Intro to Arduino
Ramp-Up Tasks:
This assignment will get you up to speed on working with Arduino and teach you how to
create a simple program. We’re going to work on the free online Simulator called TinkerCAD
by Autodesk.
1) Watch this video to Learn about the TinkerCAD simulator:
https://youtu.be/6uz1sCA9joc
2) Create an account on TinkerCAD here:
https://www.tinkercad.com
3) Go through the demos to ramp-up and learn more tricks:
https://www.tinkercad.com/learn/project-gallery;collectionId=OMOZACHJ9IR8LRE
4) Get familiar with components and the simulator in Project 0 Introduction:
https://www.tinkercad.com/learn/overview/O0QHK73ISCC2DXD;collectionId=OM
OZACHJ9IR8LRE
Arduino Assignment 1:
List components used, give a VERY BRIEF description of steps, code and screenshot of the
circuit in the answer file (pdf).
1) Light up a single LED with your Arduino.
2) Create a set of Traffic Lights.
• Use red, yellow and green LEDs and a push button to switch between the
lights.
• On pushing the button, red light turns on.
• Pushing the same button again turns off the red light and turns on the yellow
light.
• Pushing the button a third time turns on the green light while the yellow gets
turned off.
Bonus question: Set timers/delays in code so the lights keep alternating from red to yellow
to green on their own without a push button.