bionic_arduino_class1.pdf

Bionic Arduino

Introduction to Microcontrollers with Arduino

Class 1

11 Nov 2007 - machineproject - Tod E. Kurt

Class Info

• Thumbdrive is being passed around, with:

• Arduino software for Mac OS X & Windows

• Source code (“sketches”) used in class

• Copy ﬁles off, then pass thumbdrive around

• Sunday classes: 3 hours

• two ~1.5 hour chunks, w/ 15 min. break in middle

• Tuesday classes: ~2.5 hours

• with some review at the beginning

• PDF version of these notes

What’s for Today

• Setting up your Arduino Environment

• Your ﬁrst Arduino sketch

• Basic digital & analog output control

• Basic digital sensor inputs

• Making LEDs glow and blink on command

• How to read buttons & switches

• Introduction to Arduino

Bionic?

Can electronic senses mimic human ones?

Do electronic “muscles” work as well as biological ones? Or

better?

What can electronic senses detect that humans can’t?

How would you augment yourself with these new abilities?

This class is about exploring the various input & output

components used in robots, cell phones, video games, and

automobiles, using the friendly Arduino board.

Your devices are watching and responding to you, know their limitations

so you can defeat them when the machine uprising comes.

At worst, you’ll be able to fashion a convincing disguise from pasting Arduinos on your body.

Class Kit I Contents

Class Kit 2 comes next week

A little shoebox-sized plastic storage bin makes a good holder for your electronics stuf.

Not shown, RGB LED. oops. It showed up late to the photoshoot.