Before we start controlling the world of Arduino, we’ll need to set up the software (IDE – Integrated Development Environment) to program the Arduino boards. The Arduino IDE allows us to write programs on our computers and upload them to our boards. Have a look at the previous tutorials. Lesson-01 Introduction to Arduino Lesson-02 …
The Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328P. The Uno board has 14 digital input/output pins (6 of which can be used as PWM outputs), a USB connector, an ICSP header, a 16MHz quartz crystal, a power jack, and a reset button. The board contains everything needed to support the microcontroller, all…
What is Arduino? Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use software and hardware. Arduino has a variety of boards that have the ability to read inputs, turn on/off a sensor, turn on an LED, or even publish something online. With the Arduino programming language and the Arduino software (IDE), a programmer has the…
An electronic breadboard simply refers to a solderless breadboard or you can also call it a circuit builder. Breadboards are one of the most fundamental electronic components required by beginner student engineers when learning how to build circuits. Breadboards are a great choice for building temporary circuits, testing out new components such as ICs and…
This tutorial will mainly focus on the most often used batteries in our D.I.Y Mechatronics projects as there are quite a number of different battery technologies on the market today. We shall cover a number of things concerning batteries which include but not limited to the following; the different types of batteries, the defining characteristics…
There are a ton of switches out there (such as toggle, dip, rotary, push-button, rocker, etc) with unique characteristics to differentiate them from others like what action flips the switch or how many circuits a switch can control as we are yet to uncover in this tutorial. Have a look at the previous tutorials;…
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use a digital multimeter (DMM). A Multimeter is an essential tool that is used to diagnose and troubleshoot circuits. It’s capable of measuring multi-ple things related to electricity such as voltage, current, resistance, continuity, capacitance and so on, hence the name “multimeter”. It is your number one go-to…
In this tutorial, we are going to look at the two circuit configurations that is, Circuits connected in series and circuits connected in parallel. We’ll see how they differ from one another using simple circuits containing the most basic of components, resistors, capacitors, inductors and batteries and also explore what happens when all these components…
A Capacitor is a two-terminal electrical component and just like a resistor, its one of the fundamental passive components we often use when building electrical/electronic circuits. It is very hard to find a circuit without a capacitor on it. Capacitors are special components because of their capability to store energy just like a fully charged…