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LESSON 1: Simple Introduction to the Arduino (Video -- this is the future)
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Posted on 10/21/2016 5:27:46 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

Video Link -- I only learned about Arduino yesterday. This might not be the best video to explain what it is, but it will introduce you to the concept.

Arduino is an open source company in Italy IIRC that essentially marries cheap-off-the-shelf hardware to simple code such that you and I can develop our own moving things (i.e. robots, drones, motorized camera mounts, etc.). The only limits are your imagination and determination.

Here's another shorter introductory video that might help...Thinking About Getting an Arduino? Watch This

And "believe me" (as Trump says), I am an old fart so don't tell me that old farts can't learn.;-)

You are smarter than you think.


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To: Mr. Jeeves

Interesting. Thx for that.


61 posted on 10/22/2016 4:43:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Thank you, Rooster!

I’ve been sick of the way affordable software keeps getting dumbed down.


62 posted on 10/22/2016 4:53:51 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Hillary's Trickle Up policy: take bribes, sell sleazy pardons, water down AIDS medicine.)
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To: RoosterRedux

LOL, Lord!, RR, don’t own a pair of waders that high. This is way above my water line :)

I have forwarded this information to those who do have the intelligence to understand and might find it beneficial to them. Thanks for the H/T!


63 posted on 10/22/2016 11:18:52 AM PDT by V K Lee (U TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: V K Lee

;-)


64 posted on 10/22/2016 11:28:56 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

bkmk


65 posted on 10/23/2016 9:45:27 AM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 (If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.)
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To: nopardons
Hate drones?

At age 70, I'm no longer capable of climbing a ladder safely, nor inclined to crab walk the crawl spaces to locate a possible leak or nasty smell from a decaying varmint, so the prospect of using a small drone with a video camera to go to those places intrigues me.

Just a small list of items where a small quadcopter drone will find beneficial use:

A quick visual check of my roof and gutters.

Harassing and attacking carpenter bees.

Inspecting my low attic space for evidence of roof leaks.

Under the bed fly through searching for lost socks and dust bunnies. As well as under my vehicles.

Exercising the dogs when my back is acting up... and maybe cobbling together a pooper scooper. ;>)

All this without having to program an arduino or raspberry pi... though I'm intrigued by the idea.

I welcome my little minions dedicated to doing my bidding.

Just imagine, calling them all forth at reveille, assemble for inspection, command them to drop and do 100 jump ups while I sip my coffee and grin.

66 posted on 01/17/2017 11:37:15 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: RoosterRedux

Did you ever build anything with arduino?


67 posted on 12/11/2017 11:43:37 AM PST by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring
I'm glad you mentioned it.

I haven't but I have been thinking about it in the dark recesses of my mind.

I am learning to code though (if you consider VBA for Excel coding). Have gotten pretty good at it.

68 posted on 12/11/2017 12:01:01 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

I’m trying to get a project going for our Boy Scout troop. Kill the Electronics and Programming merit badges while doing it. I just made my board blink for the first time. Next is conquering the bread board.


69 posted on 12/11/2017 4:36:05 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: RoosterRedux
I purchased the Elegoo Mega and I'm excited to figure out some fun things to do with it.
70 posted on 12/11/2017 4:40:18 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: Zirondelle
"Is Arduino the same as Raspberry Pi?"

Similar, but not the same. The Pi costs a little more, has more hardware features included on the board, runs Linux and has a larger support community while the Arduino is a more basic hardware package with your choice of several embedded operating systems - which may not be a benefit for new users that would like a simple Linux system but would be an absolute necessity for any applications that need high resolution timing. Arduino also has a smaller though very capable and very helpful community of users and developers.
71 posted on 12/11/2017 5:43:53 PM PST by Garth Tater (Gone Galt and I ain't coming back.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I’ve been teaching this to my 9 year old. This is definitely the future


72 posted on 03/23/2018 5:57:44 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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73 posted on 03/23/2018 5:58:44 AM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: Sawdring

How is the kit?


74 posted on 03/23/2018 6:06:55 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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