Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

An Introduction to Embedded System Using Arduino
Course Outline
Day 1

Day 2

Module 1

Introduction
Embedded System
Arduinos and their features
Setting up an Arduino system
Programming an Arduino

Module 2

Digital inputs and outputs

LED
Buttons
Digital sensors
Reading multiple digital inputs
Finite State Machine

Module 3

Analog inputs and outputs

Controlling blinking rate using analog input
Using analog output for fading effect
Generating sound

Module 4

Project 1: Musical box

Module 5

Structured Programming
Selection constructs
Logical (Boolean) expressions
Modular programming
User-defined functions
Writing your own functions

Module 6

Interfacing to LCD display

Displaying value from analog input
Selecting output using digital input

Module 7

Interfacing to DC motors
What is PWM?
H-bridge

Module 8

Project 2: A line follower robot

Equipment and Tools

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Personal computer
Arduino board
Mini breadboard (normal breadboard can do)
LED (8 pcs)
LCD display (16x2 ??)
Potentiometer (kena tanya Sayuthi value dia)
Photoresistors (Light Dependent Resistors, LDR, 3 pcs rasanya kat
store ada bnyk.. klu xde bagitau))
8. Resistors (220, 1 k, 10 k etc)
9. Connectors (wires)