I'm both excited and feeling goofy this Christmas break. Excited to explore the world of electronics that I've desired for some time, and goofy at how proud I am of the super simple projects that I've prototyped with an arduino and breadboard. I had a Raspberry Pi in the past, but the way that I utilized that was mainly as a cheap CPU and for coding. Arduino seems to be much more aligned to making programmable electronics. Suits me fine!
Thus far I've used the Elegoo Uno R3 (super starter kit; Amazon $30), which is a clone of the Arduino Uno (I think). It came with a set of tutorials and thus far I am up to buzzers (lessons 5&6). All of the tutorials can be gotten free @ elegoo.com/download.
Here's a quick list of what I've made:
- Blink_morse_i_love_u - The board "L" led blinks "i love u" in Morse code.
- RGB_LED_USA - 2 codes:
- switches LED from red to white to blue in a loop.
- blends color from red to white to blue in a loop.
- Digital_Input_LED - 1 button input pressed will trigger the morse "i love u" sequence and the other will turn the LED on for a few seconds.
I also found a few cool videos and updates for some things to think about moving forward as I seek to make cheap toys, gifts, nick knacks and other trinkets in the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMu1UjBxOiQ Arduino on a Proto-Board - Make it permanent!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sww1mek5rHU Arduino Uno to ATmega328 - Shrinking your Arduino Projects
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/17/how-to-program-a-really-cheap-microcontroller/
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