Introduction To Arduino
Introduction To Arduino
Introduction To Arduino
Introduction to...
Arduino
Contents:
Introduction [20 min]:
1. What is Micro-Controller?
2. What is Arduino?
3. Types of Arduino.
4. Arduino UNO board.
5. Sensors:
- Digital, Analog sensors.
- Light sensors [IR sensor, Photo-Resistor].
. Coding structure and examples [30 min]:
1. Data types and operators.
2. What is Function?
3. Control statements [if, if else, switch case.].
4. Loop statements[while, for, do while.].
5. Common functions.
. Workshop[20 min] DC motor control:
1 Introduction
It is a micro-computer. As
any computer it has internal
CPU, RAM, IOs interface.
It is used for control
purposes, and for data
analysis.
Famous microcontroller
manufacturers are
MicroChip, Atmel, Intel,
Analog devices, and more.
[list]
What is Arduino?
A microcontroller board, contains on-board power
supply, USB port to communicate with PC, and an
Atmel microcontroller chip.
It simplify the process of creating any control
system by providing the standard board that can
be programmed and connected to the system
without the need to any sophisticated PCB design
and implementation.
Arduino.
Atmel
MicroControll
USB port er
Power input
Analog input.
Power Supply
Digital or Analog?
All physical quantities are analog.
Digital and analog.
Analog means that the quantity can take any value
between its minimum value and maximum value.
Digital means that the quantity can take specific
levels of values with specific offset between each
other.
Ex: 1- Digital:
English alpha consists of 26 letter, there is no letter
between A and B.
- Square waves are Digital.
Ex.: 2- Analog:
Temperature, can take any value[-1,12.8,25.002,
etc.].
- Sine waves are analog.
Sensors:
A device that transforms the physical quantity into
electrical value.
Ex.: Light sensor transduce the light into change in
voltage or resistance.
Sensors
Light sensors:
- Photo-Resistor [photo-cell].
- Photo-Diode.
- Photo-Transistor.
Sensors
Photo Resistor:
- The value of the resistance
depends on the incident light
density.
- 1 K-Ohm at light, 10 K-Ohm at
darkness.
Photo Diode:
- The current is controlled by the incident light
density.
Sensors
Photo Transistor:
- Base-emitter junction is controlled
by the incident light density, has
an amplification effect.
2 Arduino Coding.
may need to know about these typed: Array, Boolean, byte, etc. here.
Statement and
operators:
Statement represents a command, it ends with ;
Ex:
int x;
x=13;
Operators are symbols that used to indicate a
specific function:
- Math operators: [+,-,*,/,%,^]
- Logic operators: [==, !=, &&, ||]
- Comparison operators: [==, >, <, !=, <=, >=]
Syntax:
; Semicolon, {} curly braces, //single line
comment, /*Multi-line comments*/
Statement and
operators:
Compound Operators:
++ (increment)
-- (decrement)
+= (compound addition)
-= (compound subtraction)
*= (compound multiplication)
/= (compound division)
Control statements:
If Conditioning:
if(condition)
{
statements-1;
Statement-N;
}
else if(condition2)
{
Statements;
}
Else{statements;}
Control statements:
Switch case:
switch (var) {
case 1:
//do something when var equals 1
break;
case 2:
//do something when var equals 2
break;
default:
// if nothing else matches, do the default
// default is optional
}
Loop statements:
Do while:
do
{
Statements;
}
while(condition); // the statements are run at least once.
While:
While(condition)
{statements;}
for
for (int i=0; i <= val; i++){
statements;
}
Time: 10 min.
3 References