Mcu-notes-02

Getting Started with Arduino

Talk for Westlakes Amateur Radio Club, Teralba NSW Australia Date: 26 September 2015

- power/USB - drivers - Arduino IDE - IDE settings (board/port) - demo sketch (blink)

Hardware and I/O

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   - LED on different port
   - Digital out / in
   - Analogue in
   - PWM
   - I2C
   - SPI
   - RS-232

- sensors

  - ultrasonic 
  - air pressure
  - compass / accelerometer / gyroscope (IMU)
  - magnetometer
  - pir
  - barometric pressure / altitude
  - temperature
  - humidity
  - rfid
  - gps
  - infrared
  - touchpad / keyboard
  - current
  - light
  - sound (microphone)
  - alcohol / gas
  - http://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/collections/sensors?page=4

- shields

  - proto
  - relay
  - ethernet
  - LCD
  - wireless
  - https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/240?page=all

Coding and Libraries

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   - layout of source code
   - uploading, debugging, size
   - https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage

Other links:

Massimo Banzi on the state of arduino (May 2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Elf1XBsQ4

Minimal transceiver using Arduino chip (ATMEGA328) http://www.phonestack.com/farhan/minima.html