A very basic demonstration of a faux traffic light system through an Arduino Uno board, LED lights and a passive buzzer on a breadboard. A code listing from Arduino IDE is also shown.

The MATLAB internet installer is downloaded from MathWorks.com. It requires an account associated with a valid MathWorks license. This video walks through the setup and installation of MATLAB as well as adding packages such as the one...

A walk through of the Arduino IDE, the software used to program the Arduino.

What are all the components on that aesthetically pleasing blue Arduino circuit board? What does GND stand for, and what is with the "~" mark next to those plastic lifted holes mean?

This tutorial covers the hardware on the...

Have you ever had your internet go down? You call the service provider and the first thing they say is that you must unplug your modem and wireless router, turn off your computer, and scratch your keyboard 7 times with a chickens...

This week Michael sits down with Gabe Bentz, founder and Chief Engineer at Slant Concepts. Slant recently concluded a successful Kickstarter campaign for their latest invention ‘LittleArm’, a 3D printed desktop robot arm.

Nothing feels worse than getting a new Arduino board and then managing to destroy it after a manner of minutes.

An introduction to interrupts in programming.

A walk through of downloading and installing the Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Mac OS X computers

Controlling the colour level of a common cathode RGB LED, with each colour attached to a respective B10k potentiometer. Increase or decrease the level of each colour by turning a potentiometer. Uses Arduino Uno microcontroller.

On the Inaugural episode of the Programming Electronics Academy Podcast, Michael sits down for a chat with educator and electronics hobbyist Dan Massey.The two discuss how Dan first got interested in electronics (3:20), how his first...

7 Arduino Tips for New Programmers

Demonstration of a custom-built bluetooth dual-motor remote control car. Both car and remote control use Arduino Uno and Arduino Nano microcontrollers respectively, with independent HC05 bluetooth modules that are programmed to...

Demonstration of a custom-built LED Picture Frame consisting of a prototype board and multiple LED lights. The device operates with a light sensor, 2 x Arduino Nano microcontroller and 6 x SN74HC595 shift relay.

A demonstration of 2 x SN74HC595 shift register connected together in a 16-bit configuration. Use of 16 x LED (each LED representing a bit), 16 x resistor and 2 x breadboard. Arduino Uno microcontroller is used.

A walk through of using a code library with Arduino.

Do you have an application where you want multiple buttons for different user inputs? Maybe you have a timer and you want one button for minutes and another for hours.

But there is a problem – you only have room for one...

The final project is to put together all of the basic parts of the course to help you complete a project to design the temperature control for an egg incubator. This is an opportunity for you to review the course material as you use...

This final project is an opportunity for you to use the skills you've learned in this course to build a temperature control program that works like an egg incubator. Feel free to look back through the previous lessons as you...

Testing and demonstrating a photoresistor by adjusting light levels. Use of Arduino Uno microcontroller, red LED, mini photoresistor module and Arduino IDE (code listing and serial monitor output).

A quick demonstration of an IR remote music player. Each time you press a button on the special IR remote it outputs a respective tone through a passive buzzer. Uses Arduino Uno microcontroller and an IR receiver.

Did you know in the Arduino IDE that you can organize your code using different tabs? In this lesson, you’re gonna learn how to add these tabs, how they get organized in the Arduino sketch folder and how to use them in order to better...

Understanding how the Arduino IDE sets up its file directory system can spare you some confusion when it comes to saving, organizing and opening your Arduino sketches (or sketches you have downloaded from the...

In this lesson, we’ll walk through how to solder an Arduino Nano Every