Arduino Tutorial 1: Setting Up and Programming the Arduino for Absolute Beginners

[@SamMatier1]

78 years old and you got me excited enough to just order my kit.

[@droidebuilder486]

is he really so old? He looks like 45-55 Greetings from Germany

[@Voltomess]

@@droidebuilder486 lol he's talking about himself, not about that guy from the video.

[@vlad516]

Never to old to learn something new and have some fun

[@jamesfebiri5355]

Mr Paul McWhorter can you do tutorials on ESP8266 and Blynk

[@rammich]

​@@droidebuilder486 He's actually in his mid twenties, but he's a programmer.

[@chromiyum6849]

this was the quickest 23 minutes of my life. I love this guy already

[@andybuit]

Shut

[@vaibhavkulkarni7398]

100% bro

[@windyjay4627]

Facts

[@atanuwadhwa]

HOOK A BROTHER UP. Every student deserves a teacher/mentor like Mr Paul

[@ounsspace2573]

Absolutely correct🙃🙃🙃

[@seema296]

❤❤❤❤ 🐱‍🐉🆚🐱‍🏍

[@naifalturki1685]

yeah

[@李晶-q2k]

Ofc

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

This is one of the very few teachers I have seen that doesn't assume the viewer already understands the program and the procedures. He walks you through every step, without skipping anything. That is greatly appreciated, and every online teacher should be following this model.

[@W1RMD]

Agreed!

[@gretaprice4912]

I agree

[@tanmaywankhede3490]

Really true..most folks assume we already know many things and skip stuff.. that's really bad..but the things he does are really good

[@macoygunida]

I couldn't agree more on this comment. i only had a couple of these kind of professors since first grade till i graduated in college.

[@kikiowoayodelefelix5400]

sure

[@superway7679]

This guy is the best teacher ever, this class was not boring at all, and I understood everything because he explained it so well👍🏽

[@soulslayer59]

i so agreeee!!! like i am gonna binge watch it now :P ..thank you again

[@jaideepm572]

He Sure is The Best

[@hahayesitsme212]

agreed

[@thunderhype5972]

I am a program idiot, he makes it so easy to understand, thank u!

[@nottimotar3257]

agreed

[@alfredcalleja450]

Thanks Paul, I am getting so much out of your brilliant tutorials. I did Electronics as part of my Mechanical Engineering course in the 1970s and I've done several online courses since, but they all bored me to pieces. I find that I'm really getting a lot of joy out of doing your tutorials: thanks again.

[@paulmcwhorter]

Wow! Really appreciate the support, it means a lot to me. I hope you continue to enjoy the lessons.

[@dineshkumarsingh1865]

A journey to be learned, could start over on any moment of life span, nice work for everyone who admire to teach others.

[@darecogitare639]

Thanks Paul. You are a fantastic teacher.I am just beginning my coding journey at 67 thank you.

[@circle4922]

Wow - that's cool.

[@tanyalobyam]

Me too I am 63. LoL

[@pl0w221]

@@tanyalobyam me too i am 172. Lol

[@MeetYourArchitect]

Wow Dare! Go on brother sir!

[@praveermadhupushpa6518]

Well , that's an evergreen mind

[@KenWallaceFilms]

I'd say a delay of 15 is pretty much the limit, where I can barely detect a flicker. And great class for a complete beginner. Looking forward to the whole series!

[@wolfang08]

I could detect a flicker at 13 but it was so subtle you could mistake it for how some bad quality lights flicker a bit lol

[@Joe_Parmesan]

@@wolfang08 That's what I got too. 13, while being up close to the device

[@juliecull8350]

I got 12

[@iryblue458]

Same here

[@ethansalvadore7189]

This guy is the Bob Ross of computer programming.

[@UnknownSend3r]

What programming language is he using ?

[@Jonas-yf9ln]

@@UnknownSend3r arduino

[@SoylentSoy]

Man. I came here to say this exact thing. Way to be top comment!

[@thatguy580]

@@UnknownSend3r C++

[@hemitpatel4758]

Hell ya

[@anomadicmouse]

This is awesome! Where has this been all my life?! I'm 55 years old and just starting my journey into this fascinating world...LOVE your guidance and approach!! Thank you!! :)

[@Mouse_007]

I'm 52 and just starting to learn this.

[@xeistan7793]

Im 11

[@user-panda007]

@@Mouse_007 I am 72. From Japan. Just start to lern arduino ono.

[@JohnnieBravo1]

At 72, I am just getting into Arduinos, so I can eventually run steppers and servos on my machine tools. (before I die). This first intro is awesome. (and I come from a long varied set of tech careers). Thank you for making it so easy to understand.

[@mrsaizo0000]

Hey, are you also trying to build your own CNC machine or similar? There is an addon from Joy-It for CNC motor shield (CNC-kit 1), I think in the US it cost around 20us$. Can control X Y and Z axis and an "A" axis as well. I'm trying to build my own CNC machine to make precision tools. And to learn more coding..

[@livesonjura]

You're a morbid Johnniebravo. Cheer-up!

[@boonedockjourneyman7979]

I don’t believe you. You’re probably 27.

[@workingTchr]

@@boonedockjourneyman7979 He's probably being honest. I'm 71 and a lot of them talk that way. It's sad, but they just can't believe they're that fu***ng old. You'll see...

[@josephculver1815]

I'm 73 and teaching arduino/PLCs/CNC - not old till tomorrow!

[@valentinboyo3558]

The most relevant Arduino Tutorial on the internet.

[@ABSP5766]

Advice for those who are starting this course: from someone who has just finished it I had already an Arduino starter kit but not Elegoo's; I thought that I would spare some bucks using my kit and buying the few components that I hadn't. Do not fall into the same mistake. I had to buy quite a few and in the end, I had to spend as much money as I would if I had bought the Elegoo kit, and I had to interrupt the course several times waiting for my new components to arrive. This course is absolutely fun to follow, Paul is a fantastic teacher, and when you finish it you will have a good grasp on Arduino and electronics in general. I had never done anything with electronics and I couldn't even distinguish potential from current when I started; so, if I could do it, anyone can.

[@yousafkhan525]

I have fallen already yesterday

[@billlaird7332]

I'm a retired software developer in my 80's and throughly enjoying this series. Having taken innumerable programming courses over a 50 year career, I can definitely say you are the absolute best technical instructor I have ever encountered. Everything you say is absolutely clear, concise, and a teaching moment. I'm currently on tutorial 22, but returned to tutorial 1 to encourage new students to get the starter kit and do the exercises as you progress through the series. I have one suggestion. Unless I missed it somewhere along the way, you don't talk about comments in your coding. Comments embedded in code are a great assistance in going back over the code if problems develop months or years after the code was written by the original developer or someone assigned later to maintain the code. Adding comments is as simple as beginning the comment line with //. Comments following the // will not be compiled and appear in the code as "grayed out." An example of comments is the " // put your code here, to run once: " in the beginning of the void setup paragraph.

[@robertschuldenfrei2402]

I too am an 80-year-old software developer and retired company owner. I have almost no hardware experience. I stumbled upon this series and am enjoying it immensely. I plan to ask Santa for an Arduino starter kit, but for now I am using the simulator TinkerCAD. So far, it allows me to do most thing. One thing it does not do is allow you to press two buttons at once. For now, AND and OR gates are out unless you use a switch (which I have successfully done). I also taught programming in the 1960s and 70s. This tutorial is absolutely "top shelf."

[@avinier325]

It's been 4 years, can I still see to learn it?

[@CT8-1-0-8]

I’ve been so intimidated to get into this stuff because I’ve always believed you had to be born a genius to understand these things; however, Paul makes it not only understandable but also WAY more exciting than I anticipated! I am beyond excited about this and I feel like I’m finally fulfilling a silent dream that I’ve always had! Thank you SO much, Paul!!!

[@paulmcwhorter]

You can do it!

[@kulaniscap]

Me too, exactly as you said.

[@JohnB-r6c]

New to Arduino, but old to life, retired and loving this series of tutorials while following along with the kit. Thanks for creating and continuing to create them Mr. Paul. Want to add that I was contemplating the Arduino but after finding your lessons and tutorials and watching a few, DECIDED to get the Arduino.

[@gracevinson7683]

The Bob Ross of robotics!! this is my favorite arduino lesson series I've seen. Wish it would have been around when I first started.

[@Birginio420]

I had the exact same thought hahah

[@peaches4240]

@Matt Brue haha "the happy little bar"

[@anomadicmouse]

Indeed! He makes it some how less "scary" and I dont feel Im in over my head with learning this!

[@drzwithcrow6075]

As a previously professional teacher - Paul, you are spot on. I already knew this level of UNO basics, but still found the video engaging. Believe me, keeping me interested is not easy! Can't wait to keep going.

[@paulmcwhorter]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mj-ls7qr8xp3n]

@@paulmcwhorter there are teachers, and then there ARE teachers.

[@dakshbahl649]

@@paulmcwhorter hey I was looking to do the intro to robitics series where you mentioned that I should complete this series beforehand. I was just wondering if all of these lessions are nessasary for the intro to roboitcs series or will my time be better used by watching a 90 minute arduino tutorial and then working throght the robitics series!

[@oldricky]

I was a programmer over 40 years ago. I'm blown away by the code overhead that has disappeared in order to do simple tasks. Excellent introductory tutorial into the analog/digital industrial platform. Two thumbs up!

[@paulmcwhorter]

Glad it helped!

[@s.wajeehulhassannaqvi6418]

The best thing about this guy is that when he says he'll teach from scratch, he means it. Brillaint teacher. He is very clear in his insteuctions.

[@jaynguyen804]

I love how this guy cracks so many funny jokes with a straight face! Just love it!

[@foxxomusicofficial]

This is exactly what I’m looking for! I did a semester of Computer Engineering at school and I really enjoyed it! Though I lost everything I had learnt once I finished the class, since I didn’t have any way to apply it to anything in my life at the time. Now though, I want to learn again and this channel is perfect!

[@paulmcwhorter]

Great to hear!

[@amrdel2730]

Yeah i studied a electronics engineering degree but now since i didnt apply a forgot and need refreshing

[@sidnotthesloth1827]

around 15 you can see a bright light that is you can say buzzing . i just started arduino and i love the way you teach Mr Paul

[@physics_n_maths_nerd4204]

same for me its around 20

[@kaaaaaaash]

@@physics_n_maths_nerd4204 it buzzes without a delay

[@AhmedMohammed-kz6ej]

around 18

[@desmondlens]

for me its 14. you can see the blinking so fast

[@David-sf3dr]

same here

[@simpjkee]

Got my kit today. The lowest number I could really tell a flicker is 15. Started feeling real ambitious so I went a step further and program the LED to do SOS.

[@SJROYLABS]

Between 14-15ms for me it started to look too solid to tell by eye. Thank you for this series. I'm just starting it now and already having a blast. I learned Fusion 360 from you as well so I have no doubt this is going to be a solid list of lessons.

[@jakedenos]

15ms for me too

[@reubenhaitsma2522]

14 for me

[@banexideentertainment8778]

That's about where I had mine as well. I went back up to 25ms in order to make a more noticeable strobe effect.

[@kenmarshall7054]

Ditto here.

[@AmrMohamed-yu9jp]

wow i stopped at 50 ms my eyes hurt man

[@freddyavendano2513]

I really love how relaxed he looks…. That’s the demeanor of somebody that master something

[@stephenhegarty1389]

This whole series is fantastic. I'm completely new to programming and electronics, and Paul is a brilliant teacher, I especially like that he explains the scientific theory behind what's happening and not just "How to do it". Thoroughly recommend to anyone wanting to learn how to use an Arduino micro controller.

[@KenJacobson-v8v]

Hi Paul, you are a lifesaver. I'm 77 years old and still working as a Manufacturers' Representative for various electronic component manufacturers. I've always sold hardware and never attempted to understand software. One of our suppliers makes LCD displays and recently introduced a display family along with software tool which allows one to create all the HMI graphics viewed on the display -- and -- at the same time sending commands to external microcontrollers. I've been hesitant to learn how a microcontroller works until watching your Ardrino videos --- You are a fabulous teacher!! Thanks for providing the incentive I needed to keep learning.

[@ernestsbrigis1004]

I am not new at arduino at all, but i watched this wideo from beggining to end and didn't fell asleep. He is good teacher.

[@kohi2919]

I'd happily sit through a long ass lecture as long as its this guy who's teaching.

[@thomashempstead7512]

I am an old person and I love the way the professor explains this. I am trying to intro my grandson to this technology and I believe I have just discovered how... Thank you. : )

[@tactical1015]

The older tech guys are always the ones that can explain exactly how a piece of Equipment works instead of just how to use it but not truly understand how its possible or what the functions are actually doing to give the desired result. The people that say to plug wire into port x and upload a premade file aren't really teaching me anything because they never explained why and we're not building a bad clock because we needed one so getting it finished as quickly as possible isn't the goal. I'm glad I found this channel.

[@Demonicbutch666]

WOW! i have watched this series thru a few times now, kind of addicted to this guys teaching style, not cutting the video and editing like most tutorials, he makes mistakes, some on purpose, but you learn by mistakes. i advise anyone watching these, if you are wanting to learn then actually do the projects, try the homework assignments, then go look see if you got it right or not, at least try. amazing.. keep it up paul

[@professordanfurmanek3732]

Retired University Astrophysics Professor: Been quite a while since Qbasic, this is definitely so much easier as well as wonderfully explained. Kudos well done!!

[@arnodemeulemeester6274]

wow, i'm a first year student of software development in college and i'm trying to see what i like and what i might want to pursue further down the road. You've just made me giggle with excitement like a 9 year old in front of my pc! Thank you very much for making these videos, you're really helping me out!!!

[@lucasallen5246]

I've just started watching this guy, and I'm already hooked on his vids with just his enthusiasm alone! He is what every teacher aspires to be. Fun and engaging.

[@Pinchington]

Hey Paul, I hope you see this. I had been involved with dc electronics since high-school. Depression lead me to stop for almost 15years. In the last few months, since November 2021, I have watched all of your arduino videos. It inspired me to pick up a kit and get to work! As of now I've been able to build a little robot for my nephew and I'm almost finished with a "Simon says" handheld built and programmed from scratch. Thank you. Your videos have been educational and given me confidence to try, fail, try better. I hope to start a channel soon to discuss basics of electronics and circuit design. Again, thank you sir -Stan D'eve

[@mach2merrick]

This guy is a very good teacher, he is very enthusiastic and dedicated to his work and explains it very clearly and puts emphasis on the important things, also this guy's got like 60 of these high quality tutorials can we appreciate the effort?

[@HillbillyLabs]

I love this guy!! Tried forever to find good tutorials, this one was the only one that truly had me excited!!! I could see my led blinking with 15 high 15 low, any less than that and I couldn't tell. Thank you so much. I know I'll late but it's still useful!

[@danialraja]

I love it when you say "this happy little" for every command. It's actually helping me to remember this better. Good Job Sir!

[@paulmcwhorter]

Glad you liked it!

[@thecubemaster]

I’m about half way through these videos now, and following along with my kit. I just want to stop by here and say that every engineer should be doing these tutorials. What you learn is invaluable and for only about $40 you learn as much or more than a year long college level course in electronics, and from a world class teacher to boot. Amazing!

[@dakshbahl649]

hey I was looking to do the intro to robitics series where paul mentioned that I should complete this series beforehand. I was just wondering if all of these lessions are nessasary for the intro to roboitcs series or will my time be better used by watching a 90 minute arduino tutorial and then working throght the robitics series!

[@ChameeraDedduwage]

This is, without a doubt, the best Arduino tutorial out here on KZbin. Especially for a complete beginner. Thank you for all the hard work!

[@soulbear5293]

Mr Paul McWhorter, I would like to expess an Heartfelt "THANK YOU" for making this Video Series. With your patient, relaxed, entertaining yet erudite presentations, you've finally made a clear understanding accessible to all, to what was hitherto a complex mystery and seemingly out of reach to many of us. THANK YOU PAUL!!!

[@kevinknight9994]

You are better than any professor I had in college. At 50 as A Mechanical engineer I have avoided programming for the last 2 decades. I was into Turbo Pascal in the early 90's and am loving how close this language is. With that pascal knowledge I was able to answer the question ahead so I think I will have no problems picking it up. My concern is with things like sending PPM signals but one step at a time right? Thank you so much my friend!

[@bernym4047]

Most 'beginning programming' videos ignore the crucially important syntax. You explained the program structure in complete detail very beautifully and clearly. The mark of a good teacher is that their descriptions and explanations not only clarify principals but instantly lock the concept into the student's memory. Thank You.

[@georgedamusis6384]

Yes, Mr. McWorther, you are a natural as a teacher. I had bought your Arduino Uno kit several months ago, and put it away for a while, and am now back into it. Thanks for your excellent and lucid presentation.

[@paulmcwhorter]

Fantastic!

[@flipstacks1543]

I never thought I would enjoy a KZbin channel as much as I enjoy learning from Paul! Paul you are a great teacher, and I wish some of my professors would learn from you how to teach! For the assignment- I stopped seeing the blinking light at around 10 ms. Thank you Paul, I'm truly exited about this series!

[@paulmcwhorter]

Welcome aboard!

[@nlewis7034]

Same result here, it stopped blinking at 10ms

[@heismysavior21]

Thank you Paul for this lesson, my oldest son and I bought the starter kit you recommend and are looking forward to learning adruino and programming. I'm an elevator technician by trade and he is interested in engineering so we're both excited to learn something new! We could still pick up the blinking barely at 13-13

[@candacejune416]

I was able to see the light still blinking at 12 ms for sure, then I tried 11 ms and I wasn't sure if I was seeing the tiny switching on and off of it or not. Great video; thank you very much for this sweet sweet knowledge!!

[@liamoliverdarroch6482]

same

[@monishprabhu4427]

Its happy to see you back with this topic sir.I still remember listening to your old videos,when I started to learn arduino .Thank you.

[@tonyravindran]

where did you get the kit?

[@MeckoXJackal]

30 years old, I decided to go back to school to get my degree and I wanted to get into arduino to learn about programming to enhance my skills for engineering . Excited to learn through your videos.

[@BL0NSKY]

oh god, I wish I had such an amazing teacher when I was learning to code the microcontrollers at university. this is my first video on your channel Paul, and I absolutely love it!

[@iulicush86]

The command is, "wait for it": delay... Barney Stinson is so proud of you :)

[@amaduhamdan3220]

Please help me out with the following questions. DESIGN A POTENTIOMETER REGULATED LED SYSTEM WHEN THE VOLTAGE IS BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING RANGE. 0v and 1v = blue LED ON, 2v and 3v = green LED on without offing the blue LED, 3v and 4v = red LED on,put on the blue LED on again and put off the green and yellow LED, 4v and 5v = blue LED blinks 4 times and go off, green LED blinks 3 times and go off, yellow LED blinks 2 times and go off, red LED blinks once and go off. When the voltage is still between 4v and 5v,the the process start again(blue LED blinks 4 times and go off, green LED blinks 3 times and go off, yellow LED blinks 2 times and go off, red LED blinks once and go off).

[@mauriciojurin2673]

Thanks Paul, I've learned a ton so far and I believe that your teaching style is what's making a huge difference. I'm doing all assignments knowing that if I get stuck I'll be able to figure it out on the next video. I'm 1/2 way through and have learned so much, not just how to code but to understand how things work. I think they way you have been building upon previous lessons helps us build a solid foundation. Looking forward to the next 30+ lessons!

[@ahmedmathsphysics]

I just had to take a moment to say that you are a great man Sir Paul McWhorter, for the first time I enjoyed following along a programming tutorial.

[@intellectualedits4711]

I'm 16 and I've just started to learn arduino coding I've had a little experience in python but the move over to arduino was a bit daunting. However your tutorial has really helped me out. Thanks. Also for me I stopped seeing the led blinking at around 15 milliseconds

[@literallykalyug]

Man same with me man

[@mrman5066]

This is great! A while ago, I started trying to learn Fusion 360 (and I still used it and love it) and I found this guy to have some of the best, easiest to follow, and simplest linear tutorial videos ever. So glad to find this video for arduinos!

[@-nivek6489]

I love these tutorials! He's like the Bob Ross of Arduino

[@griffinb2359]

TOTALLY! I was thinking that the first time he said "Happy little blue bar..."

[@ramtek2702]

I think more like Mr. Rogers.

[@lolotas8903]

I just worked through this with my dad and it was very fun for the both of us 😆 I am an undergraduate for electrical engineering and looked to these videos for help with the Arduino. Super excited to watch all of these videos, thank you for putting this together 👏🏾👏🏾

[@paulmcwhorter]

Great job!

[@FinneganBergeron]

He is like the Bob Ross of coding! I love his videos so much, they make me so happy!

[@acceleratedcat2877]

I'm recently getting into Arduino, trying to become a self-made engineer. This tutorial is the best one I've seen yet, and I've seen...I don't know...a lot, at this point. Also, I got my blink down to 16.5, sorta between looking like it's dimming and blinking.

[@nosdie1368]

I found that if I put it at 15 and looked closely I could JUST barely see it. Good luck with the rest of your Arduino journey!

[@crippletron6879]

Yeah, most videos I’ve seen claiming to be “arduino 101” go straight into writing commands without explaining the functions, variables, syntax, etc. that they’re using. It’s basically, “type this and look, your led is blinking”.

[@acceleratedcat2877]

@@nosdie1368 thanks, and nice one getting it down to 15

[@shawnmontgomery1365]

6.25

[@randallmcgrath9345]

Yes. It is getting more realistic to get an engineering job without a degree, but you can't get a PE license without one in most states. But you dont need a PE license for every job obviously. And plus if you get an engineering job without a degree they might pay for one anyway?

[@mahargleopenaws]

Dear Paul. Such a humble character and a teacher of note. So enjoying to be back in a class. A class that inspires because of your skillset and patience. Man, I would have had distinctions in my subjects if my teachers had your skills. Arduino is brand new to me, and you've inspired me to want to learn more. This I a now taking on at 57, all because I want to atomate my greenhouse with watering automation. I have just ordered my online kit. Thank you sir, I appreciated you.

[@dakshbahl649]

hey I was looking to do the intro to robitics series where paul mentioned that I should complete this series beforehand. I was just wondering if all of these lessions are nessasary for the intro to roboitcs series or will my time be better used by watching a 90 minute arduino tutorial and then working throght the robitics series!

[@chrisnizer]

I'm still having a good time with my 2019 Arduino Uno. Never did any programming prior, just bought the kit and watched your tutorials. Keep up the great work my friend and thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. Semper Fidelis!

[@paulmcwhorter]

Enjoy!

[@ahmadsalehuddin]

Thank you for providing these contents for free Sir! I may not know you very well but what you did will never be forgotten and the knowledge you share will forever be useful to those who come across to your videos.

[@FreddotheWheelchairGuy]

Thank you Paul! This was very exciting for me to learn, however I had the dreaded arvdude error, and it was so disheartening at first, I spent 4 hours trying to trouble shoot, ended up ordering a new arduino, then I ran a bootloader program from another tutorial to get them both working - and finally - now I have returned to these lovely, well presented tutorials. I can't wait to continue with them, but first I'm a hook a brother up with a thumbs up and a subscribe! You are like the Bob Ross of Arduino programming and I look forward to seeing you in the next one!

[@MichaelO-r7n]

Paul, I wanted to send you a msg to thank you for your incredibly entertaining and informative Arduino lessons. Before your videos, I knew nothing about Arduino, but I am now on lesson 19 and you do such a great job of explaining things and helping us build confidence in our programming skills. I really appreciate all the work you put in to making these great videos! Thank you for bringing your personality and knowledge to KZbin!

[@davidholt9022]

As an old electronics tech who has programmed in Basic and C++, I find Paul's teaching methodology both informative and captivating. I'm following along with my kit (helped the brother) and my coffee. Thank you, Paul. (I've found your other channel; that message is even more compelling!)

[@unekekenneth8733]

GREAT LESSON SIR. THANNK YOU . LEARNING FROM YOU HERE IN AFRICA, NIGERIA PRECISELY.

[@akanvictor3271]

I here too bro from Nigeria, Lagos. Ordering my kit soon. Let me know if we can hook up bro

[@iamthebearerofchrist]

arise oh compatriots

[@yohanmathew2013]

Love this tutorial! at first i thought this was just going to be a long video that directly jumps into terms i don't even understand but this man proved me wrong fosho!

[@xinweitang4545]

Absolutely thank you for your responsible, thorough and interactive tutorial! I always get lost in other tutorials but yours is so engaging that I actually enjoy learning Arduino now. Cheers with a mug of iced coffee!

[@danielsaenz5570]

This is amazing! You're teaching me like I know nothing (which was true) and now... I can do motors, potentiometers, LCD screens!! You are the Greatest Teacher Ever!

[@MrBinggy]

Thanks Paul, this is exactly what i've been hoping to find. Just retired and enjoying flight sims. I'm starting with zero knowledge on arduino and hoping I can build my own cockpit panel by the end of your lessons.

[@chasencrawford]

As far as the homework assignment: I could still kiiiiinda see it blinking at 15/1000 of a second, but I could not tell at 14/1000 of a second...Very very nice tutorial! I am excited to learn more and add this to my cosplay skills!!

[@mr.radical9659]

Dang, you have good eyes!

[@temetnosce2951]

I lately found this gold mine of Paul McWhorter and today got my kit too :) Oh boy, that's like old times (30 years ago) in technical school but now even cooler with such a good teacher and cool kit we didn't have then. In 1995 I found out that there's Z80 and in my first job I had opportunity to work with it's family. This course starts like flashback :) Love it already! Thank you Paul being here for us and doing such a interesting course! Since it's autumn already i better drink hot coffe. No sugar, non needed indeed :) P.S. I barely saw blinking when delay was 10ms (100Hz). Also it acted that way when i didn't have delay set. What gives?

[@muhammadrafiqulislamkhan6994]

First of all, I guess this is third time I am watching you to learn as a doer and watcher. I would say, you are an excellent teacher for me and I guess all over the world. Your explanation is so easy to understand. You give every details and it helps to understand who has no idea about coding or arduino. I am sure you will be happy to hear me that my elder sister help me to collect your kit from amazon in the USA and soon it comes to me. I am going to be Doer soon. Pray for me to be your best student from watching youtube. And I also thank you KZbin to give us you as the greatest Arduino Teacher. God bless you. Thank you.

[@paulmcwhorter]

I am certain you will be an exemplary student.

[@muhammadrafiqulislamkhan6994]

@@paulmcwhorter I just wake up and to see your beautiful inspired reply. You do not know how much it helps me as a new Arduino student. God bless you. Thank you.

[@samueltheprogrammer6145]

About 3 years ago I started this tutorial and realized how good of a teacher Paul Really was. he showed everything step by step and did not cut out the mistakes he made in the videos, but left them in there so that we could learn from them. He showed us everything we needed to know even if it was hard or easy, he did not leave anything out. I agree he is a great teacher!!! Samuel :)

[@witherd5733]

I've learned more from you in this one video than I have from my professor in the past 3 weeks lmao. Also, I managed to get the delay down to 13 ms before my eyes couldn't tell it was blinking. If we wanna get technical, 15 ms was the last where it looked like a clear blink, 13 was where I could make out the flicker

[@potcharawongyai11]

Mine is 12 ms, haha!

[@swfrv]

You have a skill or let's say a bless of simplifying any hard topic into a very simple and easy topic. You are very talented instructor sir.

[@bhavnajha9553]

This was such a thrill! I got it at 14ms. 15 i can start to see the flicker. Thanks Paul!

[@buxtor]

I couldn't discern a noticeable flicker at 15ms. You're a badass!

[@flintstan1213]

same

[@TuanAnhNguyen-lq5xv]

same 14ms

[@malcolmbrandon6806]

Hi I am a retired Mechanical engineer who originally programmed in Basic, Zilog & Fortran 40 years ago at University but never had the need to use it since. (I used the experts to do this). Now that I am retired I have a small automation project I want to do for my astronomy hobby and therefore I want to see if I can do this with the Arduino or Raspberry Pi as a low cost solution. However the first steps is to learn how to program these units and learn the syntax. These tutorials are brilliant and like others have said I like the fact that you don't assume the viewer already understands and that you explain everything fully. This has rekindled my understanding of electronics and programming again. Thankyou.

[@R1150rt]

Paul, I would like to thank you for all your time and hard work. I thoroughly enjoy your lessons and follow them to make my Arduino/electroic learning projects. I am retired and it is nice to learn new things at my pace (very slow) but enjoyable. Thank you once again.

[@rakhinaik1087]

Paul, your teaching style is simply amazing!! You make these lessons so engaging and captivating that it makes me want to learn more and more... Thank you so much for putting out this series!

[@pederkjell9150]

I’ve just started and this was very helpful, thanks a lot! about 20.

[@willofdodge1]

Me too

[@TMRu22311]

Same here, (20)

[@Matheus-mr4tl]

I don't know why but this class was SO entertaining, it was SO cool to watch this. I think he is gonna be one of the best teachers I ever had

[@krzysztofzabolotny4802]

Came here, and found more than I was looking for. I'm staying.

[@p0ptop]

AWESOME! I've been waiting for quite a while to see your updated how-to's. Your how-to's are what got me started. Thanks so much for this.

[@Lin_The_Cat_]

Thank you for this series of tutorials! This is an awesome tutorial for beginners: it's well-explained and intuitive to follow. For the assignment, I could really only tell until it reached 13ms. 15ms was discernible, but 14ms was on the brink of indiscernible for me. I look forward to following along these tutorials along with my Digital Logic Design class at my college.

[@ericyoerg4404]

Interesting. I had the exact same experience having 15/14 ms as the limit.

[@gilnasty82]

Me too!!

[@chibuzomonwuba9185]

Hi, my limit was 12ms, when I couldn't decern that the light was flashing.

[@lgd6644]

You sir are the best, picked up the kit this week and was following along with the included tutorial, discovered your videos. The way you explain the process is outstanding, Older fella here, getting into a new hobby. Thanks!

[@lunaticironclad281]

Sir, you are absolutely amazing when it comes to explaining and demonstrating, it’s so easy to learn from you compared to others, you always seem so happy and so bright, thank you for your time!!!!

[@boe0v049]

These videos are absolutely amazing and I'm going to follow through hopefully as many tutorials as I can starting with the Arduino tutorials. So for todays assignment, I recorded the delay to be about 15~20 before it started to seem like the led is just on.

[@dakshbahl649]

hey I was looking to do the intro to robitics series where paul mentioned that I should complete this series beforehand. I was just wondering if all of these lessions are nessasary for the intro to roboitcs series or will my time be better used by watching a 90 minute arduino tutorial and then working throght the robitics series!

[@RDOwens]

Thank you. This lesson was helpful to me. I appreciate all your work in creating this series. I am looking forward to my journey. Homework: 17 milliseconds is the lowest I could see flickering in the blinking light. Onward to lesson #2.

[@willpope302]

1 millisecond is the lowest I can go, 0.9 is just too fast

[@FurgiePower]

Hello Paul! I wanted to let you know that I've been in the electrical field for 35 years now, 23 of those years as an electrical contractor in the state of Florida, 24 years as a Master Electrician and 3 years as an electrical contractor in the state of California recently. I just got my FCC amateur radio license in April of 2022 and started to learn about radio frequency, antenna, and amplifier circuits. My brother in law had a bad DC converter in his RV, so I took it apart and soon realized that I was hooked... I was able to repair the converter by replacing a cap, resistor, and fuse by unsoldering and installing new components... So, from this point, I wanted to understand more about electronics and soon discovered that my electrical background gave me a head start in fully grasping the concept. I then began by picking up an Arduino Uno R3 and an accessory kit to go along with. While searching for information about the Arduino, your name kept coming up. Well, a quick search led me to this channel, and I am truly impressed 👏. Thank you very much for taking the time to produce this content for beginners like myself. I am honestly learning quite a bit by following along with your videos. Yes, I can say that I am hooked and want to understand everything there is about this wonderful and exciting world that I had previously ignored. I am certain that as long as I continue to watch your programming, I too, shall one day comprehend these amazing little boards like you do. Again. Many thanks, Paul! You have made my journey that much easier. Keep up the great work!

[@joelvale3887]

I was about to throw the towel, then I found this channel and I said: I'll give it a second chance to the arduino.

[@AbhishekKumar-uz5ky]

Giving these such high-quality tutorials for free!! Is absolute sweet of you ❤️❤️

[@gplayer01]

Looking forward to this series Paul. I’m a new to Arduino so this is exactly what I was looking for. Big thanks for all the great tutorials you have produced!!

[@alyssakeen5110]

i have started this week with doing arduino and i am learning so much. i want to thank you for being a great teacher, explaining things so easy to understand. I am completing the assignments you are giving us and it is so fun. keep up the good work.

[@extroticc]

You are an amazing teacher, just got my kit and learning from you is a great and lovely experience. 😄

[@gilnasty82]

Agreed!!

[@schlotdoglaser]

I went to 25. This guy is good. He gets his inspiration from Bob Ross "Happy little code"

[@Meandbroafter2]

Happy little code on cloud

[@edwardshim5760]

Who else is watching this while under quarantine! :D

[@michellemaina8164]

me

[@vikhnesh313]

Same here bro Quarantine days

[@robintomasi1775]

From Idaho in quarantine.

[@Caderic]

Why are y'all quarantined?

[@nathanthomas7083]

Yessir

[@rayst.2934]

man I'm so glad I came across your video , I bought all the compponants I think I need for running Arduino stepper motors but, I had no idea how to set it up on the pc until now. wow you made it so easy to understand .thank you very much . can't wait to see your other vids.

[@paulmcwhorter]

Have fun

[@dmamrenko12]

When he said "hook a brother up" at 4:09 I had to pause the video haha

[@barraqudda]

also at around 2:15 :)

[@castiron4160]

Hell yea dude

[@robynbacken2562]

Thank you Paul, I created my own short Morse code LED smessage