How to use photocells, LDRs, CdS cells, photoresistors! Learn how to use electronic sensors. Beginning Embedded Electronics - 1. This is a series of lectures written for those with mild electronics background (aka Sophomore in Electrical and Computer Engineering) to learn about the wild world of Embedded Electronics.
I assume only that you know what electricity is and that you've touched an electrical component. Everything else is spelled out as much as possible. There is quite a lot here so take your time! It is also my intention to get book-hardened EE's students to put down the calculator and to plug in an LED. Graphical programming with the Arduino IDE. LadyAda - Arduino Tutorial - Learn electronics and microcontrollers using Arduino!
So, I get two or three emails a day, all basically asking the same thing: "Where can I learn about electronics?
" In general, most of these people have seen some of my projects and want to be able to build similar things. Unfortunately, I have never been able to point them to a good site that really takes the reader through a solid introduction to microcontrollers and basic electronics. I designed this tutorial course to accompany the Arduino starter pack sold at the Adafruit webshop.
The pack contains all the components you need (minus any tools) for the lessons. Sensor tutorials - Thermistor. Temperature sensor tutorial - Using the TMP36 / LM35. Collin's Lab: USB Hacking with Arduino.