Workbench Essentials When Starting Arduino! (Beginner Guide)

this is a guide for all the tools you

need to build cool Arduino projects and

Beyond every tool that I mention in this

video is what I personally use to build

Arduino projects it looks like a lot and

that's because it is I've been

accumulating these tools over many years

however you don't need to purchase

everything I have

huh building epic looks really difficult

and it might feel intimidating but

that's why I make these videos to make

it easier to start you don't need to

know advanced math or physics Arduino

makes Electronics really easy with clear

instructions and easy connections also

the Arduino programming language is very

easy to learn all it takes is one

weekend to learn these skills with that

said these are the essential tools

needed to build epic Arduino projects

and

Beyond the first thing you'll need is

the Arduino itself an Arduino is a

circuit board that you can connect other

components to and then you can write

code to control these components there

are a bunch of different kinds of

Arduino boards some are little some are

big some are average if you've never

bought in Arduino before by the Arduino

Uno it's versatile fast has lots of

protection features is fairly priced and

that's why it's the most popular Arduino

board there exists genuine arduinos and

clone arduinos if you're looking to

support the company buy a genuine

Arduino but if you're looking to save

money buy a clone

Arduino the next tools you need are a

breadboard and jumper wires these two

items allow you to create electrical

circuits quick and easy jumper wires are

basically wires that have a high hard

end to them this is called a pin the

breadboard has a bunch of holes and each

hole has a spring contact that will

clamp down onto things that are plugged

into it to create an electrical

connection in the breadboard horizontal

rows are internally connected and the

rails on the side are vertically

connected components also normally come

with pins so they can be inserted into

the breadboard and jumper wise can be

used to form electrical connections

between them this is useful for

prototyping circuits quickly and

connecting them to the

Arduino you should get breadboard with

power rails on either side so not

something like this also make sure that

there's a gap in the middle this Gap

means that you can connect parts that

have pins on either side like this motor

driver or even this Arduino Nano a

smaller breadboard is fine if you don't

need the extra space for jumper wise you

should get three different kinds male to

male jumper wires female to male jumper

wires and female to female jumper wires

the most popular kinds of male toale

jumper wise are ones with a circular

rubber coating ones with a plastic

Square housing or one that's a solid

core of wire they're all good options

however for more complex breadboard

circuits using solid core jumper wise

can be

Neer an uino breadboard and jumper W is

everything you need to start making

electrical connections but what about

the components that you need to build

projects it's best to start with an

assortment of different components so

you can play around with each of them

and learn the necessary skills along the

way what the flip here are some of the

most commonly used components

you can spend your time buying each

component individually or you can just

get a starter kit it doesn't really

matter which one you get just get one

that has an arino breadboard jumper wise

and a bunch of cool components that

you'd like to play around with a starter

kit that I recommend is in the

description

below a tool that is super necessary is

a multimeter you can't see electricity

with your eyes and a multimeter allows

you to see electricity multimeters can

be really cheap or really expensive for

your first one get one that is really

cheap if you feel that your multimeter

is limiting you then upgrade but you

don't want to spend money on an

expensive tool that you won't use I'm

using the digital multimeter from fex

and it's okay I got it for like 20 bucks

at a supermarket and it's not amazing

but it does the job and it's lasted Me 3

years so far here are the five features

that make the multimeter a must have

first is measuring voltage we can probe

anywhere in the circuit and see the

voltage at that point second is

measuring current using the probes to

connect the multimeter in series with a

will tell us how much current the load

is drawing third is measuring resistance

connect both sides to the multimeter and

it will tell you the resistance of a

component fourth is a diode test it's

used to test the polarity of a diode a

diode is a component that only allows

current to flow in one way so you got to

know the polarity when using it Fifth is

continuity this is the one I use the

most it tries to send a small current

through its leads and if it can it will

emit a beep this can help you detect

wiring issues for for example if there's

a broken wire in your project with these

components you'll have everything you

need to get started now here's more

tools that I regularly use that you

don't need when getting started but they

do make your life a lot easier if level

one of building circuits is making them

on a breadboard level two would be

making them on a Proto board and

soldering wires to create permanent

connections the tools that you need to

do this are a soldering iron I use the

Wella

we1010 this one is really good I've used

a bunch of cheap solder irons before and

I felt that it was limiting me so I

invested in a good soldering iron next

you need the solder itself I use 6040

Rosen core 0.8 mm solder then you'll

need flux this will help the solder to

flow in the way you want it to You'll

also need a solder sucker to remove

solder and a solder Wick to also remove

solder for permanent connections I don't

use jump WIS I use a standard roll and

cut and strip them to the length I need

using wire strippers with these tools

you can make permanent electrical

connections epic this stuff is

underrated basically heat shrink goes

around an electrical connection and when

heat is applied to it it shrinks down

and creates a tight hold to apply the

heat I use a heat gun but a lighter

works fine too so if level two is making

permanent protoboard connections then

level three would be designing and

assembling a printed circuit board I

won't go super in-depth into pcbs but

pretty much it's better in every single

way and definitely a skill to learn if

you want to build epic

projects having a reliable power supply

is like the backbone of cool projects

you can power things using the Arduino

but that can only Supply 3.3 volts and 5

volts and only with a small amount of

current you can use a battery but as it

gets depleted the voltage changes and

also the battery can run out this is why

having a reliable power supply where you

can change the voltage and current limit

is really

important the next item that I regularly

use is the oscilloscope what it does is

visually represent volage over time the

difference between this and a multimeter

is that a multimeter measures the

voltage a couple of times a second while

in a ccope measures billions of times a

second and plots it on a nice graph this

allows you to analyze complex electrical

waveforms with a lot of detail the

Arduino is serial printing gobble gobble

to my computer and that's what it looks

like electrically super epic I'm going

to be honest you only need an

osilloscope when you start building

complex circuits and even then you don't

need one this good this is the DSO X

124a by kyite and it's really

Overkill 3D printing is super important

for anyone who wants to make projects

that have mechanical aspects it's really

a game changer for building epic

projects because you get to summon ideas

from your imagination into the real

world you'll have to learn how to use a

3D modeling software like Fusion 360 or

on shape but it's really worth it to

actually print my stuff I use the bamboo

lab p1s and it's pretty good and so that

wraps up this quick guide on all the

components and tools are used which

hopefully helps when you start building

your workbench for all your engineering

and electronic stuff by the way if

you're struggling with arduo and want to

learn all the basics in a weekend this

could be cool no prior knowledge needed

no 20-hour courses no scouring across

YouTube for fundamentals everything you

need all in one place so you can

actually understand

Arduino wait I just dropped this starter

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components diagrams Theory

troubleshooting and a community of

people blazing the same path as you so

if you want a quick and practical course

to get started with uino check out the

robonic academy links in the description

but anyways thanks for watching and I'll

see you soon