What is the best way to learn how to program an Arduino?

I've taken online tutorials and all kinds of stuff to help me learn how to program the Arudino, but they haven't helped. If you have anything that will help me, PLEASE reply. Thank you!

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rsc over 6 years ago +6

Hello Slayton Blood, The best way to learn how to program an Arduino is to try and program an Arduino. The first question is: do you have an Arduino to program? If so, which one? The second question is…
fmilburn over 6 years ago +6

Kits like the Sparkfun Inventors Kit are expensive but a quick way to learn basics. I have used them to complete a beginner level course in one weekend. If you can’t afford the kit then try going through…
shabaz over 6 years ago +6

As well as the tips from Scott and Dave, it may be worth stepping back from it and getting familiarised with some C coding basics on a computer running Linux (e.g. Raspberry Pi). C only has about 30 keywords…

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ntewinkel over 6 years ago

Is it the understanding of circuitry that's a roadblock right now, or is it the programming part?

It looks like Khan Academy has more fundamental courses on both.
Circuitry: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/electrical-engineering
Computer Programming: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming

I've been programming computers since the mid 80's (Apple II and the like), but I still find it helpful to sometimes take a step back and take a basic intro course to help get a better grip on things. If it's easy, just go through the courses faster.

One other thing I enjoyed when I got back into learning about circuitry was the 130-in-one type kits (also 120-in-one etc etc). They are basically a lot of components on a board, and you connect wires between springs to make circuits. The book that came with mine had a lot of good examples that showed not only which springs to connect, but also how that looked as a real circuit diagram, and explained how it all worked. The "130" stood for how many projects were included in the book.
I see you can still get them on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Elenco-Electronic-Playground-Learning-Center/dp/B0035XSZDI

Cheers,
-Nico
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ntewinkel over 6 years ago

Is it the understanding of circuitry that's a roadblock right now, or is it the programming part?

It looks like Khan Academy has more fundamental courses on both.
Circuitry: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/electrical-engineering
Computer Programming: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming

I've been programming computers since the mid 80's (Apple II and the like), but I still find it helpful to sometimes take a step back and take a basic intro course to help get a better grip on things. If it's easy, just go through the courses faster.

One other thing I enjoyed when I got back into learning about circuitry was the 130-in-one type kits (also 120-in-one etc etc). They are basically a lot of components on a board, and you connect wires between springs to make circuits. The book that came with mine had a lot of good examples that showed not only which springs to connect, but also how that looked as a real circuit diagram, and explained how it all worked. The "130" stood for how many projects were included in the book.
I see you can still get them on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Elenco-Electronic-Playground-Learning-Center/dp/B0035XSZDI

Cheers,
-Nico
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