• Arduino Tutorial #2 – Sketch structure, variables and procedures

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    In this Arduino tutorial we look at Sketch structure

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  • In this video I cover the following:

    * What is Arduino?
    * What is the sketch structure?
    * What are variables and what types of variables – int, integer, float, floating point, byte, string array.
    * The build of the voltage divider for the voltmeter can be found in the Ohms law tutorial:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWLJAD…
    * What is the Arduino (software) IDE (interactive development environment) arduino-1.0.1
    * What is an Arduino library / libraries
    * Arduino philosophy
    * We take a look at the Arduno hardware.
    * I discuss the project for the tutorial, a voltmeter with Min Max Ave.
    * I talk about the Sparkfun serial enabled 16 x 2 LCD and the challenges it poses.
    * I talk about the Sparkfun serial enabled 20 x 4 LCD.
    * Arduino for beginners / dummies / newbies

    Arduino Uno R3 features:

    * ATmega328 micro controller
    * Input voltage – 7-12V
    * 14 Digital I/O Pins (6 PWM outputs)
    * 6 Analogue Inputs
    * 32k Flash Memory
    * 16Mhz Clock Speed

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    Handy websites:
    http://www.toddfun.com/
    http://www.arduino.cc/
    http://tronixstuff.wordpress.com/
    http://www.timnolan.com
    http://www.timnolan.com/index.php?pag…

    Arduino Site: http://www.arduino.cc/
    Arduino software / IDE: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
    Arduino forum: http://arduino.cc/forum/