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Looking for Arduino tutorials? You’ve come to the right place.
Learning how to use an Arduino board is a good first step if you’re interested in programming, hardware, and robotics.
An Arduino board is simply a hardware board with a micro-controller and some connectors – digital/analog pins, USB port, etc. This will allow you to connect your Arduino board to many hardware components and other computers.
With Arduino you can create so many different hardware projects. As you’ll quickly discover, Arduino is also backed with a very strong community, with which you can share your own projects. And also get help in forums or tutorials like the ones below.
The Arduino tutorials you’ll find here are mostly focused on the programming side of Arduino.
Here are some of the topics we cover (non exhaustive list):
Scroll down to see all the Arduino tutorials. You can also use the search bar (top right). If you don’t find what you want, feel free to contact us, and we might create a new Arduino tutorial directly from your needs!
Also, for more video tutorials you can go to the Robotics Back-End Youtube channel. There you’ll find additional Arduino tutorials.
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In this tutorial I will show you how to setup and use an IR (InfraRed) remote controller with Arduino. You will learn how to map each button of the controller to a specific action, so you can make your Arduino programs more dynamic. After reading this post you will be able to fully integrate any … Read more
In this tutorial I will show you how to make the Arduino pulseIn() function non blocking, using interrupts. Actually what we’ll try to do is to reproduce the behavior of pulseIn() without using it. I will not explain what is pulseIn() and how it works here, for that please check this pulseIn() tutorial first. The … Read more
The Arduino pulseIn() function may be quite hard to grasp at first. However, this function can be very useful to be able to read data from certain sensors. In this tutorial I will explain what is a pulse, how the pulseIn() function works, and how to use it in your own programs. >> Watch this … Read more
What are the different Arduino variable types? Whether you are a complete Arduino beginner or you already know how to program, this guide will help you discover and all the most useful Arduino variable types. First of all, Arduino is a subset of C/C++, with additional functionalities related to the hardware features of the board. … Read more
In this Arduino tutorial I will show you how to turn an LED on and off with a push button. In fact, we’ll do 2 slightly different applications. First, we will power on the LED when the button is pressed, and power off the LED when the button is not pressed. And then we’ll modify … Read more
What is the Arduino INPUT_PULLUP option for the pinMode function? In this tutorial I will show you different examples, using an Arduino board and a simple push button, to explain what INPUT_PULLUP does, and how to use it in your Arduino programs. And… Let’s get started! Quick recap about pinMode With Arduino you can use … Read more
When you open a new program in the Arduino IDE, you immediately get empty void setup and void loop functions written for you. void setup() { // put your setup code here, to run once: } void loop() { // put your main code here, to run repeatedly: } What are those void setup and … Read more
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to properly use the delay() function to add some delay between 2 actions in your Arduino programs. Then, you will discover why using delay() is often not a good idea when you want to make your programs scale, and how to fix that. All right, let’s get started! Why … Read more
In this tutorial I will show you how to control your Arduino board using only JavaScript (with Node.js) and the Johnny-Five npm library. The Johnny-five library will communicate with your Arduino board using the Firmata protocol. It’s a great way to quickly write code for your Arduino directly from your computer, and integrate it with … Read more
Have you ever wanted to control your Arduino board from a Raspberry Pi (or your computer), using only Python and not the Arduino language? Here comes pyFirmata, a Python library based on the Firmata protocol. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to setup pyFirmata and write complete programs using real hardware. You’ll need: An … Read more