Arduino Step by Step Getting Serious

Create Arduino gadgets that can communicate, move, interact, measure and detect.

Created by: Dr. Peter Dalmaris
Educator and Author of "Maker Education Revolution".

What Will I Learn?

• 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

Requirements

• You have a basic understanding of the Arduino
• A copy of the Arduino IDE
• You can write simple sketches
• You can create small circuits on a breadboard
• Basic tools, like a multimeter, a breadboard, wires, an Arduino Uno board, etc (a list of required tools and parts is available in the first section of the course, free to access)

Target audience

• Arduino makers that wish to improve their skills and knowledge
• Teachers who want Arduino resources for their classroom
• Maker space coordinators who are need an online resource for their members