{"id":1951,"date":"2013-02-07T08:33:36","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T08:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2013-02-07T08:33:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T08:33:36","slug":"a-guide-to-the-arduino-by-guru-ben-heck-with-notes-from-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1951","title":{"rendered":"A Guide to the #Arduino by guru Ben Heck with notes from me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this video, electronics guru Ben Heck<\/a>\u00a0examines and explains the Arduino including Outputs, Inputs, PWM and Analog Input.<\/p>\n

You can view the video below, but I suggest reading the next bit for some background and hints.<\/p>\n

I recommend watching from the 1 minute mark as the beginning is an intro and then a piece about his current Pinball project. The first minute is fun, but irrelevant for the main title of the video.<\/p>\n

The video doesn’t necessarily detail\u00a0everything you need to know<\/em> – Ben assumes some common sense and occasionally more fundamental things like, for example, what a sketch actually is. He also skims past little nuggets.<\/p>\n

The video also has this annoying habit of going off-topic. In this case there’s a piece about the “newly released” 512mb Model B Raspberry Pi, so it’s not that much of a trial to sit through.<\/p>\n

So here’s some notes I made whilst watching the video:<\/p>\n