Arduino Survival Guide: Workbench Edition -- Ed Nisley

Arduino Survival Guide: Workbench Edition -- Ed Nisley

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11 am to 1 pm -- 2 hours over lunch

Maximum 10 students: RSVP now

Learn how to help your Arduino survive its encounter with your project, then live long and prosper. Discover why feeding it the proper voltages, currents, and loads ensures maximum Arduino Love!

Ed will describe some fundamental electronic concepts, guide you at the workbench while you make vital measurements, then show you how to calculate power dissipation, load current, and more. You'll understand why Arduinos get hot, what kills output bits, and how you can finally stop buying replacements.

Bring along:

Your Arduino, its USB cable, and a laptop + Arduino IDE

Digital multimeter (as many as you have!)

Calculator

If you have these, bring them too:

Wall wart power supply for Arduino (7.5 to 12 V DC)

Alligator clip leads

Power strip for all your AC plugs