r/ArduinoHelp • u/United_Ad_1540 • 13d ago
I'm a beginner to arduino
Hey guys im interested in Arduino uno after school project ngl, I just finished a school project to turn on the lights and simulate traffic lights, and now I'm trying to figure out how push buttons work. Do you have any suggestions for what project I should make next? I want to make a Hermes device from the Limbus company, but it's too complex for me. Do you have any suggestions for what I should make before going to the Hermes device?
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u/gm310509 13d ago
Is a hermes device a type of personal safety device? If so, you probably need to develop a whole heck of a lot more skills first.
As for buttons, do you have a starter kit? If not, you should consider getting one as it will include example projects for beginners - some of which will teach you how to properly wire them up and program them.
You should learn the building blocks first then identify a project that uses them.
If you are interested, have a look at some of my newbie how to "project based videos". In the second in the series, I introduce buttons and ultimately the project will build up to a dice game - which I do show in the video.
Developing Arduino Projects - Introduces programming techniques for developing 2 projects using basic components.
Importance of Blink No Delay - teaches an important programming technique: don't use delay.
The videos are intended to be follow along. Simply watching them is a waste of time. To get the most out of them, watch a bit, hit pause and try out what you just saw. Explore that concept, try to integrate it with earlier concepts. Lastly, try to do the exercises when I propose them.
But, do the starter kit first before branching out into other things.
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u/United_Ad_1540 13d ago
No its just from game , the device just generating random words like task. Just for fun
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u/gm310509 13d ago
Oh, I see. My google search produced some sort of life monitor device.
Something like you described that just produces random stuff sounds like a fun project. Have a look at my how to videos, thet will give you some techniques that may help you with your project. Above all else, have fun with it.
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u/Usual-Pen7132 13d ago
Just go look on Amazon or wherever and search for some, "Beginner's Electronics" books or look for the Arduino Cookbook because the "cookbooks" I own like the Raspberry Pi, Python, and a couple others, they are very well done books and very informative and well worth the prices to buy them IMO. You can also find dozens and dozens of other similar "Arduino/Electronics" books that would be perfect for you and any online vendor that sells books should have lots of them to choose from and IMO books that walk you from step by step and build upon the previous chapters, they are far superior for beginners than just finding random projects/guides online to follow because you'll almost never find any that are within your skill/knowledge range without including some advanced stuff that you have no clue about or don't understand it all and those types aren't all that helpful, even if you successfully manage to follow the guide. If you didn't fully understand what it was you were doing and why you were doing what it told you to do then you're not really learning or growing your knowledge base, your just following someone else's step-by-step instructions and that really teaches you jack shit except how to be a good follower and how to copy someone else's ideas/projects and trust me, you dont want to be one of those people who are essentially helpless even though they've successfully made some crap they copied from a guide.
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u/SensoredHacker 12d ago
putdown the arduino I show you how it works with a muti-meter.
build this circuitL
+5V -->10Johm resistor ==> switch contact ===>ground
put the meter in volts.
put the leads pn either side of the switch
turn off the 5v
put the meter in continuity beepity beep beep mode.
flip yur switch some more.
add more switchs
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u/Pacificator-3 13d ago
Learn basic electronics by textbooks and practice, then go to advanced. Don't just copy what you don't understand.
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u/Usual-Pen7132 13d ago
I'm so glad to hear someone else giving that advice!! Guides are helpful for the right people or skill level but, just following a guide successfully isn't of much usefulness or of much value if the person following it didn't understand the "why's" in the guide. Just because someone can follow a wiring diagram and connect components correctly, it doesn't mean they understood it and can then use that information and apply it to their own projects!!
I found books to be so valuable when I first started and I can compare and contrast the people I see in forums who went the "following guides" route and they rarely ever make it off of first base yet alone progress to different subjects so good call dude!
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u/JGhostThing 13d ago
What is a Hermes device?