arduino

"Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino boards are able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message - and turn it into an output - activating a motor, turning on an LED, publishing something online. You can tell your board what to do by sending a set of instructions to the microcontroller on the board. To do so you use the Arduino programming language (based on Wiring), and the Arduino Software (IDE), based on Processing."

As the software is similar to Processing language, the workshop was a bit easier to process. Below are some examples of what we made.

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This program was called 'blink'; the Arduino board is plugged directly into the computer and a code is written in Arduino Software to tell the led to blink on and off at the speeds you assign.

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		/*

		 * Blink

		 * Turns on an LED on for one second, then off for one second, repeatedly.

		 * This example code is in the public domain.

		 */  // Pin 13 has an LED connected on most Arduino boards.// give it a name:

		int led = 13;

		// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:

		void setup() {    

		// initialize the digital pin as an output.   

		pinMode(led, OUTPUT); 

		 }// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:

		void loop() {  

		digitalWrite(led, HIGH);   // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)  delay(1000);               // wait for a second  

		digitalWrite(led, LOW);    // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW  delay(1000);               // wait for a second }

		int potPin=0; 

		int ptValue=0;

		int led=9;

		void setup() {

		  Serial.begin(9600);

		  pinMode(led, OUTPUT);

		  void loop() {

		   potValue = analogRead(potPin);

		   analogWrite(led, potValue/4);

		   Serial.println(potValue);

		   delay(10);

		  }

		Another variation on the 'blink' is shown above using the breadboard attachment with connecting cables. 
	

		This is a setup with a potentiometer (An instrument for measuring an unknown voltage) and a Servo motor (electric devices that rotate or push parts of a machine).
	

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