Course Overview

Getting started with electronics has traditionally been hard requiring investment in costly and difficult to procure electronics learning kits. The Arduino movement however changed all of that with the introduction of the Arduino UNO. The Arduino UNO offers a great learning opportunity and a cost effective way to get started with learning electronics, coding, etc. In many different way the Arduino movement and has democratized the learning of electronics all over the world. If this is your first experience tinkering with electronics and you have some existing programming knowledge, then the, “Exploring Electronics with the Easy Plug Starter Learning kit for Arduino” is probably for you.

This development track provides access to various tutorials that will help you explore the fundamentals of electronics while helping you get familiar with the Arduino ecosystem.  This development track is based on the  Arduino Uno but can also be used with the Arduino Mega 2560 and offers a perfect introduction to the world of electronics and programming through an affordable and easy to use hardware, software platform. As part of this development track you will cover the following tutorials –

1. Project 1: Hello World
2. 1.Hello world
3. Who’s blinking
4. Visible breath
5. Flowing light
6. Make a sound
7. Who’s singing
8. Temperature measuring
9. Make a sound-controlled lamp
10. Make a light-controlled lamp
11. Water level alarm
12. I’m thirsty
13. Visible analog value
14. Magnetic field detecting
15. Collision detecting
16. Button-controlled lamp
17. Touch alarm
18. Knock Sensing
19. Tilt Sensor
20. Fire alarm
21. Vibration alarm
22. Magnetic field detector
23. Temperature alarm

Prerequisites

The “Exploring Electronics with the Easy Plug Starter Learning kit for Arduino” requires you to work with the C/C++ programming language to write code for the Arduino.

We recommend that you take the following courses (accessible for FREE at this website) to build your programming fundamentals –

1. Introduction to coding concepts with Scratch I
2. Introduction to coding concepts with Scratch II
3. Exploring Coding Concepts Using the BBC micro:bit I
4. Exploring Coding Concepts Using the BBC micro:bit II
5. Exploring Coding Concepts Using the BBC micro:bit III
6. Design Interactive Games Using the BBC micro:bit
7. Introduction to electronics using the BBC micro:bit I
8. Introduction to electronics using the BBC micro:bit II

This development track requires an investment in the following hardware –

1. You will need to download and install the Arduino development IDE or the mixly block based graphical programming interface. The approach to installation, configuration, setup of the Arduino IDE is covered in our tutorials.
2. The mixly block based graphical programming interface will allow you to work through the tutorials in the learning track and write the code using a block based graphical programming interface.
3. You will need to purchase the Easy Plug Starter Learning Kit for Arduino from OzToyLib. The Arduino Advent kit has all the sensors you need to perform the tutorials covered in this development track.
4. This kit ships with an Arduino Uno. You should be able to perform each of the tutorials in this track using the Arduino board included in the package.
5. You can also purchase additional Arduino boards i.e. Arduino Mega 2560 from OzToyLib.

About the Easy Plug Super Learning Kit for Arduino

The Easy Plug Starter Learning Kit for the Arduino comes packed with ~30+ different electronic bits (Sensors, LEDs, switches, LCD, servo, etc.) including tutorials to get started. The Easy Plug Starter Learning Kit comes with specially designed easy to use sensors including an easy to use Arduino board. Both the sensors and the Arduino board are design for eas of use eliminating the need to work out how to connect the sensors to the board and get the circuit right. The RJ11 connectors on board the sensors and the Arduino board are meant to simplify construction of the circuit, reducing the potential for connection errors allowing you to focus on design of the code. The Easy Plug Starter kit for the Arduino is especially suited to someone who is just starting out with electronics or the Arduino or even someone who doesn’t necessarily have the expertise available locally to help out with connections. We would recommend this kit to both kids and adults getting started with the STEM learning journey with a focus on electronics and Arduino.

The Arduino advanced study kit walks you through the basics of using the Arduino in a hands-on way. You’ll learn the fundamentals of electronics and working on the Arduino through building several creative projects. The kit includes a selection of the most common and useful electronic components with a book of 22 projects. Starting the basics of electronics, to more complex projects, the kit will get you interacting with the physical world using sensor and actuators. Along with the kit you get access to detailed tutorials and wiring diagrams.

You can purchase the Easy Plug Starter Learning Kit for Arduino from OzToyLib.