Arduino resources

Resources for students who wish to learn about Arduino.

Software

• Arduino IDE: Download the self-contained software. No experience required.
• Arduino extension for Visual Studio Code: An extension that adds Processing language support to the VS Code editor. Experience of integrated development environments (IDE) required.

Tutorials and Examples

• Getting started with Arduino
• Connecting Arduino to Max/MSP: Tutorial on connecting the two programming languages via Serial communication.
• Connecting Arduino to Processing: Sparkfun's tutorial on connecting the two programming languages via Serial communication.
• Fast digitalRead(), digitalWrite() for Arduino: Article on using lower level commands for time-critical program.
• ZX Distance and Gesture Sensor SMD Hookup Guide: Sparkfun's tutorial on connecting a distance and gesture sensor to an Arduino.

Libraries

• Arduino Libraries
• AccelStepper

Documentation

• Arduino Reference

Projects

• Pressure sensitive floor: Blog post by Jens Chr Brynildsen about building a pressure sensitive floor for a theme park in Hunderfossen, near Lillehammer, Norway.