Tutorial Videos: Direct Access

This page groups the makecourse course segments and associated tutorial videos into thematic areas for direct access. If you want to do the full course sequence to systematically learn the art of making, please, refer to the Lesson Plan, which presents the tutorials in a 15 week sequence suitable for systematic self-study.

Autodesk Inventor Tutorials:

• Overview of Autodesk Inventor
  
• Design of 3D Parts
  
• Modifying Parts
  
• Assemblies
• Create a 2D drawing
  

Arduino Hardware Tutorials:

• General Introduction to the Arduino Hardware
• Timed interrupts
• External interrupts
• Comparator interrupts for detecting analog signals
• Pin change interrupts
• Arduino memory types and using the onboard EEPROM
• Using the Arduino "watch dog"  timer for automatic reset in case something goes wrong
• Arduino "sleep modes" for power saving
• Arduino Bootloader and using the AVRISP mkII Programmer 

Arduino Programming Tutorials:

• Introduction to Programming Videos
• Programming with functions and tabs, using digital pins
• Object Oriented Programming I: Classes and objects
• Object Oriented Programming II: 7 segment 4 digit LED display
• Making libraries
• Arduino Bootloader and using the AVRISP mkII Programmer

Controlling Peripherals Tutorials:

• Controlling I2C bus devices at the example of a I2C enabled LCD display
• Servo motors
• Stepper motors
• Proximity Sensor
• Infrared remote control
• Controlling SPI bus devices at the example of a RFID reader
• 8x8 LED matrix display driven with timed interrupts
• Capacitive touchpad readout using an external interrupt
• Detecting sound thresholds with a microphone
• Reading out switches using pin change interrupts
• Using a SD card for data logging
• Controlling a DC motor with the Arduino

Electronics Basics Tutorials:

• Resistors, Voltage Dividers and Power
• There is a sequence of videos on eeawesome.com, that introduces to some electronics basics like voltage dividers and using the multimeter

Advanced Topics Tutorials:

• Digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters (DAC, ADC)
• Using a SD card for data logging
• Arduino Bootloader and using the AVRISP mkII Programmer

Arduino Basics Tutorials:

• Getting Started with the Arduino: Introduction to the Arduino Example Sketches
• There is a sequence of videos on eeawesome.com, that introduces to the basics of Arduino and electronics.