Lessons

Electronics and programming, by topic. Lessons marked SIM can be tried in the simulator.

Suggested order1 Start here2 Electricity3 Arduino4 Programming5 Modules and parts6 Robots

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01Start hereWhat is a robot? Sense, think, act15 minSIM

02ArduinoArduino Uno: pins and your first program25 minSIM

03Modules and partsMotors and the L298N driver30 minSIM

04Modules and partsMeasuring distance with the HC-SR0430 minSIM

05ProgrammingPrograms that never wait: millis() and states35 minSIM

All topics

Start here

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01What is a robot? Sense, think, actSIM

2 more coming soon

Basics

Tools and parts for a first robot
How to use the simulator

Electricity

3 coming soon

Voltage, current, resistance

Voltage, current and resistance
Ohm’s law with an LED

Batteries and power

Powering a robot safely

Arduino

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02Arduino Uno: pins and your first programSIM

4 more coming soon

The Uno board

Digital inputs and buttons
Analog inputs and analogRead()
PWM and analogWrite()

Serial Monitor

Printing values to the Serial Monitor

Programming

1

05Programs that never wait: millis() and statesSIM

4 more coming soon

C++ basics

Variables and types
if and else
Loops: for and while
Functions

Modules and parts

2

03Motors and the L298N driverSIM 04Measuring distance with the HC-SR04SIM

3 more coming soon

Motors and drivers

Servo motors and the Servo library

Sensors

IR line sensors
Buttons and bounce

Robots

2 coming soon

Control

P controller: keeping a distance
Following a line with two sensors