I am new to Arduino and very excited to learn my first project. I am going to start with making 5 (3mm) aqua 3.8 volt L.E.D.'s light up one after the other with 1 second between each one lighting up.
Exciting, right?
Can anyone suggest ultimately which board I should buy to do that. I own the Vilros Ultimate Starter kit so I will do it on the breadboard but will need to transfer the code to a small board obviously. Would the NANO be the best board? Or can I do that on a Micro board?
I am new to Arduino and very excited to learn my first project. I am going to start with making 5 (3mm) aqua 3.8 volt L.E.D.'s light up one after the other with 1 second between each one lighting up.
Exciting, right?
Can anyone suggest ultimately which board I should buy to do that. I own the Vilros Ultimate Starter kit so I will do it on the breadboard but will need to transfer the code to a small board obviously. Would the NANO be the best board? Or can I do that on a Micro board?
Thank you.
Hello! Sounds like fun! I would recommend getting a Nano with the headers already soldered on. Nanos work great, I love them. This will make it easy for you to plug it in on the breadboard. Micros would work just as well, but likelihood of having to solder on the headers is higher. Remember the resistors!
Thank you Englishcone. I appreciate your response. I guess I am pretty dumb regarding Arduino. I will probably go with the Micro since space is a consideration in the object I wish to put the board into ultimately. And I am very good at soldering so putting on the headers is ok.
What I am confused about is why I would need to put the micro onto the breadboard? I thought once I had the code I just transfer it to the nano or micro or whatever??
tmhuud007:
What I am confused about is why I would need to put the micro onto the breadboard? I thought once I had the code I just transfer it to the nano or micro or whatever??
You still have to connect it to the lights or the code will be pretty useless.
tmhuud007:
Thank you Englishcone. I appreciate your response. I guess I am pretty dumb regarding Arduino. I will probably go with the Micro since space is a consideration in the object I wish to put the board into ultimately. And I am very good at soldering so putting on the headers is ok.
What I am confused about is why I would need to put the micro onto the breadboard? I thought once I had the code I just transfer it to the nano or micro or whatever??
No problem!
"dumb"? Forget it! Everyone starts from no knowledge. Never stop that from letting you learn more.
What I usually do is make a circuit prototype on a breadboard, and then use double male end breadboard wires to hop the arduino's pins to the circuit. Of course, this is way easier when using something like a Uno or Nano.
