Lighting a LEGO Modular City with Arduino – Suggestions for Hardware & Setup?

[LarryD]

• Welcome to the group and hobby.

• Most new people start with the Arduino UNO.

• The Arduino IDE includes sketch examples that you need to review and master.

• Once you master the example sketches, it’s time to look at State Machine and Non Blocking TIMER techniques.

• This very long thread has a dog’s breakfast of electronic ideas you might be interested in reviewing.

Share tips you have come across

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• For small wires, suggest 30AWG solid wires.

Shellac Insulated wire:

Kynar insulated wire: