Getting Started With Arduino And Building A Light Blinking Program

INTRODUCTION

This article is for motivated beginners who are interested in the Internet of Things. This article is based on how to get started with Arduino, with a light blinking program.....

REQUIREMENTS

1. Arduino board (I have used Arduino Uno)
2. Arduino software
3. Led light
4. 300Ω resistor

STEPS TO FOLLOW

An Arduino board is available online at different price points, and as per your requirement you can buy the one you need. But I prefer Arduino Uno which is best for working with small projects.

Step 1

Get a Arduino board and install Arduino software, which is available on the internet.

This is one of the versions of Arduino software.



Step 2

Install the software



Step 3

Open the Arduino software



Step 4

Main page of the software will appear



Step 5

Open File –then Example – then 01.Baisics –then Blink.



Step 6

Led light blinking program coding is already written here and the values in increments of 1000 are the time gap for the light to blink on and off of the led built in to the Arduino board. This same can be used for the given project.



Step 7

Here is a basic representation of an Arduino board.

Step 8

The circuit diagram is given below, form the circuit as per the diagram.



Step 9

Just connect the Arduino board with a USB cable and it will form a network with the system automatically.

Go to Tools and select the version of Arduino you are using in order to complete the installation.



Step 10

Verify and upload the program in the software using the given key functions.




Summary

LED will start to blink as per the time interval allotted. Using Arduino a simple LED Light blinking project is hence created and executed.

More interesting thing are coming up.