Beginning with Arduino
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The Workshop on Beginning with Arduino was conducted by the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Section of the Engineering Department to make Electrical and Electronics Engineering students be familiar with the different types of Arduino Boards and their features. Emphasis and review was needed on C Language Programming and how to interface different types of sensors and actuators to Arduino were also introduced.
The scope was quite broad; thereby, the entire workshop was originally scheduled for four, two-hour sessions on 30 January, 06, 13 and 20 February 2018, 12:00 noon to 2pm at the Electronics Skills Lab (B120). However, due to the Midterm Examination schedules, it was condensed into three sessions; the 20 February session was cancelled.
The first session tackled the Arduino Uno Board and its pin details, setting up of the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and the first workshop hands-on activity.
The second session dealt with using the Loop Statement, Programming the SOS Morse Code Signaler and Traffic Light Control, If-Else Statement, and the second workshop hands-on activity.
The final session introduced the different sensors and actuators: Piezo Buzzer, Temperature Sensor (LM35), Light Dependent Resistor (LDR), and Infrared (IR) Sensor.
The Resource Speakers were Dr G Kumaravel and Mr Abdul Hafeez Sajid. Two Engineering Students, Mr Majdi Qasim Ali Al-Azri and Ms Ibtisam Suliman Al-Hatemeia, also assisted as supplementary speakers and workshop facilitators.
