Breadboarding & Hardware Tutorials

Follow through these self-guided tutorials to learn fundamental skills for breadboarding, and interfacing with physical components via CircuitPython. If you are unable to complete a tutorial, or are not sure what to do, seek help from your teacher or a peer!

Start with the Basics, then move on from there. You’ll notice that Level 1 tutorials correspond to Level 0 tutorials, but increase in complexity.

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Breadboarding Tutorials

The Basics

• Base 0.0: What Is A Breadboard?
  • Read up to & including “Jumper Wires”
• Base 0.1: Simple Circuits

Level 0:

• 0.0: Simple External LED Circuit
• 1.0: 4-Pin Buttons
• 2.0: Capacitors & Noisy Signals

Level 1:

• 0.1: x4 External LED Circuit
• 1.1: Buttons & LEDs

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Motor Tutorials

Servo Motors

Power Requirements

• Using 3+ Motors or browning out? Use an alternative power source for your motors.
  • Universal Battery Elimination Circuit Wiring (UBEC)

Servo Tutorials

• (Continuous) Rotational Servos
  • Mars Rovers Challenges
  • Elevation Engineering Challenges
  • Elevation Engineering 2 & 4 Bar Lifts
• Positional Servos
  • Mars Rovers Challenges

Arcade Drive RC Controller

• Arcade Drive Servo

DC Motors

Coming soon.

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Sensor Tutorials

• Distance Sensor (Ping)
  • Mars Rovers Distance Sensor Challenges
• FlySky FS-i6x Radio Receiver & Transmitter
• Analog Sensors - Line Sensor Example
  • Mars Rovers Line Sensor Challenges