Arduino Step by Step Getting Serious

About Course

Learn Arduino programming and electronics with this comprehensive and detailed course. This free course from Udemy provides you with 40 sections and over 250 lectures that cover everything you need to know about Arduino, from basic to advanced concepts. This is the perfect course for anyone who wants to get serious about Arduino, build new skills, and take their Arduino projects to the next level.

This course is ideal for beginners and experienced makers. You’ll learn about:

Advanced sensors, such as motion, position, and GPS sensors
Input methods like keypads, potentiometers, and encoders
Output methods, including color screens with touch-sensitive surfaces
LED configuration, including monochrome and color LEDs
Matrix and LED strips, and how to display text, graphics, and animations
Controlling motion with motors and controllers
Networking with Ethernet, Wifi, Bluetooth, and Bluetooth Low Energy
Communications with highly-reliable packet-based radio and simple, low-cost radio
Expanding your Arduino’s control capabilities with shift registers and port expanders
And much, much more!

This course provides:

24 hours of brand new video content
12 hours of retouched video content
42 sections with reorganized content
More than 280 lectures
Over 100 new and updated sketches
Over 50 new circuit schematics
A new course repository with easy access to sketches, schematics, and lecture external resources

Enroll in this free Arduino course today and start learning the skills you need to build amazing projects.

Use communications technologies like Wifi, BLE, and radio
Use servo, DC and stepper motors with various controllers
Use LCD, OLED and TFT screens with buttons and touch interfacese
Store data in external storage like SD Cards and EEPROM
Optimise a sketch to minimise memory footprint, reduce power consumption and increase performance
Control large loads like relays and lights
Improve button reliability with hardware debouncing
Much more, please see curriculum for a full listing

Course Content

01 – Introduction to this course

001 – What is this course about.mp4

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002 – Is this course right for you.mp4

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003 – Finding your way around the course.mp4

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004 – List of parts.mp4

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005 – Two common questions about parts and tools.mp4

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006 – How to ask a question.mp4

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007 – How to report an error.mp4

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Section Quiz

02 – The BME280 environment sensor

03 – The MPU6050 motion sensor

04 – Compass and magnetometer

05 – The flex sensor and membrane potentiometer

06 – The rotary encoder

07 – Keypads

030 – 0670a Introduction to the keypad.mp4

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031 – 0670b Working out the keypad pins.mp4

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032 – 0670c Keypad wiring.mp4

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033 – 0670d The phone keypad.mp4

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034 – 0680a Keypad 1wire connection Introduction.mp4

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035 – 0680b Keypad 1wire connection wiring.mp4

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036 – 0680c Keypad 1wire connection sketch.mp4

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037 – 0690a Keypad with the 74922 decoder IC Introduction.mp4

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038 – 690b Keypad with the 74922 decoder IC wiring.mp4

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039 – 690c Keypad with the 74922 decoder IC sketch and demo.mp4

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040 – 690d Bitwise operators.mp4

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Section Quiz

08 – Graphics screen Using a 18 TFT screen shield with joystick and SD card

09 – Graphics screen Using a 22 TFT with SD Card

10 – 28 inch TFT display with touch interface and SD card module

11 – Graphics screen using the 128×64 OLED SPI SH1106 display

12 – 8×8 LED matrix display

064 – 0760a Introduction.mp4

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065 – 0760b Single display wiring.mp4

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066 – 0760c Single display sketch.mp4

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067 – 0760d Single display drawing.mp4

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068 – 0760e Custom graphics.mp4

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069 – 0760f Animation.mp4

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070 – 0770a Four 8×8 LED matrix display introduction.mp4

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071 – 0770b Four 8×8 LED matrix display graphics primitives.mp4

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Section Quiz

13 – Seven Segment Displays

072 – 0750a Introduction.mp4

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073 – 0750b Single display pin role discovery.mp4

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074 – 0750c Single display wiring.mp4

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075 – 0750d Single display sketch.mp4

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076 – 0750e Single display working out the digit byte array.mp4

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077 – 0752a Single display with a single resistor.mp4

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078 – 0752b The sevseg library.mp4

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079 – 0753a Dual seven segment display pin discovery.mp4

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080 – 0753b Dual seven segment display wiring.mp4

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081 – 0753c Dual seven segment display sketch.mp4

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082 – 0754a Single seven segment display with shift register Introduction.mp4

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083 – 0754b Single seven segment display with shift register wiring.mp4

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084 – 0754c Single seven segment display with shift register sketch.mp4

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085 – 0755a Seven segment clock display Introduction.mp4

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086 – 0755b Seven segment clock display pin discovery.mp4

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087 – 0755c Seven segment clock display wiring.mp4

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088 – 0755d Seven segment clock display sketch.mp4

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089 – 0755e Seven segment clock display Demo and wiring correction.mp4

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090 – 0757a Seven segment clock display & I2C backpack Introduction and wiring.mp4

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091 – 0757b Seven segment clock display & I2C backpack sketch.mp4

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092 – 0757c Seven segment clock display & I2C backpack demo and wiring correction.mp4

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Section Quiz

14 – LED strips

093 – 0810a White 12V LED strip with the TIP122 transistor Introduction.mp4

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094 – 810b White 12V LED strip with the TIP122 transistor TIP122 datasheet.mp4

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095 – 810c White 12V LED strip with the TIP122 transistor circuit.mp4

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096 – 810d White 12V LED strip with the TIP122 transistor wiring test.mp4

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097 – 0810e White 12V LED strip with the TIP122 transistor blinking.mp4

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098 – 0810f White 12V LED strip with the TIP122 transistor fading.mp4

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099 – 820a RGB LED strip with the TIP122 introduction.mp4

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100 – 0820b RGB LED strip with the TIP122 testing.mp4

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101 – 0820c RGB LED strip with the TIP122 circuit and wiring.mp4

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102 – 0820d RGB LED strip with the TIP122 sketch.mp4

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Section Quiz

15 – Neopixel LED modules

103 – 0830a Adafruit Neopixel 5×8 shield Introduction.mp4

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104 – 0830b Adafruit Neopixel 5×8 shield Quick setup and demo.mp4

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105 – 0830c Adafruit Neopixel 5×8 shield Sketch control single pixels.mp4

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106 – 0830d Adafruit Neopixel 5×8 shield Sketch draw graphic primitives.mp4

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107 – 0840a Adafruit Neopixel strip 8 LED Introduction.mp4

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108 – 0840b Adafruit Neopixel strip 8 LED Sketch introduction.mp4

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109 – 0840c Adafruit Neopixel strip 8 LED Circuit and assembly.mp4

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110 – 0840d Adafruit Neopixel strip 8 LED Sketch walkthrough.mp4

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111 – 0850a Adafruit Neopixel RGBW 30 LED strip introduction.mp4

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112 – 0850b Adafruit Neopixel RGBW 30 LED strip Wiring.mp4

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113 – 0850c Adafruit Neopixel RGBW 30 LED strip Programming and demo.mp4

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114 – 0850d Adafruit Neopixel RGBW 30 LED strip Sketch walkthrough.mp4

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16 – DC Motors

115 – 0899 Introduction to motors.mp4

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116 – 0900a DC motors principles of operation.mp4

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117 – 0900b Motor control with the L298N wiring.mp4

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118 – 0900c Motor control with the L298N sketch and demo.mp4

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119 – 0903a Motor control with the L8871 introduction.mp4

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120 – 0903b Motor control with the L8871 Wiring.mp4

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121 – 0903c Motor control with the L8871 sketch and demo.mp4

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122 – 0910a Motor control with the Adafruit Motor Shield v2 introduction.mp4

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123 – 0910b Motor control with the Adafruit Motor Shield v2 Wiring.mp4

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124 – 0910c Motor control with the Adafruit Motor Shield v2 Sketch and demo.mp4

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17 – Servo motors

125 – 0930a Introduction to servo motors.mp4

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126 – 0932a Direct control of a servo motor wiring.mp4

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127 – 0932b Direct control of a servo motor sketch and demo with one motor.mp4

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128 – 0932c Direct control of a servo motor sketch and demo with two motors.mp4

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129 – 0933 Define servo motor moves in an array.mp4

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130 – 0940 Continuous rotation servo motor.mp4

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131 – 0945a The Adafruit Servo Shield introduction.mp4

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132 – 0945b The Adafruit Servo Shield wiring.mp4

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133 – 0945c The Adafruit Servo Shield Sketch.mp4

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134 – 0945d The Adafruit Servo Shield Control an LED.mp4

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18 – Stepper motors

135 – 0950a Introduction to stepper motors.mp4

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136 – 0950b Dissecting a bipolar stepper motors.mp4

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137 – 0950c How to determine the coil wires of a bipolar stepper motor.mp4

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138 – 0952a NEMA17 with the L293 controller & Stepper library introduction & wiring.mp4

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139 – 0952b NEMA17 with the L293 controller & Stepper library sketch & demo.mp4

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140 – 0970a NEMA17 with the Easy Driver controller introduction.mp4

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141 – 0970b NEMA17 with the Easy Driver controller wiring.mp4

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142 – 0970c NEMA17 with the Easy Driver controller sketch.mp4

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143 – 0972a NEMA17 with the Easy Driver controller & AccelStepper intro &sketch.mp4

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144 – 0972b NEMA17 with the Easy Driver controller & AccelStepper demo.mp4

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145 – 0975a NEMA17 with the Adafruit Motor Shield v2 & AccelStepper intro & sketch.mp4

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146 – 0975b NEMA17 with the Adafruit Motor Shield v2 and AccelStepper Demo.mp4

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147 – 0980a Unipolar stepper motor with Adafruit Motor Shield introduction.mp4

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148 – 0980bUnipolar stepper motor with Adafruit Motor Shield determining coil wires.mp4

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149 – 0980c Unipolar stepper motor with Adafruit Motor Shield demo.mp4

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150 – 0982a Unipolar stepper motor with the ULN2003 driver introduction.mp4

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151 – 0982b Unipolar stepper motor with the ULN2003 driver wiring.mp4

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152 – 0982c Unipolar stepper motor with the ULN2003 driver sketch & demo.mp4

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19 – Networking with the Ethernet Shield

153 – 1100a Introduction to Ethernet networking.mp4

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154 – 1100b The Ethernet shield.mp4

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155 – 1101a Simple chat server introduction and wiring.mp4

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156 – 1101b Simple chat server demonstration.mp4

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157 – 1101c Simple chat server sketch.mp4

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158 – 1102a Simple chat server with LCD shield wiring and demo.mp4

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159 – 1102b Simple chat server with LCD shield sketch.mp4

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160 – 1110a Simple reporting web server introduction and wiring.mp4

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161 – 1110b Simple reporting web server sketch walkthrough part 1.mp4

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162 – 1110c Simple reporting web server HTTP request formatting.mp4

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163 – 1110d Simple reporting web server sketch walkthrough part 2.mp4

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164 – 1111 Simple reporting web server outputting CSV formatted data.mp4

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165 – 1120a Simple controlling web server with one LED wiring and demo.mp4

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166 – 1120b Simple controlling web server with one LED sketch.mp4

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167 – 1121 Simple controlling web server with two LEDs.mp4

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20 – Networking with the ATWIN1500 Wifi module

168 – 1210a Introduction to the ATWIN1500 Wifi module.mp4

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169 – 1210b Wiring the Adafruit ATWIN1500 breakout.mp4

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170 – 1210c1 Adafruit ATWIN1500 Wifi breakout simple demo.mp4

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171 – 1210c2 Adafruit ATWIN1500 Wifi breakout sketch walkthrough.mp4

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172 – 1210c3 Adafruit ATWIN1500 Wifi breakout firmware version check.mp4

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173 – 1210d1 ATWIN1500 Wifi breakout firmware upgrade.mp4

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174 – 1210d2 ATWIN1500 Wifi breakout SSL certificate update.mp4

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175 – 1210e1 ATWIN1500 Simple reporting server wiring.mp4

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176 – 1210e2 ATWIN1500 Simple reporting server sketch.mp4

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177 – 1210e3 ATWIN1500 Simple reporting server demonstration.mp4

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178 – 1211a ATWIN1500 controlling LEDs with a CSV file on Amazon S3 intro.mp4

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179 – 1211b ATWIN1500 controlling LEDs with a CSV file on Amazon S3 Setup S2.mp4

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180 – 1211c ATWIN1500 controlling LEDs with a CSV file on Amazon S3 Demonstration.mp4

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181 – 1211d ATWIN1500 controlling LEDs with a CSV file on Amazon S3 sketch.mp4

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182 – 1212a ATWIN1500 controlling LEDs with a simple web server introduction & demo.mp4

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183 – 1212b ATWIN1500 controlling LEDs with a simple web server sketch.mp4

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21 – Shift registers

22 – Simple Bluetooth connectivity with the HC06

23 – Bluetooth Low Energy BLE with the nRF8001

24 – Adafruit Bluefruit LE UART Friend

201 – 1240a Introduction.mp4

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202 – 1240b Pinouts.mp4

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203 – 1240c Wiring and Demo.mp4

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204 – 1240d Firmware update.mp4

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205 – 1240e AT Commands.mp4

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206 – 1240f1 Serial data link demo.mp4

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207 – 1240f2 Controlling data link demo.mp4

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208 – 1240g1 HID Keyboard sketch.mp4

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209 – 1240g2 HID Keyboard demo.mp4

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210 – 1240h2 Controller demo.mp4

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25 – Wireless connectivity with the nRF24

26 – Simple radio communications at 433Mhz

27 – The following sections contain lectures that are in the process of replacement

28 – External Storage

29 – Interrupts

30 – Memory and power management

31 – Internal pullup resistors

32 – Hardware debouncing

33 – Port expander

34 – Real time clock

35 – Controlling large loads with relays and friends

36 – Location sensing

37 – Make a barebones Arduino

38 – How to use Processing language with the Arduino

39 – Make your own simple library

40 – Simple security with a fingerprint scanner

41 – Internet of Things with the Helium platform

266 – 2340a Introduction to Helium.mp4

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267 – 2340b Helium hardware.mp4

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268 – 2340c Helium network explainer setup.mp4

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269 – 2344a Helium Dashboard setup.mp4

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270 – 2344b Helium Hello World setup.mp4

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271 – 2344c Helium Hello World Sketch.mp4

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272 – 2344d Helium random data.mp4

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273 – 2345a Helium real sensor data setup.mp4

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274 – 2345b Helium real sensor data sketch.mp4

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275 – 2345c Helium real sensor data demo.mp4

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276 – 2348 Helium configuration variables.mp4

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277 – 2352 Helium with a simple web service.mp4

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42 – Small projects

43 – Bonus Lecture

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Course Content

01 – Introduction to this course

001 – What is this course about.mp4

002 – Is this course right for you.mp4

003 – Finding your way around the course.mp4

004 – List of parts.mp4

005 – Two common questions about parts and tools.mp4

006 – How to ask a question.mp4

007 – How to report an error.mp4

Section Quiz

02 – The BME280 environment sensor

008 – 0490a Introduction to the BME280.mp4

009 – 0490b BME280 SPI wiring.mp4

010 – 0490c BME280 I2C wiring.mp4

011 – 0490d BME280 Sketch walkthrough and demo.mp4

Section Quiz

03 – The MPU6050 motion sensor

012 – 0540a Introduction to the MPU6050 motion sensor.mp4

013 – 0540b A look at the MPU6050 datasheet.mp4

014 – 0540c MPU6050 wiring.mp4

015 – 0540d MPU6050 Arduino sketch.mp4

016 – 0540e MPU6050 Processing demonstration.mp4

017 – 0540f MPU6050 bonus lecture.mp4

Section Quiz

04 – Compass and magnetometer

018 – 0590a Introduction to the HMC5883 compass magnetometer.mp4

019 – 0590b HMC5883 wiring.mp4

020 – 0590c HMC5883 sketch.mp4

021 – 0590d HMC5883 demonstration.mp4

Section Quiz

05 – The flex sensor and membrane potentiometer

022 – 0620a Introduction to the flex sensor.mp4

023 – 0620b Flex sensor wiring.mp4

024 – 0620c Flex sensor sketch.mp4

025 – 0630a Introduction to the membrane potentiometer.mp4

026 – 0630b Membrane potentiometer demonstration.mp4

Section Quiz

06 – The rotary encoder

027 – 0640a Introduction to the rotary encoder.mp4

028 – 0640b Rotary encoder wiring and quadrature encoding.mp4

029 – 0640c Rotary encoder sketch.mp4

Section Quiz

07 – Keypads

030 – 0670a Introduction to the keypad.mp4

031 – 0670b Working out the keypad pins.mp4

032 – 0670c Keypad wiring.mp4

033 – 0670d The phone keypad.mp4

034 – 0680a Keypad 1wire connection Introduction.mp4

035 – 0680b Keypad 1wire connection wiring.mp4

036 – 0680c Keypad 1wire connection sketch.mp4

037 – 0690a Keypad with the 74922 decoder IC Introduction.mp4

038 – 690b Keypad with the 74922 decoder IC wiring.mp4

039 – 690c Keypad with the 74922 decoder IC sketch and demo.mp4

040 – 690d Bitwise operators.mp4

Section Quiz

08 – Graphics screen Using a 18 TFT screen shield with joystick and SD card

041 – 0730a Introduction.mp4

042 – 0730b Setup graphics primitives and documentation.mp4

043 – 0730c Displaying images from the SD card.mp4

044 – 0730d Using the joystick and integrated button.mp4

045 – 0730e How to create your own user interface make the background image.mp4

046 – 0730f How to create your own user interface an example sketch.mp4

Section Quiz

09 – Graphics screen Using a 22 TFT with SD Card

047 – 0732a Introduction.mp4

048 – 0732b Wiring.mp4

049 – 0732c Simple demonstrations.mp4

050 – 0732d Displaying data.mp4

051 – 0732e The library and resources.mp4

Section Quiz

10 – 28 inch TFT display with touch interface and SD card module

052 – 0735a Introduction.mp4

053 – 0735b Setup the IDE.mp4

054 – 0735c Graphics functions and documentation.mp4

055 – 0735d Test the touch interface.mp4

056 – 0735e Test the SD card module.mp4

057 – 0735f Create a custom user interface image.mp4

058 – 0735g Create a custom user interface sketch.mp4