INTRODUCTION
TO ARDUINO
ATL
ARDUINO
Arduino is the go-to gear for artists, hobbyists, students, and anyone with a
gadgetry dream.
Arduino rose out of another formidable challenge: how to teach students to
create electronics, fast.
With Arduino, you can control almost everything around you be it simple
LED or giant Robots.
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ARDUINO
Basically Arduino is Microcontroller.
Microcontroller is microprocessor with memory, RAM and some other
peripheral connected with it.
The Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328 .
The ATmega328 has Flash memory of 32 KB (with 0.5 KB used for the
bootloader). It also has 2 KB of SRAM and 1 KB of EEPROM
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF
ARDUINO
Boarduino Kit
Arduino LilyPad
DIY Arduino
Arduino Uno
Arduino Mega 2560
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ARDUINO UNO
What does it have?
14 Digital In/Out pins (6 can be used as PWM)
6 Analog Inputs
A USB Connection
A Power Jack
Reset Button
On-board LED
SCL/SDA pins (Serial Clock/ Serial Data pins)
In short, it contains everything needed to support the microcontroller;
simply connect it to a computer with a USB cable or power it with a AC-to-
DC adapter or battery to get started.
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USB
PWR IN
(to Computer)
RESET
SCL\SDA
(I2C Bus)
POWER
5V / 3.3V /
GND Digital I\O
PWM(3, 5, 6, 9, 10,
11)
Analog
INPUTS
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HOW TO CODE IN ARDUINO
You need to download Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
Arduino IDE is available for all Mac, Windows.and Linux.
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HOW TO CODE IN ARDUINO
Once you have downloaded and
installed/extracted the folder,
you can directly run Arduino.exe,
which will take you to its IDE.
The IDE will look like the shown
screenshot.
error & status messages
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PROGRAM YOUR ARDUINO
Before you start programming,
double check that correct board
is selected under Tools 🡪 Board.
Now, you can start playing with
Arduino.
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PROGRAM YOUR ARDUINO
The Arduino Uno can be
programmed with the Arduino
software. Select "Arduino Uno
from the Tools > Board menu
(according to the microcontroller
on your board).
All the peripheral connected
with Computers are using Serial
Port.
You can check port for Arduino
Uno in Device Manger.
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INPUT VS OUTPUT
Image from Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces at UC Berkley 11
6 MAJOR CONCEPTS
digitalWrite()
analogWrite()
digitalRead()
If (statements) / Boolean
analogRead
Serial Communication
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ANALOG VS DIGITAL
Microcontrollers are digital devices – ON or OFF. Also called – discrete.
Analog signals are anything that can be a full range of values.
5V 5V
0V 0V
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ANALOG VS DIGITAL
Analog Sensors ▪Digital Sensors
• Digital sensors are more
Sensors Variables straight forward than
Analog.
Mic soundVolume • No matter what the sensor
Photoresistor lightLevel there are only two settings:
On and Off
Potentiometer dialPosition
Temp Sensor temperature •Example, Push button, Switch
Flex Sensor bend
Accelerometer tilt/acceleration
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SERIAL COMMUNICATION
“Serial” because data is broken into bits, each sent one after another in a
single wire.
Compiling turns your program into binary data (ones and zeros)
Uploading sends the bits through USB cable to the Arduino
The two LEDs near the USB connector blink when data is transmitted.
RX blinks when the Arduino is receiving data.
TX blinks when the Arduino is transmitting data
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LET’S START
CODING
PROJECT #1 LED BLINK
digitalWrite()
Pune Makers ( http://www.meetup.com/Pune-Makers/ ) 17
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Status
Message
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THANK YOU
Sreerag
11 July 2025
