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Getting started (setup) - if you haven’t already
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Intro courses
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Key concepts
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Guided projects
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Inspirations and fun projects (if you want)
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Wearables + LEDs
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Sensors + data
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Motion + robotics
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Sound + interaction
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Project galleries (lots of ideas)
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Responsible building
- Power: If you are using motors, servos, or LED strips, do not power them from the Arduino 5V pin unless you know the current draw (not relevant today).
- Heat: If a component gets hot, unplug and ask me for help :)
- Wiring: Double-check wires. Sometimes something doesn’t work because wires are twisted, in the wrong pin etc.
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Tips
- Use of ChatGPT:
- Very useful for coding and will handle most of it perfectly!
- BUT: understand the code yourself. If something is wrong, ChatGPT quickly goes down a rabbit hole.
- ChatGPT does not handle circuits for you, but may be able to draw circuits. I still recommend using tinkercad for visualisation and testing circuits.
- “My button isn’t working and I don’t know why!!” Steps:
- Check the code.
- Are you defining correct pins?
- Check the circuit.
- Are you using the correct pins?
- Change wires and button component
- Sometimes it’s the hardware, and it might help to simply change to a new component.
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