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Arduino Tutorials for Absolute Beginners (Paul McWhorter)

Sikhami InstituteEnglish

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  • 68 video lectures (32h 12m)
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About this course

Paul McWhorter teaches electronics and programming with Arduino, step by step, with real circuits and homework in every lesson. Who it's for: students, hobbyists and teachers starting with electronics and IoT. These are the free, official videos of the "New Arduino Tutorials" playlist from the Paul McWhorter YouTube channel (youtube.com/@paulmcwhorter). All videos belong to Paul McWhorter; Sikhami is not affiliated with Paul McWhorter and simply arranges the public playlist into a course, so you can learn one lesson at a time and keep track of your progress.

What you will learn

• Setting up and programming the Arduino • Circuits, Ohm's law, LEDs and resistors • Analog and digital inputs and outputs, and PWM • Loops, conditions and serial communication • Sensors: buttons, photoresistors, temperature and humidity, ultrasonic distance • LCD displays, shift registers, joysticks, DC motors and IR remote control

Course content

1 section · 68 lectures · 32h 12m

  1. 1. New Arduino Tutorials

    • Arduino Tutorial 1: Setting Up and Programming the Arduino for Absolute Beginners23m
    • Arduino Tutorial 2: Understanding How Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Work38m
    • Arduino Tutorial 3: Understanding How Breadboards Work30m
    • Arduino Tutorial 4: Understanding Arduino Variables25m
    • Arduino Tutorial 5: Understanding and Working With Binary Numbers24m
    • Arduino Tutorial 6: Build an LED Binary Counter37m
    • Arduino Tutorial 7: Understanding the Arduino Analog Write Command15m
    • Arduino Tutorial 8: Understanding Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) and the Arduino Analog Write Command19m
    • Arduino Tutorial 9: Understanding Ohm's Law and Simple Circuit Design29m
    • Arduino Tutorial 10: Understanding How To Read Analog Voltage using analogRead Command28m
    • Arduino Tutorial 11: Understanding the Arduino Serial Port and Print Commands25m
    • Arduino Tutorial 12: Understanding Potentiometers28m
    • Arduino Tutorial 13: Understanding Arduino If Statements36m
    • Arduino Tutorial 14: Dimmable LED Project29m
    • Arduino Tutorial 15: Understanding Arduino For Loops20m
    • Arduino Tutorial 16: Fun With Arduino For Loops14m
    • Arduino Tutorial 17: Understanding Arduino While Loops21m
    • Arduino Tutorial 18: Reading Numbers from the Serial Monitor27m
    • Arduino Tutorial 19: Reading Strings from the Serial Monitor30m
    • Arduino Tutorial 20: Understanding RGB LED's27m
    • Arduino Tutorial 21: Understanding and Mixing Primary Colors with an RGB LED15m
    • Arduino Tutorial 22: Understanding and Using Active Buzzers to Add Sound to Your Project22m
    • Arduino Tutorial 23: Changing Tone of an Active Buzzer5m
    • Arduino Tutorial 24: Understanding Passive Buzzers21m
    • Arduino Tutorial 25: Understanding Photoresistors and Photo Detectors36m
    • Arduino Tutorial 26: More Fun with Photo Resistors31m
    • Arduino Tutorial 27: Understanding Pushbuttons and Pull Up and Pull Down Resistors25m
    • Arduino Tutorial 28: Using a Pushbutton as a Toggle Switch21m
    • Arduino Tutorial 29: Using Push Buttons to Create Dimmable LED41m
    • Arduino Tutorial 30: Understanding and Using Servos in Projects18m
    • Arduino Tutorial 31: Using Servo in a Simple Project37m
    • Arduino Tutorial 32: Understanding and Using Joysticks in a Project24m
    • Arduino Tutorial 33: Understanding How to Control Servos with a Joystick49m
    • Arduino Tutorial 34: Simplest Way to Use a Pushbutton Switch10m
    • Arduino Tutorial 35: Understanding How to Use a Stepper Motor40m
    • Arduino Tutorial 36: Understanding How to Use Tilt Switches in Your Projects20m
    • Arduino Tutorial 37: Understanding How to Control DC Motors in Projects31m
    • Arduino Tutorial 38: Using a Tilt Switch Cut Off With a DC Motor17m
    • Arduino Tutorial 39: Using a Joystick to Control DC Motor Speed and Direction33m
    • Arduino Tutorial 40: Controlling DC Motor Speed and Direction with Pushbuttons45m
    • Arduino Tutorial 41: Understanding Hexadecimal Numbers and Why They Are Important45m
    • Arduino Tutorial 42: Understanding How to Use a Serial to Parallel Shift Register (74HC595)52m
    • Arduino Tutorial 43: Binary Counter with 74HC595 Serial to Parallel Shift Register13m
    • Arduino Tutorial 44: Understanding Logical Shift Left and Logical Shift Right with the 74HC59511m
    • Arduino Tutorial 45: Understanding Circular Shift Left and Circular Shift Right with the 74HC59515m
    • Arduino Tutorial 46: HOMEWORK- Create a Binary Bit Flipper with the 74HC5953m
    • Arduino Tutorial 47: Binary and Hexadecimal Bit Flipper14m
    • Arduino Tutorial 48: Connecting and Using an LCD Display50m
    • Arduino Tutorial 49: How to Build a Simple Calculator with LCD Display33m
    • Arduino Tutorial 50: How to Connect and Use the DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor29m
    • Arduino Tutorial 51: DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor with LCD Display57m
    • Arduino Tutorial 52: Portable Temperature and Humidity Sensor with DHT1119m
    • Arduino Tutorial 53: Understanding and Connecting the HC-SR04 Sensor40m
    • Arduino Tutorial 54: Measuring Speed of Sound With HC-SR04 Sensor29m
    • Arduino Tutorial 55: Measuring Distance With HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor31m
    • Arduino Tutorial 56: How to Graph Live Data Using the Serial Plotter11m
    • Arduino Tutorial 57: How to Plot Multiple Channels on the Serial Plotter15m
    • Arduino Tutorial 58: How to Build a Portable Distance Sensor with the HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor6m
    • Arduino Tutorial 59: How To Build a Portable Distance Detector With the Ultrasonic Sensor1h 19m
    • Arduino Tutorial 60: Add a Go Button to your Distance Sensor24m
    • Arduino Tutorial 61: Improving Precision of Your Distance Measurements27m
    • Arduino Tutorial 62: Understanding How to Use Dimensional Analysis17m
    • Arduino Tutorial 63: Dimensional Analysis Example Problems13m
    • Arduino Tutorial 64: Understanding and Using the Infrared (IR) Remote to Control a Project37m
    • Arduino Tutorial 65: Creating Useful Commands from IR Remote Buttons27m
    • Arduino Tutorial 66: Controlling DC Motor, Speed and Direction with a Remote1h 0m
    • ARDUINO TUTORIAL 67: Create a Remote Controlled RGB LED with Brightness and Color Control4m
    • ARDUINO TUTORIAL 68: Make a Remote Controlled RGB LED with Brightness and Color Control1h 10m