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Ask HN: How to start creating stuff with Arduino?
I have bought the arduino starter kit by fritzing ( http://fritzing.org/shop/starter-kit/ ) and played a little bit with it. Now I want to know how to create own circuits. How do I know what to put where? I know how to code, but are there tutorials on creating circuits out there I can read?
- atomical 16y agohttp://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/ http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/ I used these tutorials to get started.
- bitboxer 16y agoThis is good. Teaching about electronics with adruino. Exactly what I needed.
- kersny 16y agoHere are the answers to a similar question on StackOverflow a while back: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1690284/getting-started-with-arduino/ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1690284/getting-started-w... (Mine's the top one...)
- dholowiski 16y agoI don't know if they're still available, but the Forrest Mims electronics books that they used to sell at radio shack are absolutely awesome, teach theory and have tons of simple (and not so simple) circuits you can build. They're mostly analog though, digital is much easier, just connect a few parts together and then it's all code.
- rick_2047 16y agoI still do not get the point of an Arduino though. Its just an avr board with supporting circuitry. If you know C, picking up on avr-gcc is a day or twos job. Where was the need to have the new language? Where did all the hype came from?
- bitboxer 16y agoIt's targeted at Beginners (Developers and Artists) who want to start getting into creating electronic stuff. And it's great for that target audience (including me ;) ).
- rick_2047 16y agoI started using atmega32 controllers before college. I had some prior C experience but nothing with controllers. I found it very easy to learn it that way, why can't people pick it up that way? Why is arduino better?
- bitboxer 16y agoIt's easier to start with a board that is ready for you to use. Hook it onto a usb port, start the app and add everything you want to build on a breadboard. No soldering no nothing. From 0 to blinking LEDs in 5 Minutes.
- rick_2047 16y agoBut when you do that you miss out on important concepts which you should know. Its not always necessary to get an app working. I do this to learn, and by skipping steps I am skipping concepts. But then again, in my native language you say "जैसी जिसकी सोच" (everybody thinks different).
- SingAlong 16y agoEach person has his own way of learning. You seem to be forcing your perspective on others. Bitboxer is dead on with his facts. IMHO there's a lot more fun in getting something working quickly without much setup/learning. And there are people who like it that way (I belong to that group for sure). It's like asking why use Heroku or AppEngine when you can maintain your own VPS. Because it's easier. Doesn't mean skipping using your own VPS will do you bad.
- ehsanul 16y agoConcise electronics for geeks: http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/electronics/ http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/electronics/
- bitboxer 16y agoThanks! Great link with tons of details.
- SingAlong 16y agoThere's a bunch of good Arduino tutorials here with nice pics too http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Tutorials/Tutorials http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Tutorials/Tutorials