 3 Lectures

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[0640a] Introduction to the rotary encoder

[0640b] Rotary encoder wiring and quadrature encoding

[0640c] Rotary encoder sketch

Keypads 7 Lectures

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[0670a] Introduction to the keypad

[0670b] Working out the keypad pins

[0670c] Keypad wiring

[0670d] The phone keypad

[0680a] Keypad 1-wire connection, Introduction

[0680b] Keypad 1-wire connection, wiring

[0680c] Keypad 1-wire connection, sketch

Single Seven Segment Displays 18 Lectures

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[0750a] Introduction

[0750b] Single display pin role discovery

[0750c] Single display wiring

[0750d] Single display sketch

[0750e] Single display, working out the digit byte array

[0752a] Single display with a single resistor

[0752b] The sevseg library

[0753a] Dual seven segment display, pin discovery

[0753b] Dual seven segment display, wiring

[0753c] Dual seven segment display, sketch

[0754a] Single seven segment display with shift register, Introduction

[0754b] Single seven segment display with shift register, wiring

[0754c] Single seven segment display with shift register, sketch

[0755a] Seven segment clock display – Introduction

[0755b] Seven segment clock display – pin discovery

[0755c] Seven segment clock display – wiring

[0755d] Seven segment clock display – sketch

[0755e] Seven segment clock display – Demo and wiring correction

Servo motors 6 Lectures

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[0932a] Direct control of a servo motor, wiring

[0932b] Direct control of a servo motor, sketch and demo with one motor

[0932c] Direct control of a servo motor, sketch and demo with two motors

[0933] Define servo motor moves in an array

[0940] Continuous rotation servo motor

[0930a] Introduction to servo motors

Stepper motors 3 Lectures

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[0982a] Unipolar stepper motor with the ULN2003 driver, introduction

[0982b] Unipolar stepper motor with the ULN2003 driver, wiring

[0982c] Unipolar stepper motor with the ULN2003 driver, sketch & demo

Infra-red remote control 4 Lectures

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[2800] Introduction to IR remote control

[2810] IR receiver wiring

[2820] IR remote control library

[2830] IR remote control demo

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) 6 Lectures

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[2700] Introduction to RFID with the RC522 module

[2705] Wiring with SPI

[2706] The MFR522 library

[2710] How to print the RFID tag data

[2715] How to read the RFID tag ID

[2725] How to read/write data to the RFID tag

Joystick 2 Lectures

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[0635] Joystick with button, simple wiring and sketch

[0636] Joystick with button with a plotter

Bonus section: Simple Bluetooth connectivity with the HC-06 5 Lectures

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[1218a1] Introduction to the HC-06

[1218a2] HC-06 Wiring

[1218a3] HC-06 Pairing

[1218b] HC-06 Reading sensor data

[1218c1] HC-06 with SoftwareSerial

Quad Robotics – Arduino Step by Step

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