Arduino/C++WEEK 3 – ARDUINOS ARE HERE!

PRESENTED BY: UBCO IEEE STUDENT BRANCH & NICHOLAS KROEKER

OMG ARDUINOs!!!THE EXCITEMENT OF CHILDREN ADULTS EVERYWHERE

Just kidding, Breadboards First.THESE ARE FUN TOO.

But first, what is a breadboard?

Full name is “Solderless Breadboard”; the solderless part is assumed

Essentially, a breadboard is a things with a bunch of holes that you stick parts in.

The solderless part means you don’t actually have to solder the parts together in order to have electrical connectivity*

*But ask Nic how many times he’s spent hours tracking down a loose connection…

But first, what is a breadboard?

Basically, avoid this.

Arduino Time!

Care is of the utmost importance NO STATIC!! – try to touch something metal (preferably grounded)

Avoid lovely, warm, fleecy clothing

Avoid stomping around on carpets

Avoid plastic chairs + movement

Don’t breathe

Until you know better, only use USB for power Automagical anti-static protection

It’s current-limited by your computer, and only supplies a max of 5V

Nothing you do with the Arduino (or USB cable) will damage your computer*

*unless of course you find some higher voltage somehow to pump through, but that might still be fine

What you got VS. What we said

ATmega32u4 16MHz 8-bit AVR architecture

32kiB of flash/program memory (non-volatile)

2.5kiB SRAM

1kiB EEPROM Storage (electrically-erasable programmable read-only memory)

Full-Speed USB (12Mib/s or 1.5MiB/s)

Can act as any device!!

ATmega328p 16MHz 8-bit AVR architecture

32kiB of flash/program memory (non-volatile)

2.0kiB SRAM

1kIB EEPROM Storage

CHINA vs. AMERICA (via China)

ARDUINO TIME!!COMMENCE FUN.

Arduino IDE Setup

Launch the Arduino IDE

Click through Tools Board, select Arduino Micro Yes, you have to do this every time.

Click through Tools Serial Port, select the right one We’ll figure this out

Yes, this every time as well. Some computers even assign a new COM port when you unplug/plug-in the Arduino to the same USB port.

Click through File Examples 01.Basic Blink

Stare at code intensely until it does something cool