An introduction to coding with an Arduino | Do Try This At Home | We The Curious

What is code? What is an 'Arduino'? This introduction to coding will help you take your first steps in tinkering with hobby electronics at home as Heather and Beth investigate the applications of coding a Mars rover.

Arudino projects and tutorials:

This video was presented by: Beth Cotterell and Heather Nichol
Produced by: Ross Exton

Special thanks to Ruth Russell, Lucy Pope, Kathy Fawcett, Bonnie Buckley, Lauren Kershaw and Federico Zechini.

This video was supported through a generous grant from the UK Space Agency, and produced in collaboration with the European Space Agency, SciSys and Airbus Defence and Space.

The ExoMars Mission is a Mission led by ESA, in cooperation with Roscomos and including a scientific instrument contribution from NASA, through TAS-I as Prime Contractor and with Airbus DS UK being the Lead Contractor for the Rover Module part of the Mission.

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[budove]

I am a self-taught senior programming engineer working for a development company. I was a construction worker and started playing with HTML and PHP and taught myself exactly as you described. I teach others and I tell them the same thing, just figure out a simple project and start googling, and I'm just there for guidance on the hard parts. You have to be able to teach yourself in this field, and you described that process wonderfully.

[Conservator.]

My top tip:
By a Arduino starter kit. You’ll get an Arduino, a lot of sensors, a breadboard and wires that all go along together for a very competitive price. Look at AliExpress or Ebay or at a local shop if you can’t wait to begin right now. ;-)

[joseph]

Last year, my robotics team and I built a robot that was controlled and programmed (In C code) using an Arduino! We designed a robot to simulate a real life human vs. robot Beep Test (A.k.a. Multi-stage fitness test). The whole activity was meant to improve your speed and memory. You would have to run to one side, press a button, a random 6-digit number would appear on this screen connected via Bluetooth to the Arduino board sitting inside the robot. You would have to memorise the number, run to the other side, enter in the number at another portal that was connected via Bluetooth (Master & Slave) to the Arduino board, if you entered the number in correctly, it would send a message to the Arduino board via Bluetooth if it was correct or not. If it was correct, the robot will move about 10cm, if wrong, the robot won't move at all and you'll need to try again with a new random number, which means you'll have to run to the other side again to generate a new random number. You win once the robot crosses the finish line! (Robot tends to cross the finish line at around 10-12 correct inputs.)

*Sorry for the super long comment! I just thought it would be interesting to hear what my computer science team and I built with an Arduino board!*

[aalternative]

Isn't she amazing, the coder?
Inspiring! Amazing video!
Loved the special moment at 2:41 !

[nexgenstemschool]

You guys are fantastic - just went through about 10 'bad' introductions to Arduino but this one is amazing! Well done!

[soixantecroissants]

This is a very good video. I've just started with arduinos and it walks through that process perfectly. Thanks

[groveh]

A+ intro... Great job and fun to watch!!

[taurussilver]

What language is used for coding this arduino

[davidprice]

Very good, informative, entertaining video, well done.

[rudrashiva]

You learn by experimenting and experience make you master of it. **That's how people knows me.**

[amsn.hameed]

I need help
I want audrino code for my project can you help me

[handballlife]

can I use the phone charger 5v adapter (at 220v) to supply the arduino board in an eternally working project ?

[kshitizgarg]

Hello .
Where can I find the tutorial to make the same robot showed in the video?
Nice work, from India

[DrawCuriosity]

We use arduino's in our lab to control our high speed cameras.

Out of interest, is there a way of contacting the people working At-Bristol?

[arslanahmed]

is there any arduino tutorials made by you or ur

[RavenHeadInn]

Really enjoyed that, thanks for the upload :)

[BadEnergyJohn]

Arduino is great at interpreting input. But how do you run a scripted program. Run this servo for this long. Stop. Run this servo for this long. Stop. Dim the lights. Stop. Turn the step motor for this long. Stop. I haven't found a program example that switches between media (servos, motors, lights, step motors) all in one scripted sequence. If anybody knows of a resource to help with this, I'd be mucho greatful!

[arslanahmed]

beth u r great .... nice explanations

[RagMama]

The stated temperature range for the Arduino is -40C to 85C but Mars can range between -195C and 20C. Could this be a problem?

[damainx]

Wow, great intro vid. I did notice a few things.  On the screen they're referencing servo's, however, servos only turn to 180 degrees max. Did they modify them for 360 movement?