Fun with Arduino - a Series of Introductory Videos

[RudyB]

Fun with Arduino 01 Getting Started in 6 Easy Steps.

I bet almost everyone here at the forum has heard about the Arduino and how much fun and how useful it can be to model railroaders and to other hobbyists.

Price is no issue at about 3,- £$€. But not every hobbyist has affinity with electronics or with software. To some the initial hurdle can be just too steep, even while there may be an interest to get started with Arduno and to try things out.

That is where the plan arose to do a series of articles and videos titled 'Fun with Arduino' ... aimed at anyone who is not an IT specialist (yet ).

The first video is out: Getting Started in 6 Easy Steps.

[RogerB]

Hi Rudy - and welcome to the "new" MRF - good to see you on here. I am no techie and will look forward to seeing how these pieces of kit can be made to work. R-

[RogerB]

Rudy has a lot to do with model railways and many other subjects. The Arduino is an electronic piece of kit that can supplement and add further dimension to a layout for those who are interested. As far as I know it does not have the capability to design the layout in terms of track work, but if it can be made to do so then Rudy will probably be the man to show us .

R-

[Brian]

Welcome to the forum Rudy.

I have set up a sub forum for your Arduino topics and am happy to do similar for other specialist topics.
I along with many others on here I'm sure will enjoy and gain much from watching your excellent tutorial videos.
Please continue to add to the collection

[RudyB]

Hi Brian,

Would you like every new video to have a new post here, or rather a continuation / reply to this thread?

Rudy.

[Brian]

If they are Arduino topics then best is to post them all here as a continuation.

[Walkingthedog]

Thanks they will keep me occupied.

[Mr Bones]

Have been watching these and enjoying them. Very informative and easy to understand. Thank you and keep them coming.

[Paul-H]

Will be following this with interest

Paul

[RudyB]

In this video we start writing code ( 4 lines )

The goal is to switch the on-board LED on when a push button is pressed. We'll come across commands like pinMode, digitalRead, digitalWrite and we even throw in an if-then-else.

Link to Fun with Arduino 02 Digital Input and Output