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3 Beginner Arduino Mistakes

2022-05-02 | By bekathwia

License: Attribution Non-commercial Arduino

 

I've taught beginner Arduino for over a decade, and these are the mistakes I see most often.

  1. Beginners typically bite off more than they can chew
  2. Beginners tend to make assumptions during prototyping
  3. Beginners sometimes underutilize their online resources

To avoid these mistakes, here's my advice.

  1. Take sensible bites. Work up to more complex builds by building simpler ones first. If you become overwhelmed and frustrated, you may never finish the project.
  2. Double-check everything. Don't assume the wiring is correct without checking. You might have made a simple error like mixing up power and ground or putting your wire in the wrong breadboard row. Make sure the pin you specified in the software is the same pin you wired up in hardware. Become a detective!
  3. Look stuff up. The Arduino site is a wealth of information with a reference section that explains every facet of the programming language in easy-to-understand examples. Even experts still look stuff up!

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Here are some of my favorite beginner Arduino-compatible boards available at Digi-Key:

制造商零件编号 A000073
ARDUINO UNO SMD R3 ATMEGA328
Arduino
¥182.01
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制造商零件编号 A000066
ARDUINO UNO R3 ATMEGA328P BOARD
Arduino
¥190.97
Details
制造商零件编号 DFR0216
DFRDUINO UNO V3.0 ATMEGA328P
DFRobot
¥105.01
Details
制造商零件编号 2488
METRO ATMEGA328 W/HDR EVAL BRD
Adafruit Industries LLC
¥142.45
Details
制造商零件编号 102010026
SEEEDUINO V4.3 ATMEGA328P DEV BD
Seeed Technology Co., Ltd
¥74.24
Details
制造商零件编号 DEV-13975
REDBOARD ATMEGA328 EVAL BRD
SparkFun Electronics
¥175.01
Details
制造商零件编号 A000005
ARDUINO NANO ATMEGA328 EVAL BRD
Arduino
¥172.33
Details
制造商零件编号 3458
FEATHER 328P ATMEGA328P EVAL BRD
Adafruit Industries LLC
¥101.75
Details
制造商零件编号 2000
PRO TRINKET 5V ATMEGA328P EVAL
Adafruit Industries LLC
¥80.99
Details
制造商零件编号 3000
CIRC PLAYGROUND CLASS ATMEGA32U4
Adafruit Industries LLC
¥162.39
Details
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