You've Got an Arduino

Now What?

Created by Clay Dowling

What Is An Arduino?

An 8 bit microprocessor
A programming library

What Kind of Arduino Can I Get?

Official Arduinos

Cheap Arduinos

Build Your Own

Arduboy!

What Tools Do I Need?

Software

Arduino IDE

Hardware

Breadboard
Patch Cables
Multimeter

Beyond Blink

Learning

Online Tutorials

Adafruit
Sparkfun
Google

Books for Beginners

Short books from Make.
Arduino Cookbook from O'Reily.
Packt Publishing

Books for Deep Dives

The Art of Electronics, Horowitz & Hill

Expensive & worth it.

Full of math & scary diagrams.

Shields

Pre-built circuits that plug into an Arduino.

Fun Shields

Relay Shields - Control higher voltage circuits.

CAN Shields - Talk to your car.

I2C - Read sensors, control servos.

Motor Controller

Parts Kits

Sunfounder Super Kit

Building Something

Designing Circuits

Fritzing

Finding Parts

Amazon - Everything and fast delivery.
Mouser - Everything and good prices.
Bangood - Even more stuff, even lower prices, slow boat from China.
MPJA.com - Harbor Freight of electronics parts.

Power

Batteries
Phone Boosters
Mains Power

Hardest Part of Your Project.

Connections

Soldering - Only for connections on a circuit board.

Mechanical - Anything not secured to the circuit board. It will come loose at the most inconvenient time.

Some Real Projects

Animated Spider

Box Joint Cutter

Questions?

Thank You

ClayDowling.com

You've Got an Arduino Now What? Created by Clay Dowling