Instruction Sheet for Arduino

Spoken Tutorial Team, IIT Bombay

1 Online / Offline content 3. Click on "Submit" button.

1. The online content of Spoken Tutorials can be 4. You will see a list of tutorials based on your
accessed from : selection.
https://spoken-tutorial.org/tutorial-search/ 5. Start with the first tutorial in the displayed
2. You can also download the Spoken Tutorials list.
for offline learning from :
https://spoken-tutorial.org/cdcontent/
3. From this link download the FOSS categories 5 First tutorial: Overview of Ar-
in the language you wish to learn. duino
4. The Spoken Tutorial content will be down-
loaded as a zip file on your machine. 1. Locate the topic "Overview of Arduino" and
click on it.
5. Extract the contents of the zip file & access
them. 2. To view the tutorial, click on the Play icon
which is located in the player.

2 The procedure to practise

1. You have been given a set of spoken tutorials 6 Second tutorial: Electronic
and files. components and connections
2. You will typically do one tutorial at a time.
1. Locate the topic "Electronic components
3. You may listen to a spoken tutorial and prac- and connections" and click on it.
tise by reproducing all the steps shown in the
video side-by-side. 2. To view the tutorial, click on the Play icon
which is located in the player.
4. If you find it difficult to do the above, you may
consider listening to the whole tutorial once 3. General introduction to electronic components
and then practise during the second hearing. and how to do the basic connections are cov-
ered in this tutorial.
3 Side-by-side learning video
(Only for offline content) 7 Third tutorial: Introduction to
1. Go to the folder name spoken on your machine. Arduino
2. Locate index.html file.
1. Locate the topic "Introduction to
3. Open this file with either Firefox or Chrome Arduino" and click on it.
web browser.
2. To view the tutorial, click on the Play icon
4. The Side-by-Side learning video will appear. which is located in the player.
This video will explain how to learn from the
spoken tutorials. 3. How to install Arduino IDE is covered in this
tutorial.
5. Click on the Play button to play the video.
6. Note all the steps explained therein.
8 Fourth tutorial: Arduino Com-
4 Arduino ponents and IDE
1. Click on "Select FOSS" or "All FOSS 1. Locate the topic "Arduino Components and
Categories" drop-down and choose IDE" and click on it.
"Arduino".
2. To view the tutorial, click on the Play icon
2. Click on "Select Language" or "All
which is located in the player.
Languages" drop-down and choose the lan-
guage (English, Hindi, Marathi ...) in which 3. Basic components of Arduino and Arduino
9 Fifth tutorial: First Arduino 4. Use these files as per the instructions given in
Program the particular tutorial.
5. Play-pause-practise the whole tutorial.
1. Locate the topic "First Arduino Program"
6. Once the tutorial is complete, choose the next
and click on it.
tutorial from the playlist which is located on
2. To view the tutorial, click on the Play icon the right side or below the player.
which is located in the player.
7. Follow all the above instructions, till you com-
3. While uploading the program for the first time, plete all the tutorials in the series.
you may get error as Permission denied or
Can’t open device "/dev/ttyACM0" .
4. Refer to the Additional reading material
10 Eleventh tutorial: Analog to
link of this tutorial for solution. Digital Conversion
5. Important Note : To execute the sudo com- 1. This tutorial requires internet connection as we
mands in the terminal, you need to be given need to install DHT11 library.
super user permission by your system admin-
istrator.
11 Twelth tutorial: Wireless Con-
9.1 Instructions to practise nectivity to Arduino
1. Create a folder on the "Desktop" with your
1. This tutorial requires internet connection as we
"Name-RollNo-Component".
need to install ESP8266 WiFi module.
(Eg. "vin-04-arduino").
2. At 5:07, the tutorial shows to copy a json URL
2. Give a unique name to the files you save, so as
to Additional Board Managers.
to recognize it next time.
(Eg. "Arduino-1-vin"). 3. Follow each and every step as specified in the
tutorial.
3. Remember to save all your work in your folder.
4. This will ensure that your files don’t get over-
written by someone else. 12 Thirteenth tutorial: Assem-
5. Save your work from time to time, instead of bly programming through Ar-
saving it at the end of the task. duino
9.2 Common instructions for Assign- 1. This tutorial requires internet connection as we
ments need to install avra and avrdude

1. Attempt the Assignments as instructed in the

tutorial. 13 General instructions for Win-
2. Save your work in your folder. dows users
1. To install Arduino IDE in Windows, follow the
9.3 Common instructions to use Code
steps given in the installation sheet.
files
2. Intermediate level tutorial requires installation
1. Click on the link "Code files" located below of avra and avrdude.
the player and save it in your folder.
3. Refer to the Additional reading material
2. Extract the downloaded zip file. link of Assembly programming through
3. You will see all the code/source files used in Arduino tutorial to do the avrdude instal-
the particular tutorial. lation.