I’m an electrical/computer engineer and I love using Arduino for projects. This is a great big picture explanation of how it all works together. Nicely done!
@mehdibmc9508 Yes Just read some books and try every single thing by yourself Stay away from copy and paste Stay away from courses except in advanced stages to learn something specific I'm a robot developer ( create the physical body and the program ) Good lock
Mark hit the nail on the head describing robotics: just inputs and outputs creatively mapped to each other through a computer. The only tricky bit is to figure out and lock down the interfaces between the components and the microcontroller's code. With robust interfaces, writing the actual code logic to do something useful becomes a walk in the park. Luckily, there's tons of code libraries that do this for you already--you just gotta find them and understand which one to use for which component type. Hoping for a follow up video like this one describing communication methods & protocols (analog, digital, pwm, i2c, serial, CAN, etc.) and for what types of components they're typically applicable to
As an electronics engineer with 40 years experience I believe the Arduino project is one of the greatest enablers of technological advancement ever and its so easily available. Every test rig Ive built has arduinos on. Control, sensor interface, computation, display, logging, theres an arduino for everything. The Teensy 4, 600MHz, MB of ram, floating point math, its a dream come true. Bringing sorting algorithams to life with real world data is a beauty to behold. Could there be a project to spread arduinos to African schools ?
Having worked in the Oil and Gas industry for over 25 years, specifically in controls, I've always been incredibly excited about automation. It's truly amazing to see how popular home automation has become! Thaks to guys like you ! keep doing what you are doing !
You have an uncanny way of explaining things simultaneously in laymen's terms and appropriate vernacular. Honestly, from my perspective, you're the absolute best internet educator out there. Your ability to simplify topics that many would consider overly complicated and then explain their structure and function in relatable detail is second to none. Thank you very much for everything you've done, you currently do, and will potentially will do.
Microcontrollers were able to do this for decades. Having any kind of sensor on input, and any kind of actuator on output. But the revolution came with the simplicity of plugging it directly to USB, and having relatively simple code processing all the stuff. And, of course, the huge community support behind it. Love Arduinos, made tons of complex projects with them even with no previous experience with microcontrollers or ways to program any. Super easy to learn, and extremely powerful. I often have a feeling that the limit is only my imagination
I don’t often comment but I just have to say I love what you’re doing here! I remember getting my first arduino in middle school and now I’m getting Unity, Java, and C# certified! Teaching something as accessible as arduino in such a fun way will surely provide the next step for countless people into so many extremely well paying jobs, as well as teach children how to follow their passions all by themselves! You’re a saint for doing this! Keep up the good work!
To be honest I didn't expect much from this video but it BLEW me away! Well edited and describes the Arduino PERFECTLY. By far the best and most inspiring Arduino tutorial I have ever seen. Thanks Mark!
Arduino programming is absolutely the best way to get people into coding. It is very easy, uses the same logic that all programming uses, and gives visual and cool feedback. It is like a 'hello world' program on steroids. And the cheapness of things like 45 piece sensor kit and a few LEDs and cheap motors means you can do amazing things.
@@mr.cabbage4428 Arduinos basically use C++ but it is heavily modified with obviously a lot of methods and functions specific to it. There are modules that allow you to use python. But honestly, Arduino is very very basic coding and very specific to Arduino.
I am a software engineer, with a lot of different experiences, robotics and hardware is one of the few I don't have enough in. Thanks for the overview, you made this very approachable.
If they are not already - the US GOV should subsidize your videos for helping academic heads learn about how to apply their knowledge practically in entertaining ways. You are more important to our long term national security than you realize. Thank you for what you do Mark.
As someone who’s trying to get into hardware like this, your video just explained everything perfectly. I’ve been trying to learn how to use all of this for a long time and I learned the basics in a half hour video
That was really interesting! As an animator I always imagine making something animated in real life. I am not a technical dude but watching this it makes me feel a little more like it could be possible! 🎉😊
Actually I've seen many artists using arduino in their projects coming up with some beautiful things. Should you do something, please share the link to the video
Thanks for doing this Mark. I'm someone who's been doing computer stuff for years and years and so even though this video might not be of use to me, it still brings me incredible joy to see it. One of the things I want to do in my life is improve the understanding of computers and how they work to the average person, and you're actively making that goal easier. Thanks again :)
Thank you so much for this sir, you are that one youtuber who has completely explained how this wonderful tech works in the simplest way possible and now kids won't have to learn it the hard way!! Way to goo!! Hats off!!!!
Bro you just broke down everything (from a high-level) about electronics and how they work. You took me from being a cave man to driving a tesla in 20 minutes. It really took the mystery away from how electronics are designed and made from the ground up. Thanks for making it so accessible!
Thankyou best information about coding from a legend my boy is almost 6 and has nearly finished the first year of your build boxes ( he just turned 5 when he started)and he loves it he also remembers each one, what was special about them and hasn't broken them yet.
Super. Literally in the process of building a fist-bumping robot, but having trouble learning about arduinos. Then my favorite youtuber posts a video about it. Great stuff man. 👍👍
Man this is amazing. I always wanted to learn this when I was a kid and never knew how to do it. Now I can't wait for my nephews to grow up and show them all your videos and make fun machines together. Thanks Mark
You're correct that electron flow is technically from - to +. Conventional current is typically thought of as + to - though and it doesn't make a difference in the evaluation of circuitry. Kinda confusing tbh
At 5:49 Mark said "ELECTRONS move from the positive terminal of the battery [...] back to the negative terminal". This is straight up false. Again, the historical convention is "current flows from + to -". ELECTRONS in a wire move from - to +. I'm sure he actually knows the difference, but maybe he should proofread his scripts a little more carefully.
Built my turret last night. Spending the weekend working on learning how to program buttons on the IR remote to shoot specific points within my room. Thanks for the big boy legos, Mark.
I'm an Electrician with lots of PLC experience. This is electronics but I find it very interesting. Mark explains things in a way that is easy to understand. Imagination is the only limit.
For as super intelligent as you are, you explain things kids can understand better than 90% of all teachers. I would say you should become a teacher but that would slow down the content on this channel. Slowing the content would make all my nephews sad. So keep it up Mark, I really enjoy your videos!!!
you definitely need to know how to code, people can copy/paste whatever they want, but if they don't understand what they're reading they can't really tweak the stuff.
Wish I could have Mark as my teacher/ Professor…. Thanks to You Tube, I’ve learned much more than I was in school… Thank you Mark, Love your MIT Commencement Speech.❤
oh my gosh, this is such an amazing technology idea. My sons and I loved it. I just bout the starter kits of arduino and we spend our evenings together after a long day of work experimenting with new project ideas. My eldest earlier today told me that they want to grow up to be an engineer just like Mark Rober. I just hope his bone marrow transplant take.
Arduinos are awesome and love that I was introduced to them in my Engineering 101 class. Still a college student, but will possibly be starting a business soon for a product I made using an arduino. These things are awesome!
As a self taught intermediate arduino coder/builder, the way how Mark explains is the best that you can get for beginners. A great applaud from me. Great job Mark!! :DD 🔥🔥
Thank god for making Mark Rober. I have been wondering how all of this works and you just opened my mind to new great things. Thank you so much dude. I really appreciate what you're doing! I'm going to go invent something now! lmao
@Mark Rober, you are a legend! Always saw my electrical engineering friends struggling with bread boards and arduinos... Saw the cool stuff they could do, just thought they were for e engs. After your video I think I was wrong for not asking how it worked. Your explanation just demystified everything!
I have a fairly well-equipped hobbyist electronics lab, and I have a lot of fun with my projects. It all started with one of those Arduino kits. I can't recommend that enough
I'm only sad I couldn't have had an influence like this 20 years ago. Thank you for this video. It inspires me to explore hobby electronics with my son.
Your explanation was great. I wish more teachers taught this way. You had me engaged from beginning to end even thought I already have some basic understanding of Arduino
I have an arduino starter kit that was laying on my desk and just started messing with it this past weekend, this video was great in breaking down the basics and getting ideas flowing 😅
When current flows through metal, it flows solely from negative to positive. Through other conductors, and inside the battery itself, the current flow can be negative to positive, positive to negative, and even both directions at the same time.
Conventional current versus electron current. For a beginners tutorial, stick with conventional current as there is no point in adding complexity when it adds nothing to the initial discussion. Symbols such as diodes shows that the current is permitted to flow from positive to negative.
Best Best Best Hands Down The Best Explanation Video I have seen. Can’t wait to share this with the kids at the nonprofit that I work with. Thanks so very much!!
Thank you, Mark, for re-kindling the DIY/Maker fire in me. Beautifully explained concepts, pervaded by your passion for making stuff. Love it! :) Pretty much already understand how Arduinos work, and already have 3000 cool ideas in my mind. Just utterly lack the time in my adult life to work on these. Sometimes I wish remained 15...
Cool explanation!! I have been using Arduino boards for a couple of years. I’m am still learning every time I connect one. I am going to try the turret build!!
You have a very unique way of explaining that I think kids would understand. I am glad you are challenging their minds to do more. Give hem the "building blocks" and see where it can take us. The imagination of a child, cant be beat.
I just learned the freaking Arduino in 20 mins, and ready to make funny things!! thank you sooo much for this video. it's freaking amazing!!! love you man. make projects and make tutorial if possible.
Great video Mark. You strike a great balance between being casual and funny as well as serious in a way that fits your target demographic very well. Great technical info presented in a way that makes sense yet isn't too difficult or simple. You manage to maintain one's attention and draw interest on the topic. Well done.
6:03 electrons in a current move very slowly, actually. What moves at lightspeed is the wave between them (one elelctron is pushed from the electron behind him and then that electron pushes the epectron in front of him)
i had a class in highschool where eventually we were doing some stuff like this. But i found it SO boring. I dont know how you manage to teach this so perfectly.
Funny, yesterday i was fiddeling with the light sensor and resistor, trying to figure out why it doesn't turn off. I used to programm but not to used hardward components, so knowing that even Mark uses the programming approach is nice to know. Makes stuff a lot easier.
Love the channel. Love the tutorial. I like the “brain” analogy, except with one slight shift. Like humans, you’re not ever really swapping the brain. You’re teaching it something different with a new sketch.
i took a whole course on microprocessors and the pi pico in college this past sem and the first 3 minutes of this vid alone was more concise than my bad prof 😭
I've used Arduino boards for several of my projects. I build model starships, and using them for flashing navigation and strobe lights works great. I've also done torpedo effects, warp drive effects, etc. They're worth learning for sure!
Great video. The number of things that one can build with such a small and affordable device is awesome and these videos will inspire many young engineers.
Man, great video, I've been interested in micro controllers and starting my journey with this stuff. This got me even more excited, I may order a hack pack to get started, either way totally subscribed!!
5:50 - Correction for the hardcore nerds who care, or those who want their mind blown as I once did: The electrons actually flow from the negative terminal of the battery. Electron holes flow from the positive terminal... Yup, it's backwards, but we don't ask why...
05:51 oh dear Mark, please! Electricity does NOT move at the speed of light and its speed will also depend on the wire it is flowing through and the voltage - but NEVER at the speed of light but other than that I thought this was great and will be showing my son later when he gets home from school 👍
love your work, and how you explain everything verry understandably, but don't get mistaken - current travels from + to -, electrons travel from - to +.
I just think of how different my life could have been if I had more teachers that could engage their audience like you do Mark.
Love your work.
your life can be different right now, there are tons of resources out there, just go out and learn
yeah mark sure does explain it spectacularly well for any age to understand
many teachers would if they didnt have so much else on their plate and the access to resources like mark has
@@JeffreyHudson-r5r true
I’m an electrical/computer engineer and I love using Arduino for projects. This is a great big picture explanation of how it all works together. Nicely done!
Could u advise me how to learn arduino and robotics as a self learner
bro what did u do ?@@mehdibmc9508
@mehdibmc9508
Yes
Just read some books and try every single thing by yourself
Stay away from copy and paste
Stay away from courses except in advanced stages to learn something specific
I'm a robot developer ( create the physical body and the program )
Good lock
@@mrbear4774
Also, RUclips has been my greatest friend in this learning journey, particularly with getting started on the basics.
Indeed. Teaching and inspiring engineering minds is thankfully something that Mark Rober excels at
Mark hit the nail on the head describing robotics: just inputs and outputs creatively mapped to each other through a computer. The only tricky bit is to figure out and lock down the interfaces between the components and the microcontroller's code. With robust interfaces, writing the actual code logic to do something useful becomes a walk in the park. Luckily, there's tons of code libraries that do this for you already--you just gotta find them and understand which one to use for which component type. Hoping for a follow up video like this one describing communication methods & protocols (analog, digital, pwm, i2c, serial, CAN, etc.) and for what types of components they're typically applicable to
Agreed. A follow-up video like that would be fantastic.
Arduino 102 please!
What i love about Marks videos are that they are for all ages. He explains it in a way that makes sence to all ❤
That didn't age well
As an electronics engineer with 40 years experience I believe the Arduino project is one of the greatest enablers of technological advancement ever and its so easily available. Every test rig Ive built has arduinos on. Control, sensor interface, computation, display, logging, theres an arduino for everything. The Teensy 4, 600MHz, MB of ram, floating point math, its a dream come true. Bringing sorting algorithams to life with real world data is a beauty to behold. Could there be a project to spread arduinos to African schools ?
Having worked in the Oil and Gas industry for over 25 years, specifically in controls, I've always been incredibly excited about automation. It's truly amazing to see how popular home automation has become! Thaks to guys like you ! keep doing what you are doing !
You have an uncanny way of explaining things simultaneously in laymen's terms and appropriate vernacular. Honestly, from my perspective, you're the absolute best internet educator out there. Your ability to simplify topics that many would consider overly complicated and then explain their structure and function in relatable detail is second to none. Thank you very much for everything you've done, you currently do, and will potentially will do.
Microcontrollers were able to do this for decades. Having any kind of sensor on input, and any kind of actuator on output. But the revolution came with the simplicity of plugging it directly to USB, and having relatively simple code processing all the stuff. And, of course, the huge community support behind it. Love Arduinos, made tons of complex projects with them even with no previous experience with microcontrollers or ways to program any. Super easy to learn, and extremely powerful. I often have a feeling that the limit is only my imagination
I don’t often comment but I just have to say I love what you’re doing here! I remember getting my first arduino in middle school and now I’m getting Unity, Java, and C# certified! Teaching something as accessible as arduino in such a fun way will surely provide the next step for countless people into so many extremely well paying jobs, as well as teach children how to follow their passions all by themselves! You’re a saint for doing this! Keep up the good work!
To be honest I didn't expect much from this video but it BLEW me away! Well edited and describes the Arduino PERFECTLY. By far the best and most inspiring Arduino tutorial I have ever seen. Thanks Mark!
Arduino programming is absolutely the best way to get people into coding. It is very easy, uses the same logic that all programming uses, and gives visual and cool feedback. It is like a 'hello world' program on steroids. And the cheapness of things like 45 piece sensor kit and a few LEDs and cheap motors means you can do amazing things.
Is there a way to code these in python or java rather than C++
Figure you’re the guy to ask lol
@@mr.cabbage4428 Arduinos basically use C++ but it is heavily modified with obviously a lot of methods and functions specific to it. There are modules that allow you to use python. But honestly, Arduino is very very basic coding and very specific to Arduino.
@@mr.cabbage4428ESP32 is arguing but better and cheaper and you can use python
I am a software engineer, with a lot of different experiences, robotics and hardware is one of the few I don't have enough in. Thanks for the overview, you made this very approachable.
This breakdown was amazing, ive always been facinated with eletronics but stopped one step shy of code or circuit boards. i cant wait to learn more!
If they are not already - the US GOV should subsidize your videos for helping academic heads learn about how to apply their knowledge practically in entertaining ways. You are more important to our long term national security than you realize. Thank you for what you do Mark.
Dude Mark has such a gift for teaching. Well done brother you are going to inspire a lot of people with just this video alone!
This was an awesome, to the point crash course, Mark. I'm truly excited CrunchLabs is stepping up to the next level. Good luck in your journey 👍
As someone who’s trying to get into hardware like this, your video just explained everything perfectly. I’ve been trying to learn how to use all of this for a long time and I learned the basics in a half hour video
That was really interesting! As an animator I always imagine making something animated in real life. I am not a technical dude but watching this it makes me feel a little more like it could be possible! 🎉😊
Dude I wish you could collab with Mark, that would be awesome to make something come to live!!!
same bro
@@ChriscarpentrrI'd love that!!
Actually I've seen many artists using arduino in their projects coming up with some beautiful things.
Should you do something, please share the link to the video
@unusuario5173 interesting. I'll check it out, thank you
Thanks for doing this Mark. I'm someone who's been doing computer stuff for years and years and so even though this video might not be of use to me, it still brings me incredible joy to see it. One of the things I want to do in my life is improve the understanding of computers and how they work to the average person, and you're actively making that goal easier. Thanks again :)
Thank you so much for this sir, you are that one youtuber who has completely explained how this wonderful tech works in the simplest way possible and now kids won't have to learn it the hard way!! Way to goo!! Hats off!!!!
Bro you just broke down everything (from a high-level) about electronics and how they work. You took me from being a cave man to driving a tesla in 20 minutes. It really took the mystery away from how electronics are designed and made from the ground up. Thanks for making it so accessible!
Thankyou best information about coding from a legend my boy is almost 6 and has nearly finished the first year of your build boxes ( he just turned 5 when he started)and he loves it he also remembers each one, what was special about them and hasn't broken them yet.
This is awesome. Thanks. My son is very interested in learning this and you’ve made it sound much more accessible.
Super. Literally in the process of building a fist-bumping robot, but having trouble learning about arduinos. Then my favorite youtuber posts a video about it. Great stuff man. 👍👍
Man this is amazing. I always wanted to learn this when I was a kid and never knew how to do it. Now I can't wait for my nephews to grow up and show them all your videos and make fun machines together. Thanks Mark
4:49 - The electrons flow the opposite direction from what is explained in the video. They flow from negative to positive of course.
You're correct that electron flow is technically from - to +. Conventional current is typically thought of as + to - though and it doesn't make a difference in the evaluation of circuitry. Kinda confusing tbh
True but this is for kids so we don't want to confuse them
Conventional theory vs Electron theory. Both are essentially equally valid.
@@neobossgamingprolly not many kids learning arduino
At 5:49 Mark said "ELECTRONS move from the positive terminal of the battery [...] back to the negative terminal". This is straight up false.
Again, the historical convention is "current flows from + to -". ELECTRONS in a wire move from - to +.
I'm sure he actually knows the difference, but maybe he should proofread his scripts a little more carefully.
just got into a project that involves these and wow, you covered all the components that we're using. Nicely done!
Built my turret last night. Spending the weekend working on learning how to program buttons on the IR remote to shoot specific points within my room. Thanks for the big boy legos, Mark.
I'm an Electrician with lots of PLC experience. This is electronics but I find it very interesting. Mark explains things in a way that is easy to understand. Imagination is the only limit.
For as super intelligent as you are, you explain things kids can understand better than 90% of all teachers. I would say you should become a teacher but that would slow down the content on this channel. Slowing the content would make all my nephews sad. So keep it up Mark, I really enjoy your videos!!!
ive been around a long time and had teachers but to learn anything one needs an instructor and you sir are a top-notch instructor .... many tanks Mark
If there's any video that my children need to binge on, it's this one right here. Thank you, Mark.
you definitely need to know how to code, people can copy/paste whatever they want, but if they don't understand what they're reading they can't really tweak the stuff.
Loved the explanation for a newbie. Already got the coding part down so this will be a lot of fun 🙌🏻
Wish I could have Mark as my teacher/ Professor…. Thanks to You Tube, I’ve learned much more than I was in school… Thank you Mark, Love your MIT Commencement Speech.❤
oh my gosh, this is such an amazing technology idea. My sons and I loved it. I just bout the starter kits of arduino and we spend our evenings together after a long day of work experimenting with new project ideas. My eldest earlier today told me that they want to grow up to be an engineer just like Mark Rober. I just hope his bone marrow transplant take.
Mark, I've already watched videous of explanation for an hour, but this one is magically understandable! thank you so much, your motivating everyday!
Arduinos are awesome and love that I was introduced to them in my Engineering 101 class. Still a college student, but will possibly be starting a business soon for a product I made using an arduino. These things are awesome!
As a self taught intermediate arduino coder/builder, the way how Mark explains is the best that you can get for beginners. A great applaud from me. Great job Mark!! :DD 🔥🔥
bro can you give me some advice I'm also a self learner and just started and have no idea what to do
Thank god for making Mark Rober. I have been wondering how all of this works and you just opened my mind to new great things. Thank you so much dude. I really appreciate what you're doing! I'm going to go invent something now! lmao
@Mark Rober, you are a legend! Always saw my electrical engineering friends struggling with bread boards and arduinos... Saw the cool stuff they could do, just thought they were for e engs. After your video I think I was wrong for not asking how it worked. Your explanation just demystified everything!
I have a fairly well-equipped hobbyist electronics lab, and I have a lot of fun with my projects. It all started with one of those Arduino kits. I can't recommend that enough
I'm only sad I couldn't have had an influence like this 20 years ago. Thank you for this video. It inspires me to explore hobby electronics with my son.
Your explanation was great. I wish more teachers taught this way. You had me engaged from beginning to end even thought I already have some basic understanding of Arduino
Dude, you're a great teacher.
I have an arduino starter kit that was laying on my desk and just started messing with it this past weekend, this video was great in breaking down the basics and getting ideas flowing 😅
I just started to use Arduino and this is a good beginner explanation
Love it. You found a way to make learning difficult subjects enjoyable. Gives a LOT of inspiration.
When current flows through metal, it flows solely from negative to positive. Through other conductors, and inside the battery itself, the current flow can be negative to positive, positive to negative, and even both directions at the same time.
I noticed this too.
Conventional current versus electron current. For a beginners tutorial, stick with conventional current as there is no point in adding complexity when it adds nothing to the initial discussion.
Symbols such as diodes shows that the current is permitted to flow from positive to negative.
Best Best Best Hands Down The Best Explanation Video I have seen. Can’t wait to share this with the kids at the nonprofit that I work with. Thanks so very much!!
This is way better than the other people I've had try to explain the Arduino to me
This video is super useful for a first timer like myself. Very easy to understand , very engaging. You have my subscription. Kudos Sir !
I have been 3d printing for a few years and this would be something neet to have for my projects. Thanks for showing us.
I literally just got into learning about the arduino, then Mark drops a video
Perfect 🤩
So proud of how far Mark is going
you make everything easy, tysm you made me find a new passion since 2023!
I just bought his crunchlabs for adults. Can't wait to learn this
this tutorial was better than the one on the actual arduino website. THank you SO MUCH MARK
Thank you, Mark, for re-kindling the DIY/Maker fire in me. Beautifully explained concepts, pervaded by your passion for making stuff. Love it! :)
Pretty much already understand how Arduinos work, and already have 3000 cool ideas in my mind. Just utterly lack the time in my adult life to work on these. Sometimes I wish remained 15...
ahh...all theory in our classes while we could've been scientists with this kind of teachings!!!
kudos to u ,ur team 👏👏👏
Wow, the way Mark Rober explains things so fun and simple. I hardly had to backtracck.
5:50 electrons dont flow from the positive terminal, they start at the negative (they also have negative charge).
Cool explanation!! I have been using Arduino boards for a couple of years. I’m am still learning every time I connect one. I am going to try the turret build!!
i wish my school teachers were like you! i learned here what i wasnt able able in a year
Mark - Great Presentation! I loved the simplicity of how you teach.
Real step up from Crunch Lab Build Box for kids. Good Initiative
You have a very unique way of explaining that I think kids would understand. I am glad you are challenging their minds to do more. Give hem the "building blocks" and see where it can take us. The imagination of a child, cant be beat.
Thanks Mark Rover. I was in a university and wanted to try arduinos. Thanks for the tutorial
I have just order an arduino kit, this is my best purchase yet
There's something about your presentation style that reminds me very much of Bill Nye -- and I mean that as a massive compliment!
Great video at demystify how easy this stuff is to get into, and the possibilities (I wish this stuff was available when I was a kid).
mark gave chatgpt seal of approval
I just learned the freaking Arduino in 20 mins, and ready to make funny things!!
thank you sooo much for this video. it's freaking amazing!!! love you man.
make projects and make tutorial if possible.
Great video Mark. You strike a great balance between being casual and funny as well as serious in a way that fits your target demographic very well.
Great technical info presented in a way that makes sense yet isn't too difficult or simple.
You manage to maintain one's attention and draw interest on the topic.
Well done.
6:03 electrons in a current move very slowly, actually. What moves at lightspeed is the wave between them (one elelctron is pushed from the electron behind him and then that electron pushes the epectron in front of him)
i had a class in highschool where eventually we were doing some stuff like this. But i found it SO boring. I dont know how you manage to teach this so perfectly.
You are alright Mark. The world needs 8 billion more like you.
So good! I've had an Arduino for like 5 years and just been too intimidated by the first step to do anything with it.
Funny, yesterday i was fiddeling with the light sensor and resistor, trying to figure out why it doesn't turn off. I used to programm but not to used hardward components, so knowing that even Mark uses the programming approach is nice to know. Makes stuff a lot easier.
Love the channel. Love the tutorial. I like the “brain” analogy, except with one slight shift. Like humans, you’re not ever really swapping the brain. You’re teaching it something different with a new sketch.
The only difference being it'd be as if the human brain has sudden and complete amnesia about what it was previously taught lolol
You're the modern day version of Bill Nye with a cool cap and hoodie and lemon electrons. Great tut Mark.
i haven't used arduino in quite a while and this was such an amazing refresher, thanks mark!
I love what you're doing Mark. The joy of creation should be shared!
My daughter loves watching you mark and is going to be come a engineer because of you and her father
i took a whole course on microprocessors and the pi pico in college this past sem and the first 3 minutes of this vid alone was more concise than my bad prof 😭
I've used Arduino boards for several of my projects. I build model starships, and using them for flashing navigation and strobe lights works great. I've also done torpedo effects, warp drive effects, etc. They're worth learning for sure!
Glitter Bomb will always be a hit with me. Way to go on this series.
Great video. The number of things that one can build with such a small and affordable device is awesome and these videos will inspire many young engineers.
Thank you for sharing! I’ve always been intimidated by the coding portion
Thank you so much. Never thought I'd like these this much. Hungry for more now
Great job Mark! Your awesome at explaining these systems very simply.
Man, great video, I've been interested in micro controllers and starting my journey with this stuff.
This got me even more excited, I may order a hack pack to get started, either way totally subscribed!!
Sooo excited for this
Thanks! It was mind-blowing to see how one can make complex things so easy to understand. 🙏
5:50 - Correction for the hardcore nerds who care, or those who want their mind blown as I once did: The electrons actually flow from the negative terminal of the battery. Electron holes flow from the positive terminal...
Yup, it's backwards, but we don't ask why...
Great video. I am a mechanical engineer but never did to well in the area of electronics. I am going to get a starter pack and begin building. Thanks
Mark you and this video are fantastic! I love when I decided a little while ago to get back into circuits.
Just gotta love the mark energy!
05:51 oh dear Mark, please! Electricity does NOT move at the speed of light and its speed will also depend on the wire it is flowing through and the voltage - but NEVER at the speed of light but other than that I thought this was great and will be showing my son later when he gets home from school 👍
love your work, and how you explain everything verry understandably, but don't get mistaken - current travels from + to -, electrons travel from - to +.