Introduction to Embedded Systems

This page lists the names of all individual lessons of this course, grouped by course part. If you are missing something you would want, feel free to contact us and make a suggestion. Maybe we can add it for you.

Introduction to Arduino

• Table of Contents (this page)
• Arduino Uno Microcontroller Board
• Creating Your First Arduino Program
• Serial Monitor
• Hardware Simulators
• Lost?

Introduction to Electronic Circuit Building

• Electronic Circuit Basics
• Breadboard
• Electronic Components
• Simple Circuit with LED and Resistor

Fundamentals of Arduino Control

• Controlling a Digital Pin (Output)
• Reading a Digital Pin (Input)
• Reading an Analog Pin (Input) after Photoresistor
• Color LED
• Pulse-Width Modulation (Digital Pin Output)

Programming Fundamentals

• Arduino Programming Language and C++
• Data Types
• Declaration, Definition, Initialization
• Time
• Control Flow Structures
• Functions and Local Variables
• Pointers
• Arrays
• Interrupts
• Libraries
• Multiple Program Files
• Classes and Object-Oriented Programming

Input and Output Devices

• Keypad
• Rotary Encoder
• Potentiometer
• Analog Joystick
• Passive Buzzer
• Servo
• Stepper Motor
• 7-Segment TM1637 Display
• Connecting an LCD (or other I2C Device)

128×64-Pixel Monochrome OLED Display

• 128×64-Pixel OLED Display and the u8g2 Library
• Displaying Text and Shapes
• Project: Recreating the LCD Interface
• Creating and Displaying XBM Images
• Scrolling Graph
• Project: Programming a Video Game

Control Theory

• PID Control
• Feedforward Term

Sensors

• Acceleromoters
• Gyroscopes
• Magnetometer
• Temperature and Humidity
• Barometric Pressure
• Ultrasonic Distance Sensor
• The TRIAD Algorithm
• Introduction to Kalman Filters and Sensor Fusion

Communications

• USB Serial Connection
• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)