In order to master Arduino, it becomes increasingly important to develop the ability to combine skills. In this lesson, we will combine "if" statements and "strings" allowing a third party that doesn't know to code the ability to interact with the Arduino.
Arduino (Bronze)
Field & Cluster
Design, Production & Repair
Engineering
Manufacturing
Equipment/Materials Needed
Arduino
Breadboard
Leads
LED
RGB
Resistors
Prerequisites
Description
Congratulations! You have mastered the basic skills of electronic design and Arduino coding. Now its time to move to the advanced stages of implementing Arduino into more complex projects. We'll start with "strings" and inviting a third party to use the Arduino. The third-party may not understand coding or Arduinos therefore, it's our responsibility to create a user-friendly environment.
Badge Completion Requirements
Using Strings
Gather components and follow along.
Prompt
Design, develop, and code a system that can be utilized to gather information from a new student entering your school. Make sure to collect the following information:
Name
Age
Grade
Amount of Math credits
Amount of Science credits
Amount of English credits
Amount of History credits
Amount of Government credits
The school they last attended: Name, Address, and State
Parent or guardian
Name
Address
Phone
Please develop and submit a presentation demonstrating your understanding and skill using Arduino. Please include the above "prompts" in your presentation
RGB (Red, Green, Blue LED)
RGB LED’s can be used to create not only the primary colors but also all mixtures of the primary colors. This video shows you how to connect up a Common Cathode RGB LED. This project is a little more complex than the ones we have done in the past, so I include the code down below.
This becomes is used more in advanced coding and sensor adaptations in identifying colors
Please gather components and follow along with the lesson. Please don't just copy the code, try to develop the code yourself. This is good practice with "if" statements.
Now that you have an understanding of using the RGBs, we'll begin to mix the colors to based on input from the user. In this lesson, we look at mixing colors and getting a wide array of colors from the LED by mixing the R, G, and B channels. As examples, we use RGB mixing to create Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow.
As the coding becomes more complex I've added the code below to help, if needed
Prompts
Please design, develop and code the RGB to show the primary colors
Please design, develop and code the RGB to show the following colors;
Orange
Aqua
Brown
Violet
Yellow
Please develop and submit a presentation demonstrating your skill and understanding of using RGB to determine the color. Please include the above "prompts" in your presentation