Let's Make It (HD) - Tech-zen.tv

This week we are going to show how simple it is use an LCD with an Arduino. We will use the LCD in future episodes to output information from Sensors and for debugging other applications.

We will give you a schematic so you can quickly connect an LCD to your Arduino. You will learn how to scroll text, blink text and much more.

In this episode we pick up where we left off last week and add in a breadboard with some buttons to show how the Arduino can take input from the outside using something as simple as a button.

We also cover what button bounce is and some features that are built into the Arduino that will pull a pin to high so that you do not need a resistor in the button circuit. Lots of good stuff this week.

In this, our 2nd episode of this new show we take a look at the Arduino and everything it can do. Then we get our hand dirty by creating a couple of programs (called Sketches in the Arduino). The programs are very simple, so do not worry, no prior programming experience is necessary.

This is our very first episode of Lets Make It. In this episode we introduce ourselves and talk a little about what is coming up. Hint: It is Arduino, Raspberry Pie, PIC Chips, Circuit Design and PC Board Manufacturing. Fun stuff!