Beginning question - How to really get it?

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Hi, I started using Arduino and have used the tutorials, but when I start making something on my own, I get lost, I don't really know where to start. Any advice for a complete idiot? How were you able to do it?

thanks

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Try playing around with the tutorials and expanding on them - if the example blinks a single LED, try blinking two LEDs at different rates.
Work out what is different.
If the example plays a tone, try making it play a tune.

If you give us some idea of what you want to do, maybe we can point you at how to adapt examples.

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Thanks for your response! I downloaded the tone library and was trying to make the tones change with a sensor.

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That's another great practice technique - mix and match different tutorials available to create more complex experiments.