Tutorial 01 for Arduino: Getting Acquainted with Arduino

[youngceb]

Thanks for the tutorials, you should add more detail in explaining some code

[tyson42]

when defining constants at the beginning of the sketch like the ones in this video, does this assign the name of the constant to a pin or just a number?

[jessechanproductions]

hey guys, i'm getting this error on my macbookpro os 10.5.8, hooked up to arduino uno.

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

any idea how i can get around this?

[scottvomit3]

ok i typed in everything exactly like you have it on the screen and im getting errors to i am new to arduino what do i do?

[tribudelmate]

+1 for Age Of Empires!

[coleus]

Question: I wanna do this. Is that the Arduino Uno and will the software be compatible with my Macbook 10.5.8 OSX?

[mexicanmansam]

Also, they are functions not methods, because a method is called by an instance of a class. ;D

[mexicanmansam]

I have done C and C++ for a couple of years. I have, however, never done anything with hardware control with C. I'd assume that you would have more control with it?

[tyson42]

Is there anywhere else I can watch your videos? Youtube only wants to load about 5 seconds at a time before it needs to buffer again. And it seems to be only your videos so far.

[chartle1]

@tyson42 Hit pause and let it buffer a bit before you hit play again.

[tyson42]

@chartle1 That's what I was doing, but waiting 45min+ for it to buffer was getting kind of old.

[chartle1]

@tyson42 ok thats bad even for my slow network at work.

[Whisper6911]

Arduino is NOT simpler then C, it IS C.

[rampage222555]

cant figure out how to install the drivers on this...

[fabse64]

Can't you say "const int ledPin = 13;"? That would be a real constant then.

[DethScarred]

@fabse64 he could also use capital letters.... That drives me mad lol

[rogueqd]

Thanks Jeremy. After watching some of your videos I bought an Arduino Uno. I just finished writing my LED flashing script. A small but significant step! I just wanted to let you know that another Arduino hacker has been born and it's your fault, lol.

[xXkonnorrigbyXx]

I see minecraft! :D

[vishme87]

I used an external LED instead of the in-built one and instead of using the digital pin 13 I tried using the Analog pin A0-A5 and the rest of the connections were exactly the same, Why does it not work?? hope this isnt an insanely stupid question!!!

[zoidbergVII]

@vishme87 As I understand it the analog pins are for signals in only. They can not output. I suggest a PWM digital pin if you want to adjust brightness.

[vishme87]

@zoidbergVII

oh ok.. dat makes sense. Thanx a ton.

[batisDSL]

Does every arduino board use the same language and commands ?

Which arduino board you suggest me to take ?

[zoidbergVII]

@batisDSL I was thinking this but as I understand it only difference is ports not features and they all program the same, I got an Uno R2 arduino, which is pretty much identical to the R3 for most purposes except it cost £5 less. So get which ever you want/afford

[Malasug]

Checked the comments and changed the com port from 1 to 3 and now the light is blinking. You Rock. Once again thanks for the excellent video.

[Malasug]

Thanks for video, it is really great. Everything worked fine until I uploaded then I got the following message:

avrdude: stk500_getasync () : not in sync: resp=0x00

Any ideas as to where I went wrong?

Thanks

[NiNxfoNx]

thanx man!

[marwanENGLAND]

do you know how to import code from arduino board

[bagatelox]

What camera do you use make your videos? I find it good quality...

[XnolovelostX1]

Whenever I connect the USB to the UNO. The light doesn't turn on.Help please!

[Anton338]

Awesome :)

I love your shirt.

[azmanic]

hey thanks for the vid its really helped but i have a question can we hook the Arduino to a lightng program such as madrix

[TeachPCIsrael]

you are AWESOME!

I just wanted to comeback to programing and you just all I need!

thanks for the opnesource atitude.

:]

[TakronRust]

Dude, slow down.

[eburger07]

@TakronRust at moments I can hardly follow him :)))

Seems to be a smart guy!!

[EvaBongoria]

@TakronRust Dude, rewinding is a click away. Guess what else - you can rewind infinite times.

[dragoninfire123]

can i use arduino ATmega1280?

[999mar99]

very helpful series, thanks a lot!

[coolgreenchilli]

Arduino Uno bought,delivered & first program up and running! Thanks!

[ajcgkm]

That music sounds very kraftwerky I would really appreciate it if you let me know what it is and who it's by please....

[CuriousInventors]

Kudoos to you my friend for uploading this video. I got my first Arduino an hour ago by mail and i have started to go through your videos. They are very helpful. Keep up the good work.

[PotadoTomado]

Wow, this seems like lots of fun. If only I had the necessary hardware!

[basiaska1]

hi. after uploading i m getting this error..

avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x30

I m super new to arduino.. any idea what it might be?

[sciguy14]

@basiaska1 That usually means the board either isn't plugged in, doesn't have power, the right serial port isn't selected, or the right board type isn't set.

[atomichockey]

@basiaska1 i am getting the same message it was my com port. go to start,controlpanel and keep going to device manager as jeremy showedthen go to ports, see which port the arduino is on and go to arduino software and go under tools and select the coresponding com port. that should do it

[logan9539]

Got a Arduino Uno for Christmas, I'm a noob on it. Although i have played around with a basic stamp before.

[TheHistoryOfChannel]

Would I be able to learn to use the Mega 2580 by watching these videos?

[TheHistoryOfChannel]

@TheHistoryOfChannel oh, and what does "function 'void setup()' is initialized like a variable" mean?

[sciguy14]

@TheHistoryOfChannel Is your setup code in curly braces? {}

[sciguy14]

@sciguy14 yes

[sciguy14]

@TheHistoryOfChannel You mean Mega2560? Yes - these videos apply to all arduinos.

[reedsintn]

Very cool thanks

[electroamtu765]

Why can't I upload properly? The IDE says "compiled" but nothing happend on the UNO. The orange LED flashes and that's it.

[ibpavlov]

Really cool tutorials start for me.. looked everywhere for something like this. Specially when i am a programmer and AI creator, and just started learning electronics.

This will be fast start for my project :)

[futrongamers]

the video above mr.roboto avoids a wall is the result of these tutorials

[Knewscript]

Can I make 2 arduino's work together,or make a dual processor?

[sciguy14]

@Knewscript You can have them communicate via serial.

[deadmanrunning2893]

sexy :)

[stuckinmybox]

Im just starting with arduino.. i bought a Arduino ATmega328 board ... will your tut's work with this?

[sciguy14]

@stuckinmybox yes

[AJon2733]

this is good..

[Karoberos]

I want to know the name of the intro music. But what a great job you've done with these video tutorials. Continue in this way. ;-)

[snagle114]

Hi, I would like to make a portable apron using LED's or any other light source like fiber optics, el wire etc. functioning different colors at different time intervals is this possible. 

[oldtimegamelover]

If I am just getting started with Arduino which board should I buy to follow along with the tutorials? Is there a difference between the Arduino Uno R2 and R3? Or are they the same? Is the Arduino Uno SMD also different? Please help! I Just want to know which 1 to buy to follow along with the tutorials! btw, best tutorial ever man! I've watched a lot of them too.

[covertads]

@oldtimegamelover I think any of them will do but just go for the latest which is R3.

[sciguy14]

@oldtimegamelover Any of those will work fine.

[123456789robbie]

you are my second favorite person.

[Moeisabeast12]

i'm confused, what does int do? on arduino.cc it doesnt have that written in the code, what does it affect? thanks =D

[covertads]

@Moeisabeast12 "int" defines a variable which can have a number in the range of -32,768 to 32,767. ledPin holds the number 13 in it which corresponds to the Arduino's built-in LED which is number 13.

[2mnyshp]

is there an actual important difference between "#define LED_PIN 3" and "int LED_PIN 3;)

[covertads]

@2mnyshp Nope

[TheReubarbscons]

thanks man!!!

1080 :)

[Stefanefrieh100]

problem uploading to board

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

please help

[bevaninaustralia]

Nice vid, ty

[filladellfea]

as someone who doesn't know a lot about computer engineering, this was an awesome tutorial.

[I38]

Cool! Thanks man! This tutorial is amazing!

[nickbouwhuis]

Witch one should I start with? As a beginner. Where can we buy it?

[otamanlvhs]

@nickbouwhuis I read in the books that Arduino Uno is good for start.I'm myself a beginner and I bought my Arduino Uno off ebay.You can buy from there too.If you're willing to wait few weeks shipment you could buy it from Chinese sellers for about $20.

[nickbouwhuis]

Witch one do you have?

[TheRealTobobias]

Great Tutorial, I just got the arduino and am a new in this.

Every time I start a new projects do I have to press the reset button? I mean, if i unplug my arduino. And then open another sketch, do I just upload it? With out any thing else?

[covertads]

@TheRealTobobias Just you just upload a sketch and the Arduino will reset itself after the upload is done, so it loads the code you just uploaded

[intercomsec]

Been looking for something like this for a while. Extremely well done.

[TransitloungeRecords]

hello SciGuy :D i just bought my teensy 2.0 board. am trying to make my midi controller. it has push buttons and encoders. i only have midi - buttons from the teensy menu of teensyduino. i cant get my pots or encoders to work. can u show me how to do it.?? :D thanks

[pogi09282805724]

NICE SHIRT!

[MrFlankster]

Wall outlets are AC, Batteries are DC.

[lyokofan4life]

im thinking of getting a cheep Arduino kit off ebay do you recomend a Arduino



[neochills99]

can we have more videos.. on arduino.. more like PWM etc?

[steppenwolf72]

Hi I just saw the arduino from element14, it is very cool. Being Atmel user I am actually considering geting arduino. speaking of Atmel I have my STK500 which RS-232 to USB adapter would you recommend me?

Thanks nice show!

[gjanitt]

problem uploading to board??????

avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00

avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51

please help

[sciguy14]

@gjanitt That usually means the board either isn't plugged in, doesn't have power, the right serial port isn't selected, or the right board type isn't set.

[chemiealex]

@gjanitt same here! fixed it by unplugging, trying to upload again, etc... over and over again ;)

avoid unplugging the arduino when it's still running a script!!!!!

[stuckinmybox]

@gjanitt I just got my first arduino (Duemilanove) this board and older ones do not have a auto reset option as does the Uno and newest nano and others... hit the upload button then hit the reset button on your arduino and it should work... had this problem one both windows xp and linux ubuntu... after doing this works on both.. there is a hardware hack for this also ..or get an uno to get by this issue

[spinlizard1]

New to electronics and just bought a Uno. Your tutorial was very very helpful. Many thanks!

[waheedrafiq]

I am 33 and I found this very useful always wanted to get into Robotics and this is my chance please also upload your video on iTunes and Android podcast

[inventionaddict]

what does your shirt mean?

[garfrankwyn]

Thank you, this was very helpful.  Cheers!

[1point61803]

Thanks a ton for these vids. My high school lacks any electronics related class and this is great.

[meastral]

How can H-A-R-D-ware be open source? I thought S-O-U-R-C-E is something that has to do with S-O-F-T-ware. Actually it doesn't make any sense, except if it is open hardware and not open source...

[smurphs33]

Sweet! Good to know that it's basically using the same interface and (to an extent) the same syntax as Processing.

[FiXe0]

What is the song at begining?

[ledguy315]

Thank you for the help about the drivers!!! I was about to kill my uno, until I found this video.

[MrMooseful]

Sincere thank you for this series

[grandmasterhack]

whats wrong with c?

[sciguy14]

@grandmasterhack Nothing is wrong with c. Did I Imply that there is?

[grandmasterhack]

@sciguy14 lol no you didnt i was just wondering if people found the arduino language better or something. thanks for the tutorial, will order the uno for my birthday. lol i might even change my career to a ECE. wanted to be a game developer and later work on operating systems but this seems a lot more fun.

[sciguy14]

@grandmasterhack The arduino language is so easy that it just makes prototyping much faster and easier.

ECE is lots of fun. I look forward to work every day because I get to solve a different puzzle.

[EPICT0ASTER]

@grandmasterhack he said it was annoying and cumbersome. that's what's wrong with it.

[CrusherAU]

@grandmasterhack C does not sound as cool as "Arduino"

[conortimms]

You Play Minecraft !!!!!!! :D

[St33zuschrist]

very clear, subscribed!

[InfraStricture]

Unofor most projects is best!

[lowIQ04]

arduino is like arduino nano somewhat right>?

[sciguy14]

@lowIQ04 Arduino Nano is just one available type of arduino.

[lowIQ04]

@sciguy14 whats better nano or uno?

[iampriteshdesai]

good video, the most helpful beginner's video. I'm planning to get an arduino soon, but I'm confused which model to pick?

[formulaformula1133]

@iampriteshdesai just get a uno ;) and when you feel for it, get a mega, more outputs and inputs on it, and if you want to, get a nano or mini, its just smaller, mostly

[Bashar46]

Awesome Video

[minniman1234]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

THIS HELPS A TON!!!!

[kcinkcinkcinnick]

thanks !!!!!

i really want to make an LED arrey and i hope after all these tutoriols i'll be able to make one :)

[Androidxdronex]

Awesome video keep it up! Lol I want that shirt xD

[JerichoKaren]

what does and ECE stands for?

[sciguy14]

@JerichoKaren Electrical and Computer Engineering

[startgroup]

Great vid. Thank you.

[Dericgf]

Awesome tutorial !! Keep it up !

[hero2006]

Great video! Thanks!!

[AndyPeterson320]

You are a nerd...the best nerd. Be proud and thank you for the vid

[dfgfdghgg]

hi, this is the wrong vid i know but is there ary way you can use a shift registor to connect to boath + and - on a led display,, i am using a 74HC595 like using arduino's pins as ground than positive realy fast for multiplexing

thanks

[danaug23]

Great Job!!! Thank you

[blahyourhamster]

Really great tutorial, very professional! :)

[legoclockfreak710]

im having the same problem as stanzzang... error message "Could not find the main class: processing.app.Base... but my seriel port button in the tools menu is grayed out... any tips?

[nrsmac]

Beaker!!!!!!!! Love your wallpaper. (mi mi mi mi MMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!)

[loco15912]

Man keep up the good work.

[DartecTube]

Hi Jeremy, This a fantastic series of tutorials on Arduino. It has answered a lot of questions and shown them in simple visual terms. Brilliant. For those seing this for the first recommend watching all teh series!! Please keep up the good work. Regards Ray.

[hobomnky]

hmm is that language the same as java cuz it seems to be the exact same

[whatnottobe]

please help, im using windows 7 starter and i downloaded the arduino 22 thing from arduino.cc and when i try to udate the driver i cant find that driver thing and that means i cant install my arduino and use my uno, please help if you help you get 2 automatic subs!

[mathieuplasse1]

Thanks for the videos !

[whatnottobe]

your so smart!

[AnOddBot]

Nice series you've done. Saved me going through a horrible book to learn some pretty cool stuff. Hoping to see more like this!

[Insignificantful]

The intro music is awesome.

[Qtip760]

any reason why when i type ledPin at beginning it doesnt bold itself?

[Qtip760]

@Qtip760 nm got it

[Josh350]

Amazing video, thank you for the explanation. I'm a "noob" with this but I intend to make a helmet using some LED matrix screens and using this chip to code it.

I made one last year with out using a code my first project was just a bunch of LED's flashing randomly but attaching them to 4 9v batteries and using an on/off switch to control them plus the fans added to the helmet.

I'm really stoked for this new project, I hope it works so I can show it to you.

[sciguy14]

@Josh350 Cain't wait to see it!

[Josh350]

@sciguy14 Now like stated before I'm a noob. Do you believe I can connect 6-8 led screens on one chip?

As far as voltage I understand the voltage can't exceed 7-12V and I can work with that but as far as powering up 6-8 8x8 RGB LED matrix screens do you believe it can be done?

[stanzzang]

I've just downloaded the software from arduino.cc and unzipped the file. However, when I click on "arduino" like in the tutorial, I get an error message "Could not find the main class: processing.app.Base. Program will exit." Can you tell me why I get this error? Thanks. Oh, I'm using Windows7 x64

[sciguy14]

@stanzzang Several Things could cause that. Try redownloading first. Next, try removing the Java folder from the arduino directory. Next try reinstalling the Java JRE on your system.

[chocsbaka]

i have a arduino blackwidow v1.0 do i still follow this tutorial? or it doesnt apply to me at all? sry kinda of a noob here

[sciguy14]

@chocsbaka Yes, it's basically just a Duemilanove with wireless.

[chocsbaka]

@sciguy14 owh hey thanks.. so which tute do i follow if i wanna learn to control dc motors?

[swashbladeRC]

Minecraft!!!!

What language does the ide use?

[sciguy14]

@swashbladeRC It's a custom language for the arduino based on processing, java and c.

[tinylittler0b0t]

Hey i get a error message and i was hoping you could tell me what it means "function void setup() is initialized like a variable.

[tinylittler0b0t]

@tinylittler0b0t I did exactly the same as the tutorial, it hasn't worked.

[sciguy14]

@tinylittler0b0t it's just "void setup()"

[cpg1028]

@tinylittler0b0t pay closer attion to the brackets on the left margin they are { and } not () that should help

[thecplpunishment]

Outstanding videos, Thanks for doing them.

[majcherek128]

Try using VLC for screen-recording. Then you should be able to maintain a lot better framerate for the videos. Just a little tip.

[sciguy14]

@majcherek128 Yeah, I switched after this first video. All the new ones are much better quality.

[Pirochiro]

Shouldn't constants be #defined?

[xanaxist]

wow, it's super easy to develop whatever you want using this board, compared to PIC, or normal AVR great .

[beefinator14]

Hey it's funny sciguy and Beefinator are the usernames I always use for internet stuff, YouTube, arduino forum, etc. And when either of those are taken, I add a 14!

[sciguy14]

@beefinator14 so you're the one stealing sciguy14....

[sail2steam]

Excellent video series. Your knowledge and ability to share it is impressive. Thanks!

[faceplant98]

Hey i get a error message and i was hoping you could tell my what it mean "function void setup() is initialized like a variable.

[sciguy14]

@faceplant98 don't write "function"

[faceplant98]

@sciguy14 i dont have function written anywhere 

[sciguy14]

@faceplant98 send me the whole program so I can see what's wrong with it. Use the contact form on my website.

[sush150]

im thinking of getting an arduino, but which is cheaper building it yourself or buying it?

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