My first Arduino project

Last week i was given a Arduino kit, but let me explain what is a Arduino kit.  An Arduino kit is a kit that enables you to develop interactive objects,taking inputs from a variety of switches or sensors,and  controlling  a variety of lights ,motors, and other physical  outputs. Interesting!!!!!!!

Now lets see whats inside the box!!!!

As you can see there are a lot of components ,but lets list them.  Drum rollllll!!!!











The components in a Arduino kit

• Arduino project book
• Arduino uno board
• usb cable
• breadboard
• easy-to-assemble wooden base
• 9v battery snap
• solid core jumper wire
• stranded jumper wire 
• photoresistor[VT90N2 LDR]
• potentiometer 10kilohm
• pushbuttons
• temperature sensor[TMP36]
• tilt sensor
• alphanumeric LCD(16x2 characters)
• LED(bright white)
• LED(RGB)
• LED(red)
• LED(green)
• LED(yellow)
• LED(blue)
• Small DC motor 6/9V
• small servo motor
• piezo capsule[PKM17EPP-4OO1-BO]
• H-bridge motor driver [L239D]
• optocouplers
• transistor[BC547]
• mosfet transistors[IRF520]
• capacitors 100nF
• capacitors 100uF
• capacitor 100pF
• Diodes [1N4007]
• transparent gels (red,green/blue)
• male pins (40x1)
• resistors 220 ohm
• resistors 560 ohm
• resistors 1 kilohm
• resistors 4.7 kilohm
• resistors 10kilohm
• resistors 1megohm
• resistors 10 megohm

Now lets start with my project!!!

I was assigned to illuminate LED using a code ,requiring the use of the Arduino kit .

Step 1 - 

- I downloaded Arduino the application on my mac by going to http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software 

As you can see , i have the Arduino application on my dock

Step 2 

- I connected the Arduino Uno Board to my laptop using the USB cable and that enables me to upload a program

note the green light

step 3 

- The next thing to do is to select your board so to do so , you have to got to tools>board>Arduino Uno 

 

-once choosing your board , its important to open up the code thats going to light up the LED . To do so , you are going to follow the instructions below 

File>examples >01 Basics>Blink

As you can see ,the code will show up like this . It's important to save it ,but don't copy my name though !!!!

step 4

- checking for Syntax errors is crucial ,so verifying  will do the job  . Pressing the the verify option (aka the check sign)  will check for syntax errors

-once you verify the code  , you'll have to upload it by pressing the right arrow shown in the photo . 

step 5

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-  once the code is finished uploading you will notice a yellow LED blinking continuous  and thats a signal that the the LED you are going to attach is going to light up

taddaaaaa!!!, as you can see ,the light is blinking non stop. Yayy :)

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