Super Simple Arduino - Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show: Episode 03

[thenerdyouknowabout]

That's the ultimate advert for maker shed!! Pretty cool though!

[fede142857]

My reaction to a 10 year old girl working with electronics: *acting like the angry german kid*

This is literally super-awesome. Kipkay is literally super-[insert bad words here]

[astriknon]

Very nice, I just used the code and made some changes, works great! At first I was confused because it didn't seem like it was strobing, but of course it was. I tried it on my CPU fan and I could read the AMD sticker clearly in the middle of the fan.

[sparkyrocky12131963]

AS AN ELECTRONIC ENGINEER FOR MOTOROLA I AM GLAD TO SEE KIDS LIKE THIS ONE GET INTO THE ELECTRONICS FIELD.

[pspheaven]

the sad thing is these kids are smarter than most adults and have a higher production value than most other shows on youtube

[thegamerandminecraft]

thumbs up if you saw she had "Sponge For Hire" spongebob dvd at 1:11

[maidbloke]

Oh boy, what an awesome video

[naurbrannon]

This kid must be having a lot of fun :D

[tomtortoise]

im not sure what im doing wrong, all the potentiometer (i tried 10K, 100K, and 1M) does is dim the LED but there's no strobing. If i remove the middle pin it slightly strobes but is very dim. I copy/pasted the code right from the link. i tried messing with the led and Potentiometer pins.

[BrittainDean]

Me and my dad? Don't you just mean... your dad?

[dragonknight211]

She's going to be a great great actress ;)

Your's so cute, Sylvia

[ebennett365]

i wish i had half of her brain

[94vujke]

pink ninja.jpg LOL xD

[cooler671]

The mousepad at 1:28 is a testboard :) nice ! :D

[thegoodhen]

But... But... The led has no resistor to it :X.

[thegoodhen]

@thegoodhen Oh, I see.

[kissubin]

sound good!

[justfornowthisone]

29 people missed the like button.



[tacsmeorae]

I'm her age but only almost as good. I can't program arduino yet, I still have to work some more on it.

[Benlew112358]

If i ever have a kid, this is how i want to raise them.

[zangetsu2k8]

@Benlew112358 I totally agree with you 100000000%! I will pass on all my programming skills early on!

[O0Ofuny]

pink ninja wt*

[apocalysp]

this is too cute, i wish my kid was like this one

[joebonsaipoland]

Sylvia, what an adorable show and a really smart beginner idea for the Arduino board!

[kissubin]

เสียง น่ารัก

[lindenmeyer11]

fantastic!



[0lMelhor]

Pink ninja FTW



[mbargone]

Really cool, great kid and intelligent dad

[M3ta7h3ad]

Bloody good vid. Really bright kid and a dad who clearly enjoys sharing his passion with his kids. Nice one! If this was a tv show when I was just a kid I'd have watched it 24/7. Bloody great idea!

[FearTriX]

Sylvia, you are SuperAwesome!

[ahvav]

@cmor2125 nice btw I know how to program, and I work with my 13 year old brother.

[thelonewolf267]

this is so cute

[Ilovelazers]

there not "pretty cheep" ther somewhat expensive!!!!!

[cmor2125]

@ahvav ya your brother probably does all the work and I'm only 13 and I do that too. I can solder and make complex circuits with resisters capacitors diodes timers transistors and arduino boards WITHOUT HELP even check out my channel for proof.

[ahvav]

I'm only 13 and me and my brother make many circuits with capacitors resistors and other stuff. we solder too, don't you think Sylvia is too young for this, soldering is way too dangerous for her.

[Nuke123Boom]

@ahvav i am 10 it only hurts a little

[lowIQ04]

id be a proud dad if my kid was like her haha

[rikzel]

in the future you will be the next bill gates ;)) sireousley you are so cool! all my friends can learn so mutch things from you!! you're verry smart! really cool!! SUBSCRIBE from me girl!

[jonidimo]

oh my god! I want a daughter like this!

[WhiterockFTP]

holy crap

[brionnach]

Sorry but this kid just grinds on me.

[conor1148]

this girl will rule the world.

[mrfreakengineer]

indeed she's super awesome "MIRACLE GIRL" i feel so bad about maself 1st time i hear about Diodes and L.E.D was when i'm 17 y.o. , "smart father"

[Shan23Studios]

Xcellent Channel GUYS, thank U so much, Arduino rules!

SO ENTERTAINING SO EDUCATIONAL

SO ENTERTAINING  SO EDUCATIONAL

SO ENTERTAINING SO EDUCATIONAL My warmest Regards

[NullPoint84]

wasn't going to sub to your channel until i saw you did a video about arduino, and then it was compulsory.

[Insektoid]

awesome :) i'm sure your dad is awesome too!!

[adamyosaki]

Excellent video, i enjoyed how it was made with lots of fun

[luxvoyager1111]

i just subbed to your channel even though you only have 4 videos because i think your are awesome! i have only just begun my playing with building electronics (and just ordered an arduino starter set) and i cannot say i totally understand it yet, but i definitely love it. hehe, even though i'm probably at least twice yer age, i would love to have you as a electronics teacher after seeing your videos :-)

[cotyslick]

Linux ftw should be the only way to program.

[MrJoeFlat]

this video is really made with love. great video. thumb up from me

[TokajiHiro]

Cute kid :) She's probably going to take over the world.

[RTZMackenzie]

im amazed at the quality of this video

[MahajiHaji]

So is she the next Bill Nye?

[stickman961]

cute :)

[holdupmaster]

Great video, this is really the impact science and tech should have on kids! Can't wait until my little un is a bit bigger!

[legoclockfreak710]

quick question... i noticed that for the finger flute... you didnt use the usb cable for a power supply... so might i ask how you hooked up the battery box to the arduino??? like... what cable goes where???

[xasdrubalex]

@legoclockfreak710 arduino can be powered through an usb cable, via usb driver IC and the power plug who goes directly to the voltage regulator.

i don't remember the diameter, but that's not tricky to find a suitable jack, it's very common then plug it in a 9volt battery socket and you're done.

[legoclockfreak710]

great!!! maybe now ill be able to get that daft punk helmet working!!!!!

[mikesnap97]

Hello,

recently ive purchases a arduino starter kit and also purchased some seperate resistors. i really dont know what wattage i need. i bought 1/2watt out of thought. please write back to tell me what you use to power an LED on an arduino.

[aayush10001]

@mikesnap97  supply and use a resistor if needed.yu can use the ohms law to find out what value of capacitor is needed

[caesiume]

In a few years she'll have forgotten all about this sort of thing, and will be hanging at the mall with the other vain, insipid bitches, thinking about how to attract males.

[NathanielShearer2015]

Left me thinking how I wasted my childhood.

[yourbartender]

Wow. I think I'll be using this video to introduce Arduino to my students. Who are university level Art / Design, even New media students but who for some reason are scared of electronics or think it is like black magic or something. (well luckily not all of them :)

[NonsenseAbounds]

OMG people are raging over current vs votlage being supplied to a 10c diode. Diodes are generally modeled as having a resistor, so if you throw voltage at it in a reasonable fashion, it should be ok. If it burns out, WHO CARES? They're cheap, and can be salvages from everywhere for free.

That's the point of the video, go mess around and see what shakes.

[omglolbbqftw]

Listening to the introduction theme once a day to vastly improve my mood.

[jawaadmahmood]

You and your family is an inspiration. If you need anything from Akihabara let me know :-D

[thebobr]

respect :D i want this girl on TV so my kids in the future can watch something more useful that shit on mtv

[AbsoluteMenech]

this is such a cool father daughter activity to do. this video rocks, well done guys

[Pistolen08]

You have re instilled my faith in having a child. Keep up the amazing work!

[OrangeKyo]

wow i am blown away by how amazing this show is.

[fornello123]

1:50 where did you get that pointy finger!??!?

[bwzsclem]

Words cannot encompass how awesome this is

[quehostia]

You are truly awesome Sylvia...and so are your parents.

[ethositachi]

You have awesome parents! And a great attitude. Keep it up

[LatestUFOSightings]

SURE IS EXPLOITING CHILDREN FOR OUR AMUSEMENT IN HERE

[Unbarmherzige]

you are the coolest young lady I've ever seen. Keep up the awesome science. I look forward to your next episode.

[Unbarmherzige]

you are the coolest young lady I've ever seen. Keep up the awesome science. I look forward to your next episode.

[StoverTV]

I learned more from than this I ever did in high school. Keep up the great work!

[robojob]

well done, super cool production! keep it up:)

[skippiperke20000]

Give her a college scholarship. Hell, give her mine; she'll put it to better use.

[metallicakixtotalass]

holy crap we're not looking at a future NASA engineer, we're looking at the next Bill Gates.

[guriboy]

Gah! In 10 years this kid will be owning the company I work for. Brains+Personality+Charisma = The Next Billionaire.

Remember us little folks, SuperAwesomeSylvia.

[mindscat]

Your parents must be amazing people. Well done!

[NapalmNewt]

THIS IS AMAZING. NEVER STOP!

[TheJVogs]

make a facebook fanpage

[drywater2k]

This might be the coolest and most encouraging thing I have seen, in the history of the Internet.

Great kid.

[yourboyrayray]

YOU ARE AWESOME PLEASE CONTINUE BEING AWESOME

[shaurz]

Arduino? How do we know?

[okterb68]

Please tell me that PBS, or the Discovery Channel or Sesame Street or anyone that makes kids programming has contacted this brilliant child's parents so that she can have her own show. This stuff is sooooooooooooooo awesome, and I'm not even a kid!

Seriously, if I were in charge of programming for a TV channel, I'd be falling all over myself to produce her show.

[excavatoree]

Forrest Mims book (in the background) for the win!!

[sush150]

whoa.. the black bars totally fooled me!

[surfertrick31]

AMEN to hyper080

[hyper080]

dam i wish i had a father who taught me things like this

[cherrybluesitsnat]

i heart your theme song. :D

[elwoodetubes]

please have this child adopted by a group of isolated Monks whom have little contact with the world

[cubemike99]

Hot damn. If this girl actually understands everything she's doing an not reading stuff off a script, she's going to be really well off later in life. At that age, I was rolling around in the mud (figuratively). Nice vid, Sylvia!

[nateschannelstuff]

man, i wish more kids had linux for pinging and hacking ha that tickles easy peasy

[nateschannelstuff]

man, i wish more kids had linux foor pinging and hacking

[thewii552]

let's get rid of these pesky black bars. LOL!

[kctess5]

What a thug

[1jbm2]

Sylvia, you are awesome and a delight to watch. Dad, you're pretty super too.

[francisroan]

how old are u????are u a part of make???naaa u are to young....

[soulreaverdoug]

5:23 dad, do i have to do this...

[TechNinja42]

@soulreaverdoug Ha! That's close. Some things you just have to get done. She was happy to have finished that after the 5th take or so

[srvaughan2]

Now, THAT is awesome!

[alexhwarang5]

how old are you? jeez you are smart!

[davidjereb]

LEDs are NOT meant to be supplied with voltage. They are supposed to be current driven. Remember that!

[TechNinja42]

@davidjereb So true! We're all learning. We'll be sure and make a correction somewhere, though it's a common beginners mistake to confuse voltage and current.

[Nadrealis]

@davidjereb How do you get them to light up without voltage? Isn't that impossible? How can you have current without voltage?

[davidjereb]

@Nadrealis LEDs, like all diodes, have a very steep U-I characteristics. So a small change in voltage causes a big change in current. And it doesn't take much to fry an LED. What you need to do is add a series resistor that flattens the U-I curve.

Another, better approach is a current source. This is a circuit that keeps the current constant by changing the output voltage. This is also very reliable for temperature changes. A simple current source can be made with an LM317 and a resistor.

[excavatoree]

@Nadrealis Sorry for butting in, but I think I can answer. A voltage source, like a battery or a power supply will source a constant voltage. The current will vary according to the load. A current source, is the opposite - the current will stay the same, but the voltage will vary according to the load. Because LED are as davidjereb describes, they are better controlled by a current source. There's still voltage, but we don't care what it is. For an LED, we care about the current.

[MultiJohn12321]

@davidjereb yup. .014 Amps. OOORRRRR three volts

[davidjereb]

@MultiJohn12321 You are so wrong. Current ratings of different LEDs vary. Some need just a milliamp or two, others can safely draw several amperes.

And like I said: DO NOT use a voltage source. All diodes have a pretty steep U-I characteristic. This means that a small voltage change can cause a huge current change. And like with the current: different LEDs, different voltage drops. And the temperature of the junction is also an important factor, since it moves the U-I curve.

[MultiJohn12321]

@davidjereb i know. some need 3 volts. others need 2

[davidjereb]

@MultiJohn12321 You still don't get my point.

[MultiJohn12321]

@davidjereb what point?

[Zed1967]

@davidjereb

The point she was making is that an LED is forward biased at about 2 to 4 volts and that the 5 volt digital level could damage the LED, a good point I thought. In the 30 years that I've been an electronic hobbyist and engineer I have always measured or known the the voltage in the application then done the calculation / known off the top of my head the resistor value for a particular LED and I'm certain this girl knows that too.

I also know that you and 37 others are conceited ass's.

[davidjereb]

@Zed1967 You might have been an engineer for 30 years and know this by heart, but people that watch this, and have no clue about diodes and their characteristic curves, could misinterpret the message and try to power LEDs directly from a DC source.

Also, since English is your mother tongue, I would expect you to know the difference between plural and expressing ownership.

[Zed1967]

@davidjereb

You can power LED's directly from a DC source no problem at all so long as you do not exceed it's maximum forward voltage (Vf) and this is exactly what Sylvia was talking about in the video @ 3:18. You only need a current limiting resistor if you exceed Vf. Get any basic electronics text book, chapter 1 or Wikipedia and look up and learn Ohms Law then look up LED circuit (Series resistor calculation) to see why your statements are incorrect.

[davidjereb]

@Zed1967 You are right. If you have a very well regulated DC source that has very low ripple voltage, you can actually power your LED without a series resistor.

But bad power sources can have a ripple voltage of 100mV or even worse. And due to the steep characteristic curve of the LED, 100mV can cause the current to double, blowing the LED.

By sacrificing half a volt on the resistor, you can flatten out the combined characteristic curve and make the circuit more tolerant to voltage changes.

[Zed1967]

@davidjereb

You are WAYYYYY over thinking on this one. It's an LED, not a circuit board with uber expensive semiconductors on it. If you look at the data sheet for an LED they give MIN TYP MAX for the various parameters. I have just done a random search for a red LED data sheet and they don't give a MIN value for Vf obviously but there is a TYP of 1.85 Volts and a MAX of 2.5 Volts giving a difference of 650 mV so a ripple of 100mV is unlikely to make a difference.

[Zed1967]

@davidjereb

You are WAYYYYY over thinking on this one. It's an LED, not a circuit board with uber expensive semiconductors on it. If you look at the data sheet for an LED they give MIN TYP MAX for the various parameters. I have just done a random search for a red LED data sheet and they don't give a MIN value for Vf obviously but there is a TYP of 1.85 Volts and a MAX of 2.5 Volts giving a difference of 650 mV so a ripple of 100mV is unlikely to make a difference.

[Zed1967]

@davidjereb

You are quite right about my misuse of an apostrophe though and I see no shame in admitting mistakes which is another lesson I think you should take on board.

[hiyori13]

ouch. Now I really feel bad about my freeduino/seeduino lying around. Sorry, sorry, I've been meaning to play with it, I have ideas for it, just haven't gotten around to it. Twenty hail buddas and 100 lines of coding.

[SuperAwesomeSylvia]

@hiyori13 That's more like it! Get to it, and report back how it went, we'd love to hear if it worked!

[smjjasdfa]

Best. Theme. Song. EVER.

[BeatMakerTV]

MAKE sumfin!

[fundamentallylux]

yay, sylvia!! i can't wait for the mod podge episode. keep up the great work!

[Cyde]

Wow, the humans are evolving faster than we expected...

Great work!

[Fapswitch]

You rock, Sylvia.

[irishmigit]

She's amazingly smart, I wish I understood anything as well as she does Electronics at her age.

[huertanix]

Epic video is epic. I wish more kids were using Linux for programming Arduinos.

[soulreaverdoug]

@huertanix i wish more arduinos were using linux for programming kids

[alphaman1101]

@huertanix with the amount or problems i had between the arduino IDE on linux and the arduino board... no way! It didn't ever really sync right: always errored out, and when it did half the time it didn't upload. Windows has yet to do that.. and yes, im using the same Java versions

[MrLinuxkid]

@huertanix Sorry, but i use Linux for everything since i was 9 yrs old, till now 14...

[alexWiiDS]

That was a great video. Not a great video for a kid. Just a great video. I'll be watching your other videos too. I'd love for my daughter to get into this stuff too. She's only 3 right now, so I think I have to wait a bit.

[ThomasBaluWalter]

This is more than great. It's Super Awesome!

[vxbinaca]

I'll have to pick up a Ardiuno now

[IndieGirl456]

Nice new camera. Great video once again.