Part I: getting started with Arduino – some bitwise operations

1) Architecture of a microcontroller. Arduino Uno hardware characteristics (clock signal, memories, voltage regulators.. )

The IDE of Arduino. Simple circuit with a LED. Blinking LED

2) Variable resistance: 10K pot and photocell. Voltage divider with a 10K pot and photocell.

Binay values. Analog world to digital world . Controlling the ADC (analog digital converter) of the Arduino.

Example of a simple set up: linear temperature sensor TMP36

3) Digital to analog with Arduino. PWM frequency and duty cycle. Using the oscilloscope.

Simple circuits a piezo buzzer. Example with a LED-RGB

4) Storing data (1 byte variable) in the built-in EEPROM. Bitwise operations. Hexadecimal system.

The I2C (2 Wire Serial Communication) protocol to communicate with an external 64Kbytes EEPROM

Part II: Some basics electronics components: diodes, capacitors, transistors

5) Diodes. Zener diode and circuits with diodes

6) IV curve of a diode

7) BJT transistor as a switch and as an amplifier of current. Transistor with a motor

8) IV curve of a BJT. BJT to ampligy a small signal. The load line

9) BJT and N-MOSFET as a NON gate. MOSFET to control a motor

Part III: digital gates, shift register , SR latch, flip flop, 7 LED segments

10) Digital gates and the TTL logic gate family. NOT, AND , NAND, NOT, OR gates. The universal NAND gate

1) SR latch with NOR. D-data flip flop positive edge trigger and introduction to shift register.

JK flip flop and a binary counter. Frequency divider

12) Shift register with Arduino. Binary counter. 7 segments LED

Part IV : op amps

13) set-ups with op-amps. Comparator, integrator/differentiator, inverting amplifier, buffer, summing amplifier

part V: AC analysis

14) Half-wave rectifier. Bridge rectifier (full-wave rectifier). AC to DC with center tapped transformer 450mA 120V AC to 12VAC.

voltage regulator

15) 2^nd order active filters with an op-amp

Appendix A: The IDE – common functions, basic C commands , bitwise operations , operators …

Appendix B and appendix C: The hardware – Characteristics of Arduino Uno R3