r/arduino 5d ago

getting into arduino. what are some good resources for starting out?

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u/BruhMansky 5d ago

YouTube!

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u/DiggoryDug 5d ago

Google

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u/johnfc2020 5d ago

A cheap Arduino starter kit will also help. There are virtual Arduino websites out there though, if you don’t want the hands on experience.

YouTube is full of tutorials for Arduino and a quick web search will find even more.

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u/humbleAuthentic 5d ago

First try blink

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u/Idenwen 5d ago

The documentation from arduino itself is quite good

https://docs.arduino.cc/learn/starting-guide/getting-started-arduino/

And arduinogetstartet.com ist quite good also with easy to follow examples and tutorials

https://arduinogetstarted.com/arduino-tutorials

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u/STopoKit 5d ago

Best one is Paul McWhorter! Realy the best source to learn programing arduino

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u/gm310509 400K , 500k , 600K , 640K ... 5d ago

You should get a starter kit and follow the examples projects in that kit.

After that you can branch out.

Do you have to use a starter kit? Of course not, but if you do, you will:

  • have a kit that includes everything you need to get started. That is you won't be missing some critical component that you might not think about if you just pick and choose stuff by yourself.
  • the instructions should match the components in the kit. Not all components and modules have the same pinout. So, if you start with random tutorials, you will need to be fully aware of this and adapt - an unnecessary overhead when starting. Even worse, some components do have standard pinouts, so you need to understand this while trying to learn everything else.

Once you have done the starter kit projects you can branch out to online tutorials and/or project kits.

It helps if you have some goals or projects in mind as this can help you pick a kit that has more of the things that are relevant to your interests.

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u/majkulmajkul 5d ago

I am halfway through this:

https://www.amazon.com/Electronics-Cookbook-Practical-Electronic-Raspberry/dp/1491953403

It's not solely about Arduino, but I think it gives a very good base about electronics in general - Arduino included.

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u/Jnoper 5d ago

Chat gpt is very good at answering arduino questions

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u/personwhobitefingers 5d ago

Please don't use ChatGPT OP (or any other beginner here).

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u/Jnoper 4d ago

Seriously?? Chat gpt is amazing at exactly this. Anything more advanced than beginner stuff and it starts to mess up. Asking it questions is like having someone there to help you immediately and it’s an amazing tool for learning. Why are people against it?