Arduino Tutorial 7: Understanding the Arduino Analog Write Command

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In this lesson we see how we can write analog voltages using the arduino. We will demonstrate using an LED.
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@mohdayaan8384 5 жыл бұрын

Best tutorials in the internet that really have the ability to teach you a new skill

@vikhnesh313 4 жыл бұрын

I agree I tried other tutorials & i also tried skillshare nothing even compares to this This is indeed another level

@namonpongsupot5575 Жыл бұрын

and he has an another power the ICE COFFEE power

@NikkiXC Жыл бұрын

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@426F6F Жыл бұрын

I don't know how I managed to find your channel, but I'm extremely glad that I did

@garchafpv 4 жыл бұрын

Where the hell were these classes when I was in school?? I would have actually been interested in going to school learning things like this.

@andrasparanici5491 4 жыл бұрын

True story!

@Turtlehands 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrasparanici5491 I was lucky, I had 2 teachers just like this. It's amazing how much you enjoy going to class, right?

@BradKwfc 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't learn anything about electronics until I went to an aviation maintenance/technical college. If I had a chance to take an electronics class in Jr High or high school I think my entire life would have been different today.

@discreteloner9573 3 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@ReyciclismoMTB 3 жыл бұрын

Is "not" the schools, is the teacher it always has. When they bring passion and know how they are a force.

@phillipwillis749 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate you taking time to do these videos! I have PLC experience from manufacturing woodworking machinery, and I have retrofitted several cnc machine with mach3 and even helped beta test mach4. I also have a daughter with cerebral palsy that is 11. I used to tease her when she was 4. I'd ask her to go put wood in the furnace. She'd say I cannot, I'll get burnt or it's too heavy. One night she said that "if you will build me a robot I will". Ever since that night I have been dreaming of building a robot with her. Here we are watching your videos. Good Lord willing, we will be building our first test robot very soon. She is very excited and loves to write code that she has learnt so far. I'm very excited also!

@lewymartain8267 Жыл бұрын

Did you ever get your Robot built with your Daughter.x

@jrdemasi 4 жыл бұрын

Paul, I'm an avid (Python) programmer and sysadmin by day. I have had an arduino laying around forever, but it took a pandemic to find the time to mess with it. Thank you for these tutorials, they are excellent!

@swiftged 24 күн бұрын

Sorted this out for homework . I’m also 74 and had no idea of where or how to start. Your lessons are spot on step by step. I am beginning to learn how electronic components work and how to build a circuit that works.

@ronaldknerr9018 4 жыл бұрын

Paul, I think these tutorials are awesome. I like that you are able to keep the interest of people of all ages. I also like how you explain everything in detail and not only how to do something, but WHY it is done. I'm onto the seventh video now and I believe I will be going through all of them. Thank you!

@rickgorske2357 5 жыл бұрын

This senior citizen is enjoying all the vlogs and trying to learn new things !

@robertparker5369 5 жыл бұрын

Followed through all your old courses and am finding the new courses a refreshing review and still picking up many new pointers. Thanks for the extra effort you put into these videos. Your homework assignments are a great touch.. keep it up. This senior citizen is enjoying the challenge.

@riyhadyussuf2936 Жыл бұрын

Nice me likey

@Matt-Banham 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic teacher. Taking us from what we know to what we need to know, step by step; really makes it easier to understand what is going on and diagnose problems ourselves. It's great that you've made intentional errors and even started programming how a beginner would with no variables and gone back to show how they make life easier and are an essential part of coding. Similarly pointing out that the circuit needs to be grounded before it is complete etc. The little touches like that are great. I can't skip over the theory lessons on electrons and binary, that I previously had minimal knowledge of. Without those I couldn't have worked out how to build the binary LED counter myself. Keep up the brilliant educational content sir. Many thanks.

@randallg.bennett3695 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Paul, Once again, I did the homework and am just starting tutorial 7 - The binary counter to 31 was relatively easy, and I was able to create a "clean board" that looked neat and organized first shot, and the coding had no faults. Your audio is excellent, along with your teaching skills. I initially purchased a Vilros starter kit, and have recently added a GAR Monster Kit to my arsenal. (I will work toward being able to use the components appropriately, but looking at it gives me the desire to succeed enough to use the components in the GAR kit, however basics start with baby steps with an eye on the eventual prize package. Thank you so much for your tutorials, and your teaching skills.

@33Ocelot 4 жыл бұрын

I recently started learning arduino. Your explanations are the best I found on youtube. The way of talking and the dedication to make ideas clear really show that you are a teacher. Thank you for taking the time and effort to put these together, they are very enjoyable.

@lhouse19 5 жыл бұрын

Compled the assignments, only after making every coding error possible. Great way to learn by correcting your own mistakes,

@Zzt31 2 жыл бұрын

The HW assignments definitely help alot...I follow along with you and then when I do the assignments, I don't struggle too much because you explain everything very clearly. I am completely new to programming and these lessons are really great. Thank you!

@dheersaxena9300 4 жыл бұрын

Sir there isn't a better teacher out there, came to watch new arduino series after 3 years whenI watched the old one and I found that you are a even better teacher now.Thank you 🙏💯

@Richardj410 4 жыл бұрын

Another one finished. I'm looking froward to doing all of your tutorials. Thank you.

@DoctorLazertron Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate how you build the circuit slightly different from video to video showing that there's not just one way to do things.

@temetnosce2951 Жыл бұрын

Paul you are rare teacher who can give me good feeling about myself! More experienced people might think that it is to easy, but I feel that this is just right amount and I'm not scared away and i wanna know more!

@antoups Жыл бұрын

I'm currently a first year mechanical engineering student, I wanted to get into a mechatronics program but it wasn't available, so I thought why not to learn the electronics and coding by myself. So I found these tutorials and I really got super excited to start. I wanna say thank you for your amazing and fruitful content, really the way you express your ideas and knowledge is truly amazing!!! Waiting for more videos on arduino🙌😁

@NachoElSanto 3 жыл бұрын

I love when he puts a constant in the code. You know it's just a matter of time before he says, "uh-Oh, are y'all screaming at me?". In my everyday life, whenever I make a boneheaded mistake, I scream, "NO! NO! NOOO!!" very softly to myself. Mr. McWhorter is a trip and I am very much enjoying these new and improved Arduino tutorials.

@glennfelpel9785 5 жыл бұрын

Your tutorials are definitely outstanding! My note book is growing. Even with the excellent way you present the material I still watch the videos at least twice. Good stuff and with the hands on experiences it brings it alive.

@paulmcwhorter 5 жыл бұрын

But are you remembering the ice coffee?

@pirate101100 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial! Finally something actually interesting to learn, school got me way too bored, wish I could have a teacher like you.

@coenlife 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul for giving of your time and expertise. I ordered the kit that you are using, before I found your tutorials online. When I have a chance in the evenings I have started using your tutorials. Initially I was using the kit and last night I found Arduino TinkerCad which I used to do the homework. I can be in the living room with my wife, keep the mess down and do everything on the computer. My main focus is understanding what is happening which you make sure to include as well as develop coding skills to do practical projects.

@Zizzac 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Paul! I've been trying to get into Arduino for the past week and trying to read through the badly written manuals and guides online. And I was honestly about ready to give up. I have no prior education in anything electronic or with coding. But watching your videos on this so far have help me SO much, and actually given me confidence! So much that I actually started doing the homework you gave for this episode before you even mentioned it! I just finished up the last line of code whenever you assigned us to go through and change the brightness, and it just meant a lot to me that I already was confident enough to figure it out on my own and do it. Please keep up the good work, and I can't wait to learn more! :) Thank you!

@DrewCreate Жыл бұрын

Finally learning basic coding feels tangible. Best professor I’ve never had, wish I had teachers/professors who taught as well as you throughout my years of education!

@chrisnewsome4753 3 жыл бұрын

I've been following your lessons and like your teaching style, concepts actually sink in to my grey matter. I successfully built the counter and programmed it without a hitch, it was pleasing that the programming was quite similar to yours. Thanks Paul.

@schmoopy 3 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate and enjoy the virtual classes you provide over KZfaq. It is a great resource for those who want to learn, and you are a great example of what a good instructor should be. Thank you sincerely from Manila, Philippines!

@Edits-vd5ru 4 жыл бұрын

When the day comes when I finally become a Mechatronics Engineer, I wanna thank you personally for all these knowledge.

@hamzanallwala6721 3 жыл бұрын

sameeee

@goutham6425 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Paul, Thank you for your great videos. I have started to enjoy your lessons. I always used to struggle with coding, but not anymore.

@HermannKerr 4 жыл бұрын

I am having fun and enjoying your tutorials so I thank you very much. I am an old hardware guy (think machine language programming MC6800, Z80, F8 when I was in University) and a long time software developer where I spent my career in I.T.. It is joy to play with these little guys again. Arduino makes it really easy.

@krishamsub.subedichhetri5895 4 жыл бұрын

I'm Loving this series man, you're videos getting me through this pandemic!!

@roygodber8988 4 жыл бұрын

These videos are excellent and even an old man like myself can follow them with little difficulty. As an ex-teacher myself Paul you are an excellent teacher. Many thanks.

@thesimnut 3 жыл бұрын

Amazed that I’m following this series and understanding it being my first venture into electronics and Arduino. Got setup for lesson 5 right first time, not bragging just pointing out how great and easy to follow your lessons are. So, thank you. Looking forward to completing the set

@paulmcwhorter 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@timothyrogers5758 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic set of videos so far, having great fun going through these tutorials with my kids. Whish you'd taught me at school in the 80's.

@tonytrulson1018 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul. I am a retired controls engineer from the worlds largest manufacturer of freeze-less outdoor plumbing supplies. I still do ALOT of controls engineering for myself simply because I loved the job! I wanted to get into a new platform so I chose the Arduino platform. Let me tell you, you are the Bob Ross of programming and design. I just love the way you methodically go through the lessons and have the talent to speak everything that is going through your mind. That my friend is a very tough thing to do, and I appreciate it immensely. If someone has the desire to learn the Arduino these are the best teaching videos I have ever run into about the subject. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and talent.

@antonyjerome7478 2 жыл бұрын

As a teacher myself, the way you have broken down your curriculum into this series of tutorials is exceptional and "most excellent."

@paulmcwhorter 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@danwolfe7665 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool! I hooked my multimeter up to the circuit and was able to watch the voltage change as I changed the analogWrite value from full, to 3/4, to 1/2, to 1/4 and to zero in 5 second increments.

@leonbarnfield 4 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic tutorial - learning so much and can't stop watching! Bedtime now!

@juliusandal021 5 жыл бұрын

hi Paul thanks to your tuitorial, I've done the light dimmer you said to be as an assignment.

@nicolasfolz6003 3 жыл бұрын

I never thought I could binge-watch educational videos until I found your channel.

@yeal_takian 5 жыл бұрын

Have been following along since episode - 1. Eagerly waiting to reach the last. Best Tutorial on You Tube by far. Keep it up

@paulmcwhorter 5 жыл бұрын

Lots of good lessons coming up. Hope you will stay tuned.

@violet8441 3 жыл бұрын

Hi it was my first time about learning digital because of you sir i understand more. You are a great teacher thank you so much i love it.

@shreyanshbehera8550 3 жыл бұрын

i see 64 and be like waaat how cam o finish i leik it tho

@obnelly 8 ай бұрын

Sir, i am grateful for your class . Its informative and educative . I believe by the time am done with the whole tutorials I should be able to come up with something for my poultry farm operations .

@wernerswannet 7 ай бұрын

Man, you so much remind me of my science teacher in high school, the one who explained things so good that at 58, I still remember the principles of a lot of the physics stuff he taught us!

@plynpool1 3 жыл бұрын

I have really enjoyed all the videos so far. I was in automation and worked on some really big projects before hurting my back in 2000. My boss was just starting teach me how to program. He did work for Dow Chemical for 10 years or so before I came to work with him. We did projects for Roche Vitamins, Anheuser Bush, Wetmore Printing in Dallas, Texas where we completely rewired and reprogrammed a Harris Web press an M300 I think it was called. I did about 80% of the wiring on that monster. The project for Roche we dealt with Allen Bradley and another project for Harris Web press here in Houston we completely reworked an M1000 web press with Siemens controls. What fun and challenging the projects were. Thanks and I look forward to learning more and more.

@MrBojangles1224 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot sir, coming back to circuits and programming after 20 years of abstinence from anything technology-related that goes deeper than simple usage or pressing buttons and your tutorials are the best I could find. Greetings from Austria!

@paulmcwhorter 3 жыл бұрын

All the best

@romanzachar9009 Жыл бұрын

Hello Paul, Greetings from Czech Republic, thank You for Your lessons and also for Your English. It´s PERFECT!

@jeffanderson4979 2 жыл бұрын

I can actually follow along. I’m 65 years old, this is the first time in my life I’m writing code. Thank you!

@NastyBeatProduction 3 жыл бұрын

This lessons really help me with my University studies to get a better understanding of Arduino so I can do my project for the assessment, especially now with covid-19 and the lectures are online. I love the way you teach you make it very simple and easy to understand and also fun at the same time. Thank you very much for the tutorials. Sergiu from the UK

@jordangee1991 3 жыл бұрын

Do a tutorial on how you make your ice coffee cause I need whats in yours !

@tytendo64 2 жыл бұрын

I love the tutorials, I messed around and made the led to dim slowly

@ssnoc 4 жыл бұрын

Really loving your tutorials - They are first rate and your new setup presents the information in a clear and engaging way - Superb👍

@nibblet-zv1uk 2 жыл бұрын

It's 3 am here in the UK, and I am still watching! Brilliant! 😀

@Paekill87 Ай бұрын

I've learned more from these couple of videos than my months at coding school.

@MominMesquite 4 жыл бұрын

You have such a unique teaching style I love it! Thank you!

@1psychoticmurmur 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent educational videos. I've been watching 1 - 2 per evening and doing the homework before watching the next video. Enjoying expanding on the assignment: I liked shutting off the light in between each brightness level and I added a forth blink with a random number between 0 and 255. Having lots of fun.

@airbear100 2 жыл бұрын

These tutorials are great. I've wanted to play with Arduino for a long time and these videos finally got me going. My daughter and I are doing this together and having a good time. Thanks for putting these together. God Bless.

@paulmcwhorter 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, and you are making memories that will last a lifetime for your daughter. How wonderful for you to make such time for her. She is truly blessed.

@jakeklic 4 жыл бұрын

Im new and I really love these tutorials, makes me understand what I am doing!

@yasirsuliman2048 4 жыл бұрын

Im so happy i found your videos😁 I've been bored during quarantine and thought i would spend my time learning something useful, so i thank u for helping me and can't wait to finish this amazing series.

@lemoinexavier 5 жыл бұрын

Found your channel by searching Fusion 360. I don't have Fusion and Arduino at the moment, but it won't take long. However my mother tongue is not English, I understand everything you explain. Thanks a lot! Great channel.

@oncledan282 5 жыл бұрын

N'est-ce pas, Xavier ! Hahaha! Super vidéos que fait ce mec-là. Vraiment. Perso, je n'en suis qu'à mes tout début, mais je suis rendu plus loin, mais j'attends qu'il parle de « struct » .. j'ai un super beau petit projet avec un DS3231 (RTC) et une sonde d'environnement genre BME280 et des modules Bluetooth pour transmettre l'info à l'intérieur. Bonne chance et bonne journée! On se recommunique si tu veux.

@langer727 4 жыл бұрын

Most excellent tutorial! Thanks Paul! Having fun with my little red LED going from 5 to 100 to 255.

@quentinjones1261 4 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your videos, I am a beginner. I follow along with my Arduino AND DO THE ASSINGHTMENTS. Thank you.

@srinivasankrishnamurti3462 4 жыл бұрын

My grandson Mihir has been following the series since episode 1. He really loves it , he is in episode 20 currently.

@javidreyaz2961 4 жыл бұрын

Paul, you would be shocked to know I am watching your videos all the way from Afghanistan. For no apparent reason, you remind me of Robert De Neiro. Love your lessons, love the energy you're sending across.

@andrewd4906 5 жыл бұрын

It's the hands on with the assignments that make these lessons stick for me. Thanks

@paulmcwhorter 5 жыл бұрын

Stay tuned, lots more homework coming.

@bhupendrapatel3716 2 жыл бұрын

Best videos… i am now interested in doing these stuff as a hobby… have already purchased the kit from the link provided…. Thanks for the free tutorials

@johnm4962 2 жыл бұрын

thank you paul, im doubling up when i can so i can get caught up and get to the more advanced lessons

@ahutton72 6 ай бұрын

Always a good practice to declare constant variables with const ( const int redPin=9; ). This ensures that we don't inadvertently change the value of the variable in our code. Great Videos!

@ashutoshpandey3546 Ай бұрын

U are really a great teacher , i haven't heard such kind of high quality explanation, thanks a lot...

@jalopyjones6460 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome Back! :D I can't wait to see what you do with that goodie box! Thank you again, I must have missed a communication episode... however you will be happy to hear, I now have the Serial, I2C and SPI all up and working on my current project. Keep up the great work and I look forward to what's in store for this series!

@TimConnor 5 жыл бұрын

I wish I had Paul in my computer classes

@iannsebastianpadilla7142 3 жыл бұрын

Im studying computer engineer, but I want to focus in this area combining programming with hardware, I love your tutorials, greetings from Puerto Rico.

@paulfrazier1021 4 жыл бұрын

As soon as you mentioned that we could input a number, it gave me an idea. Have it turn up slowly and then regress to nothing. Over and over. I was not disappointed. It looks neat. Real simple code that I slopped out in about a minute. for(size_t i = 0; i 0; i--) { analogWrite(redPin, brightness[i]); delay(50); } Just throw it in your loop function.

@peterclancy3653 Ай бұрын

“ I can see clearly now the fog has cleared” I never realised how logical this coding is. Great stuff, thanks!

@aaronmilliman7685 2 жыл бұрын

Keep them coming Mr. Paul. Your videos are helping me learn so fast.

@Saksham_0004 3 жыл бұрын

I have seen a lot of videos on KZfaq but I think you are the best

@thomashvnmusic 3 жыл бұрын

Your tutorials are addictive.

@prakharsaini7878 4 жыл бұрын

Actually u r killing the difficulty ... A big salute👍

@therzook 4 жыл бұрын

Everybody used to tell me to check on arduino, as an automation engineer I usually use 'blocks' to construct devices. I started as electronic engineer 20 years ago, but after 10 years of tinkering with all those small components I was fed up and 10 years ago migrated into automation (no more soldering and assembling - I just got fed up with it). I ordered arduino recently as an impulse buy (finally, after years I checked on it). Your lectures are fantastic, picking up syntax, basically I have done some coding with different tools previously. Already have 2 projects in my mind TCPIP analyser/logger and tablet as HMI, a lot of work, but it is way faster to learn new things when you want to do something and you do not know how! Challenge is not to copypaste anything from the Internet. Thank you for this great content.

@dog3714 2 жыл бұрын

I’m currently a uni student for computer science/engineering, and I got an arduino since it looked like something fun to do during summer. These tutorials have been great, and it’s cool to see computer science topics I have learned in class be physically applied to an actual object. I used a simple while loop to make the light gradually increase then decrease, and it was a joy to see. I hope that tutorials like this help get more people into technological/engineering fields. Have a great day

@paulmcwhorter 2 жыл бұрын

I really do think these lessons are an excellent supplement to university instruction.

@shimono992 Жыл бұрын

I'm starting my electrician apprenticeship but I want to get into industrial part of it, so I need to learn bits of PLCs. These videos are exactly what I wanted to learn. Gonna automate my veggie patch!

@Railbugman 4 жыл бұрын

Really like your videos, they are easy to understand, easy to follow and very informative.

@erygion 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Mcwhorter, I forgot all about this. I took notes.

@ChadBoucher 3 жыл бұрын

I can't have black iced coffee, I'm starting this at 12:07 AM when I should be going to bed. Your lessons are all the caffeine I need to keep me awake!

@lloydbotway5930 3 жыл бұрын

Wrote a simple for-loop taking the brightness from 0 to 255 in steps of 1, then back to 0 the same way, with a little delay between each step. Fun to watch it brighten and then dim.

@axelbergmann4040 4 жыл бұрын

another nice one Paul, thanks. Nice effect when using the random(min, max) for the brightness variable ...

@rustystrat50 2 жыл бұрын

I am into analog synthesizers and is the reason I am here learning about Arduino, that and wanting to have a lot of fun making cool projects. This info about analog stuff is just what I am looking for. The synths use variable voltages. I want to build some of my own modules. Thanks for all the good info.

@captaineverythingfun52 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t have the arduino kit but it’s on the way so I am watching these videos while I wait so I know everything I need to know before I’m ready to do the projects

@irishpandabear 11 ай бұрын

For this one, I added comments above each number (//zero, //one, etc) to help keep everything separated. I also added an “off/low” after each number so it flashes vs just switching. Then I used an int for the delay so I could adjust how quickly it switched between numbers. I think I overachieved a little on this assignment. Definitely enjoying the lessons so far.

@antonalderliesten1421 8 ай бұрын

cool dude! the //just refer to notes (for us) not to be used by the arduino right? also, i feel like my LEDs have very poor turndown ratio. 255 looks like 100 and even 10 feels like it should be 50 or so. You as well?

@mrauthenticdad 3 жыл бұрын

My 3 sons (aged 10,8,6) and I are doing your course 1 video a day. Fantastic stuff.

@paulmcwhorter 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@howardpruitt9115 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul, I'm 63 and enjoying your channel

@lorenzomontoya6695 3 жыл бұрын

Well-paced and well-organized instructor. I'll pay for your next cup of coffee. Thanks.

@vikasenugurthi2183 3 жыл бұрын

These are one hell of a tutorials. Iam happy that i found this earlier.

@fignutron 4 жыл бұрын

Very clear cut video's. You explain things very well. Needed to learn electronic control for various projects involving anything from rocketry to jet engine's. Thanks!

@angianggia4409 4 жыл бұрын

I really like your style of teaching. Very great detail on explaining the basics that help build up a strong foundation for more complicated materials. 9.(9)/10 (since there is no perfect system)

@speedsportauto3glude 2 жыл бұрын

This will be one the first project I will attempt when I receive my starter kit. Very informative lesson for a beginner like me, thank you keep the good work.

@paulmcwhorter 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck!