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Slide 1: Arduino workshop Over The Air, 2008-04-04

Slide 2: Workshop format ● Intro talk ● Hands on projects – Blinking LED – Reading a sensor ● Wireless communication – demo – code (Arduino and Series 60 Python) Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 3: Aside: control my name badge + = Text 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188 e.g. badge fuchsia, badge #ff0000 Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 4: What is the Arduino? ● Platform for physical computing... ● ...and for tinkering ● Can run standalone or networked ● Cheap (£20) ● Extensible ● Open source Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 5: All shapes and sizes Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 6: What's on the board? Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 7: Summary ● ATMEGA168 AVR microcontroller ● Headers for pins (analogue, digital, serial, power) ● USB port and USB-serial converter ● Power regulator ● Reset switch ● Status LEDs (power, serial, debug) Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 8: Inputs (sensors) ● Sound (microphone) ● Light (light dependant resistor) ● Heat (thermistor) ● Motion (switches, dials, flex, pressure, accelerometer, Wii nunchuck, IR/ultrasound ranging) ● Remote events (serial input from computer) Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 9: Outputs (actuators) ● Sound (buzzer, speaker) ● Light: visible, IR and UV (LEDs) ● Motion (motors, servos) ● Other devices (using relays) ● 3D printer (Rep rap) ● Remote events (serial output to computer) Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 10: Programming the Arduino Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 11: How? ● Computer (Linux, Mac, Windows) ● Arduino IDE ● USB device cable ● Arduino Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 12: Demo ● Switch to Arduino development environment... Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 13: Communicating via Bluetooth + = Code at www.roddis.org/s60python Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 14: RTFM Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 15: Thanks ● Alex Deschamps-Sonsino, Tinker.it ● Lincoln Smith, University of Sussex ● Elisa Canducci for illustrations Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188

Slide 16: Any questions? ● Contact me: tristan@roddis.org Tristan Roddis, Cogapp 'badge <colour name>' to 07960 731188