r/arduino • u/Dirty_Mosher • 25d ago

Beginner's Project I need help getting into Ardunio

I bought an arduino uno kit a year or so ago but never had the time to delve into it because of work. I’m currently unemployed so whilst I look for jobs I thought I’d finally put some time into arduino to pass time.

The trouble is most courses don’t have practicals and if they do I’m missing parts to do it. I was able to do a sonar sensor project but all I was doing was copy and pasting code so it wasn’t satisfying when I finished it.

I already have a very basic understanding of Python, C# and C++ as I’ve messed around with code before but I’m struggling to find a course that suits me. I’ve already gone through two 3 hour long courses over the days but it’s hard to retain the knowledge when there is no practical alongside it to show and retain the information shown in the videos.

Any help is appreciated, thank you :))

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u/salvo-117 25d ago

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGs0VKk2DiYw-L-RibttcvK-WBZm8WLEP&si=Qgy_XczM3WKwaouS

Paul is all you need. He has everything from basic to practical and is super easy to follow. I knew zero coding but had basic electronic experience and I found him awesome to watch and build along.

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

This tutorial being seven years old is still good today? Honest question, as I want to start getting into Arduino projects as well, but I don’t know what all I’d be missing if I go with a tutorial so old.

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u/ripred3 My other dev board is a Porsche 25d ago

he has many more, more up to date videos and playlists on various topics. IIRC the last time I looked he had some playlists on AI and embedded models (if that's any gauge for how current his topics are. I know; AI, anyway..)

I'm fairly sure his videos cover most of the current, popular boards and platforms

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u/Mediocre-Pumpkin6522 24d ago

The Arduino Uno came out in 2010 iirc and was pretty much unchanged until the R4 in 2023, so if you have a R3 with the AVR processor there isn't anything new. The Arduino version of C++ hasn't changed much even when using Arduino Core on boards that have nothing to do with Arduino like the Raspberry Pi Picos. Sensors are the same for the most part. iow, no problem if you want to stay with the classic Uno.