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Arduino Course for Beginners - Open-Source Electronics Platform

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Dive into the world of Arduino with this comprehensive 4-5 hour course designed for beginners. Explore the fundamentals of electronics, including electricity, voltage, current, and resistance, before delving into the Arduino platform. Learn about microcontrollers, various Arduino boards, and their specifications. Master the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and understand essential programming concepts such as variables, data types, control structures, and functions. Gain hands-on experience with digital and analog input/output operations, and discover how to utilize libraries to expand your project capabilities. No hardware is required to follow along, making this course accessible to all aspiring makers and electronics enthusiasts. By the end, you'll have the skills to create your own Arduino projects and continue your journey in open-source electronics.

Syllabus

) Course Introduction.
) Section 2: Foundation of Electronics.
) Electricity .
) Static Electricity .
) Current Electricity .
) Voltage .
) Current .
) Resistance .
) Ohm’s Law .
) Ohm’s Law Example .
) Resistances in Series and Parallel .
) Resistance Color Coding.
) Section 3: Intro to Arduino Board.
) What is Microcontroller and Microprocessor .
) What category Arduino falls into? .
) Different Types of Arduino Boards .
) About Arduino .
) Parts of Arduino Uno .
) Technical Specifications of Arduino Uno.
) What is IDE? .
) Downloading and Installing the official IDE .
) Preparing your computer .
) Testing the Arduino. .
) What if you don’t have an Arduino board?.
) Section 5: Before we move ahead.
) What is breadboard? .
) How to make connections in breadboard? .
) Some safety instructions and Do’s and Don’ts .
) Input & Output .
) Analog & Digital .
) Bit & Byte.
) Section 6: Arduino Programming.
) Introduction .
) The First Step into Programming .
) Bare minimum structure of an Arduino Program.
) Comments .
) White Spaces and Case Sensitivity .
) pinMode .
) digitalWrite and delay .
) Camel casing.
) What are variables and data types .
) Int data type .
) Arithmetic operators .
) Incrementing and Decrementing our variables .
) Float data type .
) Bool/Boolean data type .
) Byte data type .
) Char data type .
) Conclusion .
) What is Scope? Global and Local Variables .
) What are Qualifiers, starting with const qualifier .
) Alternative to const qualifier: #define .
) Static Qualifier.
) What are comparison operators? .
) What are Logical Operators?.
) Section 6.3 Control Structures .
) if statement .
) else statement .
) A joke :P .
) if - else Simulation .
) Introduction to loop control structures .
) For loop .
) While loop .
) do…while loop .
) break .
) continue .
) return .
) switch..case.
) Arrays .
) Strings.
) What are functions? .
) Create your own functions.
) digitalRead & digitalWrite .
) analogRead and Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) .
) analogWrite and Pulse Width Modulation (PWM).
) What are Libraries?.
) How to add Libraries in Arduino IDE.
) What next?.

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4.8 rating, based on 31 Class Central reviews

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  • I am an ICT teacher with a focus on programming. Recently, our school launched a new curriculum that includes Arduino and Basic Electricity concepts. Initially, I had no background or experience in these areas. Thankfully, Class Central and freeCod…
  • The Arduino course for beginners is an excellent introduction to the world of open-source electronics. It provides a comprehensive foundation for those new to Arduino, covering topics such as hardware components, coding in the Arduino IDE, and practical projects. The course's hands-on approach and step-by-step tutorials make it accessible for novices, and the open-source nature of Arduino fosters creativity and experimentation. Whether you want to build simple gadgets or dive deeper into electronics, this course is a great starting point.
  • Kumuditha Gunindu Narangoda
    thanks a lot I got lot of knowledge and I really appriciate. And the lessons are verry clear and undestandable.
  • Sithara
    I recently completed the Arduino course, and I couldn't be more satisfied with my experience! The curriculum was well-structured, starting from the very basics and gradually progressing to more advanced projects. The hands-on approach made learning…
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    Pulhara Dilhanya
    The Arduino and Electronics course encompasses a total of 78 significant topics which include the basics of electronics up to advanced Arduino concepts. It starts with fundamentals lightning, ohm’s law, and resistance and then onto micro controller…
  • Apollo Andongo
    ## Arduino Course Review for Beginners The Arduino course is an excellent introduction to physical computing for beginners. It covers the fundamentals of Arduino programming, from setting up the IDE to working with sensors, motors, and displays. Th…
  • Rishabh Vishwakarma
    Having recently completed an Arduino course, I must say it was an enlightening experience. The course content was comprehensive, covering everything from basic concepts to advanced projects. The hands-on approach allowed me to grasp concepts quickly, and the instructors were knowledgeable and supportive. Overall, a highly recommended course for anyone looking to dive into the world of Arduino and electronics.
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    Jalla Viswaswara Rao
    This Arduino course is an exceptional resource for beginners diving into the world of microcontrollers and electronics. The curriculum is expertly crafted to cater to individuals with little to no prior experience, providing a solid foundation in bo…
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    Melrick Willie
    The Arduino course for beginners offers an excellent introduction to open-source electronics. It provides a comprehensive foundation for newcomers, covering hardware components, coding in the Arduino IDE, and practical projects. With its hands-on approach and step-by-step tutorials, the course is highly accessible for novices. The open-source nature of Arduino encourages creativity and experimentation, making this course a great starting point whether you're interested in building simple gadgets or delving deeper into electronics.
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    Dagnachew Beyene Abdu
    I have had the Arduino Mega kit for more than 2 months with no pieces of knowledge how to operate it. This time, due to your course, I knew each member of the kits plus how I can program and operate the Kits. Thank God that I can train my Sons(Ages 10 and 7) on how they can begin the issues of Electrical engineering and computer science. When I practice with this knowledge and do more projects, I will come to your center for Advanced topics about Arduino. Thank You Very Much !!
  • Vishnu Priya N
    The course was crisp and informative at the same time. It gave a good insight in online simulators as well. It may help people who don't have the hardware with them. As the videos are shorter it is easy to concentrate and complete the course within a short period of time.
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    PRATEEK KUMAR
    The Arduino course for beginners is an excellent introduction to the world of open-source electronics. It provides a comprehensive foundation for those new to Arduino, covering topics such as hardware components, coding in the Arduino IDE, and practical projects.
  • Chiranjeevi
    It's is very good Course it's very useful for beginners to know the basics of aurdino and it use I am first year engineering student I didn't know about the aurdino but I want to use it for my upcoming projects so I started to learn it . It is worthy course
  • Alessandra Bumatay
    very detailed video discussions, easy to follow and understand the topics of arduino. And it is very helpful for students who doesn't understand the concepts of arduino.
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    Raymondo Davids
    I have learn basic principles and practice of Arduino uno and Coding using Arduino IDE software program. O have also learn on creating variable and data types
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    Mohammad Arish
    Thank you
    it was a great course for who want to start working with Arduino
    I learn many thing about electronics and Arduino in this course
    Thank you Ashish
  • Ankit Kumar
    It is very helpful for us. I was fresher when I join this course. And through this I learn important things related to IOT.
  • Mohammed Arshad
    Good course very understandable . learning is very easy.good lessons .very understandable and good presentation
  • Anulacion, Kristine Gayle F.
    The course was easy to follow and gives clear and easy to understand explanations on each specific topics.
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    Mohan Prasath
    Super experience to learn about arduino. But i want more pictures and assessment to gain more knowledge.

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