Arduino Micro

Projects General Guidance
1

Totally new to Arduino. Following a tutorial which says to connect wires to A0,VCC and GND. The is no pin labelled VCC on my board. Is there another that is the same just named differently?

2

Vcc is the pin with the voltage that the arduino is operating on - often labled either 5v or 3.3v depending on whether it's a 5v or 3.3v board.

It is not Vin - that's the voltage supplied to the barrel jack

3

here's a pinout

4

Okay, I follow what you are saying. But in the tutorial, there are only three connections to the board and no power,unless it is getting it from the USB jack. The three wires are from the potentiometer to the board A0, GND and VCC So where do I connect the wire that is to go to VCC? This is all new and a learning experience.
Thank you

5

The Arduino Micro is a 5v board. It is getting is power from the USB connector to your computer. The 5v will be passed through to the pin on the board labeled 5v.

6

I guess I am not understanding this. I have 3 wires from the pot. It is clear that the two outside wires go to A0 and GRND. WHERE is the third wire( the middle one) connected to on the board?

7

I have 3 wires from the pot. It is clear that the two outside wires go to A0 and GRND. WHERE is the third wire( the middle one) connected to on the board?

Most potentiometers have the two outer pins going to 5v and ground. The middle pin is from the "wiper" and goes top an analog input and reads some where between 5v and gnd.

8

Rec'd pot today. Wires are connected to board at A0, gnd and 5V. Center of pot to A0, and left and right to other 2 board pins. Regardless of connection of pots outer pins, not receiving and midi out put. Windows does recognize device as Arduino Leonardo. Sketch (compiled and loaded without error)that I found is:
#include <MIDI.h>
#include <frequencyToNote.h>
#include <MIDIUSB.h>
#include <MIDIUSB_Defs.h>
#include <pitchToFrequency.h>
#include <pitchToNote.h>
MIDI_CREATE_DEFAULT_INSTANCE();

#define expPin A0

int currentVal = 0;
int lastVal = 0;
void setup() {
// put your setup code here, to run once:
MIDI.begin();
}

void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
currentVal = analogRead(expPin);
currentVal = map(currentVal, 0, 1023, 0, 127);
currentVal = constrain(currentVal, 0, 127);

if(abs(currentVal-lastVal) > 1)
{
MIDI.sendControlChange(1, currentVal, 1);
}

lastVal = currentVal;
delay(5);

}

9

Regardless of connection of pots outer pins, not receiving and midi out put.

Are you able to read the pot and see changing values. First thing is to separate the hardware and connection issues of the pot from any thing else.

Windows does recognize device as Arduino Leonardo

What does this mean?

and how is it consistent with

Sketch (compiled and loaded without error)