On the one side of your Engduino you have 16 LED lights that have adjustable brightness and can be set to various mixtures of the three primary colours (of light): Red, Green and Blue. Figure 2: 16 Red, Green, Blue LEDs on one side of the board The LEDS are numbered 0 15 and their exact positions can be seen in Appendix A. Also on this side of – the board we have a thermistor which can be used to detect temperature and a light sensor. On the other side we have a battery holder where we can install a battery. Safety note: DO NOT TRY TO PUT AN AA OR AAA BATTERY IN THE BATTERY HOLDER. IT IS THE WRONG SIZE, THE WRONG VOLTAGE, WILL NOT WORK, AND, IF YOU PLUG IT INTO YOUR PC, BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN. The battery charges automatically if it is plugged in while the Engduino is plugged into a USB port. There is also a button that can be used to get input from the user and a power switch to power your device down when you are not using it. For more advanced users, the accelerometer is near the keyring hole along with a magnetometer and infra-red transceiver. We will not use them in this simple tutorial, but you can find more information about them at: Your first app For your exercise you are going to write a program in your Arduino IDE and then upload it to your Engduino board. If this is a lab class, your Arduino IDE should be open for you already. If not, just double click on the blue Arduino icon on your computer. You should see a window like that shown below:
On the one side of your Engduino you have 16 LED lights that have adjustable brightness and can be set to various mixtures of the three primary colours (of light): Red, Green and Blue. Figure 2: 16 Red, Green, Blue LEDs on one side of the board The LEDS are numbered 0 – 15 and their exact positions can be seen in Appendix A. Also on this side of the board we have a thermistor which can be used to detect temperature and a light sensor. On the other side we have a battery holder where we can install a battery. Safety note: DO NOT TRY TO PUT AN AA OR AAA BATTERY IN THE BATTERY HOLDER. IT IS THE WRONG SIZE, THE WRONG VOLTAGE, WILL NOT WORK, AND, IF YOU PLUG IT INTO YOUR PC, BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN. The battery charges automatically if it is plugged in while the Engduino is plugged into a USB port. There is also a button that can be used to get input from the user and a power switch to power your device down when you are not using it. For more advanced users, the accelerometer is near the keyring hole along with a magnetometer and infra-red transceiver. We will not use them in this simple tutorial, but you can find more information about them at: Your first app For your exercise you are going to write a program in your Arduino IDE and then upload it to your Engduino board. If this is a lab class, your Arduino IDE should be open for you already. If not, just double click on the blue Arduino icon on your computer. You should see a window like that shown below: