Mastering Arduino Uno: A Beginner's Guide

The foundations track. A focused grounding in the Arduino Uno itself — the board, the IDE, digital output and input, ... Show more
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Asma Afzal
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A focused grounding in the Arduino Uno itself — the board, the language, and the four skills every project after this one depends on: driving outputs, reading inputs, talking to your computer, and measuring the world in more than on and off.

This is the foundations track. It covers no sensors, motors or displays; it makes sure that when you meet them, nothing about the board or the code is still a mystery.

What you will learn

  • What a microcontroller is, and what every pin on the Uno does
  • How to install the IDE, and write, compile and upload a sketch
  • Breadboards, jumper wires and how to choose a resistor
  • Digital output: LEDs, and dimming them with PWM
  • Digital input: buttons, floating pins, and pull-up and pull-down resistors
  • Serial communication in both directions — the debugging tool you will use forever
  • Analog input: the 10-bit ADC, potentiometers and light sensors

How it works

Thirteen chapters across five sections, worked through in order. Each gives the wiring, the complete code, and a line-by-line explanation, and ends with a real-world application question.

Ready for more? The Arduino Explorer Kit Course continues from here with sensors, motors, displays and a full final project.

Certificate included
Course details
Duration 13 chapters
Lectures 13
Quizzes 5
Level Beginner
Complete all five sections to finish the course.
Desktop, tablet and mobile
Basic info
The fundamentals of the Arduino Uno and its programming language, without any assumed background. The groundwork for every other Arduino course.
Course requirements
An Arduino Uno, a USB cable, a breadboard, jumper wires, a few LEDs, resistors, a push button, a potentiometer and an LDR. A computer running the free Arduino IDE.
Intended audience
Complete beginners to electronics and programming, and anyone who wants the underlying ideas properly before moving on to sensors and motors.