Arduino 101

What is the "brain" in this analogy?

• servo motors

• an arduino microcontroller

• what the tin man needed in the Wizard of OZ

• the input device of the system

What does Mark compare to the movement of lemon candy?

What are the 4 parts Mark says are needed for a robot or other circuit?

• input, brain, output, wires

• input, brain, output, battery

• affectors, brain, output, wires

• battery, brain, bulbs, switches

What makes builds featured so popular?

What does it mean that Arduinos are open source?

How many times does an Arduino type microcontroller run the loop?

• Only when a button is pressed.
• 4 times per second

• 400 times per second

• 4 million times per second

When programming a delay in a microcontroller, what unit is assumed?

• milliseconds (ms)
• hours (h)
• microseconds (µs)
• seconds (s)

Why are breadboards often used in prototyping or other electronic build?

match the concepts below

Groups:

(a) // text //

,

(b) void setup

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(c) void loop

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(d) C++

• comments that will be ignored in the code but make it easier to understand

• the loop or section of programming that includes rules and other parts that are ran once

• the loop or section of code that will repeat continually

• language that arduino code is based on

How would you like information like this presented in the future?

• interactive video here

• worksheet and direct lecture