Hello, I am a beginner in Arduino. This is my first forum to post.
I am feeling stuck in how to learn more about Arduino. Youtube videos are a bit too hard or too easy. Of course I found some that were good, but only in the programming part. I want to concentrate in the electronics part. I want to understand more how arduino works and its features and how modules and sensors work. Is there any where you may recommend I can find like videos that start with easy things, and graduate to harder things so I can get better understanding of Arduino? I also prefer when I mean by "harder things" is that the hardest is something experts do it, so basically from beginner to expert videos or a book. Thanks.
(Just a note: I am not sure which category is this, or even if this site supports this types of question, so it would be helpful to correct me.)
Thanks for the suggestion. I already understood all the modules and sensors in the "Elegoo Arduino Uno R3 Most Complete Starter Kit Project", but that's why I am stuck. I want to get deeper than that, and understand deeper of how they work, so that I can even open them up. The fact that I can only find basic information is what I don't want. Like for example "Connect the wires like showed in the diagram into the LCD" is not what I want. I want "So the first wire do that, then the second wire do that ,etc". Is it possible to find such a thing?
Hello, thanks.
Thanks for clarifying that Arduino is a tiny part of that world. But actually, the reason I started Arduino, or I believe most people's reason, is it get basic knowledge of electronics and those things.
"Then search for Electronics tutorials/online classes the best ones will focus on Electronics proper and may not mention Arduino at all."
And that's my point of question, I believe you specified my question even more. It's: Who exactly post good tutorials that gets from beginners and gradually go to expert? May I have a channel name?
I already purchased Arduino uno, mega, and nano (But in nano I just was able to upload the blinking example, it was when I was completelty beginner), I also got Esp32 and was able to use it's bluetooth and understand it.
Hi, good suggestion, but I believe it might prove hard to understand from there. But it might be a good way to check whether a question of mine in the future is answered there or not, so thanks.
Hello, thanks for the suggestion. That was one of the best ideas I was going to do, but I am running out of project ideas (It's not that I don't have the idea, but the materials are expensive or hard to find). Is there any project you suggest that needs lot of work, but simple materials? I tried searching online but they gave me simple or very advanced projects, but CNC machine was a great idea I found and which I am working on, but I need another ideas if possible.
I like a greenhouse controller for this. You can start very simple: if it's too cold, turn on a heater. If it's too hot, run a fan.
From there you can add numerous sensors and features to control the greenhouse. Then you can add a web page to add external monitoring. Later that can extend to configuring or overriding what's going on.
Then add solar power and battery to run the Arduino and monitoring power levels. Add sensing and reporting for water use. etc. etc.
I suggest you start by reading the section on how the ports work to control the digital inputs and outputs. These are easy to play around with by connecting LEDs and buttons to them then manipulating the registers to read an input pin and light an LED on an output pin.
My experience with micro-controllers is that once you understand how one bit works the other bits are a lot easier to understand because they all follow the same logical structure.
In the United States, there are community colleges in or near every city or larger town. I learned so much about programming and electronics by taking courses there. Also amateur radio is a great way to learn electronics at your own pace.