So is it safe to assume that things like motors and servos, leds, buzzers, display work with ardunio if they dont explicitly state?
Also, if i bought things like ESC, and fpv cameras, or transmitter antenna for remote's from drone companys or toy rc replacement parts.
Basicly am i explicitly restricted to stuff that states ardunio compatable on the package?
No, you do need a full specification in order to determine whether a component is Arduino compatible
Failing that you need to test the component for yourself
You know the old saying: "assume" make an ass of U and me
The things themselves neither know nor care anything about Arduino; they just care that they get driven with the correct signals - with respect to voltage, current, timing, etc.
So you need to look at the specifications of those things, and see if those specification are compatible with the specifications of the Arduino you have in mind.
Voltage: Some Arduinos are 5V; some are 3V.
Current: Arduinos do not directly provide large amounts of current - so unlikely to drive motors directly.
Absolutely not - but the responsibility is then with you to carefully check specifications...
Even if the ad states that, your use of the item may or NOT be compatible!
It depends on what you mean by compatible. As long as you obey the voltage and current restrictions on the Arduino, it won't hurt the Arduino to connect it to other devices. That includes matching logic voltages. You cannot directly connect a 5V Arduino to a 3.3V sensor, for example.
Motors, servos and buzzers cannot be powered by the Arduino, and (except for servos) require additional components to control.
Indeed.
Another question is whether software support is provided or readily available - or if you'll have to write it all yourself from scratch.
So this is my old motherboard, I also have a 2 gig GTX card at the bottom of a closet I did not want to pull up to take a picture.
So how could I determine if any of these components are compatible if I'm able to successfully detach them intact.
Also are there any that someone can see right away that are parts that would be ideally very handy to keep in a part drawer so to make sure I take Extra Care removing those ones?
Thanks in advance
You didn't answer the question: what do you mean by, "compatible"?
Anyhow, you would first have to identify the part numbers of the components.
Then google those part numbers, and see if your required level of "support" exists.
To be honest, I think it's unlikely that you will find anything useful on a PC motherboard.
And that is a very big "if".
Apologies I thought that I was answering the question by showing the picture of the things I'm able to trying to make use of.
And I guess maybe it's more that I'm picturing it in my head as a smaller scope then it actually is.
So basically the things off the board would be anything that I could remove in a way that is still a viable component that I would plug into a breadboard, so basically any of the things better on pins that I can just melt the solder and slide it out, or the plastic mounting box that have male/female, which would at least allow me to use PC ribbon cables or whatever else can plug into those spots.
And I'm not sure if any form of Arduino even has modules or accessories or a components whatever the term would be for anything Arduino that could plug into those slots that things like video card and sound card and network card would typically go,
Maybe I'm just thinking that all these parts that look generic on circuit boards seem to be very similar in terms of the pin spacing and size, so I was just more thinking it might have been possible to collect these things and have a bag of parts like the one that came with my Arduino starter kit, as in my starter kit came with a ton of LEDs some capacitors a bunch of resistors a bunch of different types of buttons, a photocell and a light sensor,
I guess just right now I'm trying to grasp in my head what makes all those things that I can de-solder off the board different than all of the generic type of basic components that you can use in the plastic breadboard for prototyping.
Apologize if my questions are confusing but I'm just trying to grasp the function and use of many of the components in the tutorial lessons in a way that I could use these parts on my own when they are needed in a way that is not copy and paste off of the tutorial steps.
And also there's no place locally to buy little parts so I have to be order them from places like Amazon or AliExpress and the shipping a lot of times is about 30 bucks for a 30 Cent part so I need to either buy a lot of something I only need one of or I could try to pinch one off of something that would normally go to the recycling anyway.
Just in case it makes a difference I have autism and struggle with self learning, especially when there's a hundred different videos on the same thing using multiple techniques I cannot tell if it's a situation technique or if it's just that guys preferred way.
One type of autism is the inability to succinctly express yourself. I have a ham radio friend with the same problem and sometimes catches himself talking on and on and not making sense. Similar to the current Vice President of the US. The geniuses in the media just make fun of her word salads, not realizing her autism handicap.
As for removing components from a circuit board, you must have specialized equipment that will control the temperature of the component to keep from destroying it. Your board likely has lead-free solder which makes it even harder and hotter to remove components. Unless you have unlimited free time, there is little to be gained by removing the components.
Thanks for saying all that, so basically my takeaway is yes many of those parts could be feasible as similar scope to the generic things that are used in Arduino and non-ardrenal electronics interchangeably but I understand your explanation that in a nutshell if I had the proper means and skill sets to competently remove said parts I would already know the answers to the questions I've brought up.
And yes I really struggle with what you described other than my ability to self learn and take Concepts from different tutorials and pluck out sub steps of each to combine together, my brain just doesn't see that when I'm at the entry level skill set that is akin to a monkey fisting a crayon.
Would there be anyone willing to work with me over Discord a couple times a month or once a week something to basically help me with removing a bunch of components properly from that little helicopter in the picture but I posted and adding and Arduino Nano Pro to it as a swap up for the proprietary board.
I already I'm pretty sure all the components not directly soldered to the board are compatible I just need to be able to figure out if capacitors or resistors or other ... need to be put in between said component and Arduino so I don't make smoke signals.
If someone is willing to help me like this that's more of a mentor teaching by small project, I would totally be down for documenting every step with pictures to make it a instructable for anyone.
Thank you very much for your time
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