Controlling Arduino Uno using keyboard

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Last week I bought the arduino starter kit and have finished the 15 beginner projects which included. Now that I'm a little more familiar with the system I want to make a very simplistic robot and was wondering if there was a way that I could write a code and import it to the arduino but then control it using my keyboard? Thank in advance

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If you mean to control it with the keyboard of your PC then all you need is a program on the PC to send the data to the Arduino. This Python - Arduino demo may help to get you started.

It is also possible to get a keypad (usually just numbers) that can connect directly to an Arduino - but I don't have any experience of them.

...R

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I have you tried linking a phone or tablet to a ardunio Via bluetooth ?

also I would suggest looking at this

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Sorry for being unclear, I want to control it using my PC. SO you're saying that i dont need to purchase a host shield for this?

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colinjalbert1:
Sorry for being unclear, I want to control it using my PC. SO you're saying that i dont need to purchase a host shield for this?

No. A USB host-shield is when you want to connect a USB device (such as a USB keyboard) to an Arduino - but I have no experience of using one.

...R

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Hi,
I think you need to use the Serial Monitor in the IDE to send commands to your UNO.

for example;

http://arduinobasics.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/arduino-basics-simple-arduino-serial.html

Hope it helps, good to see you got the beginners projects done.

Tom..... :slight_smile: