1 Tutorial 01 for Arduino: Getting Acquainted with Arduino
Widely cited as the place to start with Arduino, a tutorial series that explains the electrical basics alongside the code.
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2 How-To: Shrinkify Your Arduino Projects
Shows how to program ATtiny chips from the Arduino IDE with an Arduino acting as programmer, recommended for moving small projects off a full Arduino board.
3 How Shift Registers Work!
A clear explanation of how a 74HC595 shift register works and how to drive many LEDs from a few Arduino pins.
4 Tutorial: How to design a transistor circuit that controls low-power devices
A tutorial on using a transistor to switch a load that an Arduino pin cannot drive directly, commonly suggested for relays, motors and LED strips.
5 Tutorial Series for Arduino
The full Jeremy Blum Arduino series as a playlist, treated by many as a free course that covers the fundamentals from scratch.
6 Electronic Basics #23: Transistor (MOSFET) as a Switch
An Electronic Basics episode on using a MOSFET as a switch, offered as an introduction to driving higher-voltage loads from a microcontroller pin.
7 Transistor / MOSFET tutorial
A beginner tutorial on using BJTs and MOSFETs as switches, often suggested when a microcontroller pin needs to drive a motor, laser or other larger load.
8 1-Day Project: Build Your Own Arduino Uno for $5
Julian Ilett builds a standalone ATmega328P Arduino for about five dollars, a common starting point for people making their own Arduino-compatible boards.
9 New Arduino Tutorials
An Arduino lesson series from a former engineer and teacher, repeatedly named as the place for complete beginners to start with microcontrollers.
10 LESSON 1: Simple Introduction to the Arduino
Paul McWhorter's first Arduino lesson, opening a long free course that newcomers credit with getting them started, though his pace is slow.
11 Tutorial 05 for Arduino: Motors and Transistors
Part of Jeremy Blum's Arduino series, driving a DC motor through a transistor; followed by beginners, who often then ask about base resistors and battery choice.
12 EEVblog #506 - IR Remote Control Arduino Protocol Tutorial
Dave Jones captures an infrared remote's signal on a scope and reproduces it with an Arduino, recommended for understanding IR protocols and carrier modulation.
13 #207 Why most Arduino Soil Moisture Sensors suck (incl. solution)
Andreas Spiess explains why many cheap Arduino soil moisture sensors give poor readings and shows a fix; cited by people building or modifying capacitive sensor boards.
14 Make your own 10x10 LED Matrix
GreatScott's 10x10 LED matrix build using addressable LEDs, often held up as a good starting point for wall-mounted LED displays and backlit panels.
15 Ball and Plate PID control with 6 DOF Stewart platform
A demonstration of an Arduino-driven Stewart platform balancing a ball, cited as a showpiece for PID and control-system projects rather than as a tutorial.
16 LED cube 8x8x8 demo
A showcase of an 8x8x8 LED cube in action, linked as inspiration for ambitious LED projects and as an example of what multiplexing makes possible.
17 Raspberry Pi Tutorial 34 - Wireless Pi to Arduino Communication with NRF24L01+ Part 1
Part 1 of a tutorial linking a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino over nRF24L01+ radios; often cited by people following it who then ask for help.
18 Low Power Arduino! Deep Sleep Tutorial
Shows how to put an ATmega328 into deep sleep and wake it with interrupts or the watchdog, reaching microamp currents on a bare chip.
19 Arduino Starter Kit - Video Tutorials by Massimo Banzi
The official video walkthroughs of the Arduino Starter Kit projects, presented by one of the platform's creators and often suggested as a first course.
20 Making Fun: Mission Control Desk
A tour of a homemade mission control desk built for a child, packed with switches and lights, shared as a project idea for anyone wanting lots of buttons.
21 Tutorial 02 for Arduino: Buttons, PWM, and Functions
Jeremy Blum's second Arduino tutorial, often pointed to for explaining button debouncing and why a pull-down resistor is needed on an input.
22 Practical MOSFET Tutorial #1 - Introduction and Scope
A brief beginner-level MOSFET video, part of a longer series, suggested to Arduino users whose transistor switches run hot or refuse to turn fully on.
23 Internet of food: Arduino-based, urban aquaponics in Oakland
A showcase of an Arduino controlled urban aquaponics setup, shared as inspiration for garden automation rather than as a build tutorial.
24 Unbrick Arduino FTDI FIX (Driver Update Win7 Arduino Nano FT232R USB UART)
Often linked as the fix when an Arduino Nano clone with an FTDI chip stops being recognised on Windows after a driver update.
25 Arduino USB-to-Serial Tutorial - Programming the Pro Mini
A comparison of three USB to serial adapters that people point to when programming a Pro Mini or bare clone board without onboard USB.
26 My First Arduino Uno Project
Shared with a wink in Arduino and Raspberry Pi threads as a fitting reply to project photos; the clip itself is not described, so expect a light-hearted reference.
27 Electronic Basics #4: Arduino+Bluetooth+Android=Awesome
Often linked as a simple walkthrough for pairing a cheap Bluetooth module with an Arduino and controlling it from an Android phone.
28 Low Power Arduino! Kill Power Circuit Tutorial
Shows an Arduino cutting its own power through a transistor after a button press, offered as an example for battery projects that need near-zero standby current.
29 1-Day Project: Arduino and nRF24L01+ Data Transceiver
A short introduction to the nRF24L01 radio module that gets suggested when someone wants cheap wireless links between Arduinos.
30 #79 GPRS/GSM and GPS in one cheap module: The A7 from AI-Thinker
An overview of the cheap A7 GSM and GPS module, recommended when a project needs both mobile data and positioning on a budget.
31 Turn your HC-05 into a HID Bluetooth device (No Parallel Port Method)
Shows how to reflash a cheap HC-05 Bluetooth module with RN-42 firmware so it can act as a keyboard style HID device.
32 Sparkfun Shift Registers
Often linked as a clear SparkFun explanation of how shift registers work and how they extend a microcontroller's pins for input and output.
33 Getting Started with Arduino
A beginner Arduino project playlist, mostly put forward by its own author as a follow-on to the starter kit, covering techniques such as shift registers.
34 Reliable data transmission
Ben Eater video on sending data reliably from one Arduino to another, which a couple of viewers praise as an excellent and detailed explanation.
35 Micro Servo Robot
A cheap, simple Arduino servo arm that records movements taught with a second potentiometer arm, often suggested as a satisfying first robotics build.
36 Control 12v LED strip from Arduino using a Mosfet
A practical example of switching 12V loads such as LED strips from an Arduino with a MOSFET, which viewers have used as the basis for their own builds.
37 Arduino Uno to ATmega328 - Shrinking your Arduino Projects
DroneBot Workshop shows how to move an Arduino project onto a bare ATmega328 on a breadboard and program it; recommended for shrinking projects and cutting battery drain.
38 Liquid Lifebar, an Arduino Project
A showcase of an Arduino driven liquid health bar that moves with video game events, admired as an inspiring build rather than a tutorial.
39 Arduino vs. Raspberry Pi - Which is best? | AddOhms #7
A short AddOhms explainer on the difference between an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi, used to help beginners pick the right board for a project.
40 Ultimate nRF24L01 range comparison
A thorough range comparison of nRF24L01 module variants and antennas by iforce2d, with graphs and a downloadable results spreadsheet.
41 DIY Buck Converter || How to step down DC voltage efficiently
GreatScott builds a DIY buck converter with an Arduino driving a MOSFET, cited as a clear way to understand how step-down switching converters work.
42 Arduino DC Motor Control Tutorial
A beginner tutorial on driving a DC motor from an Arduino through a MOSFET, linked whenever someone needs to switch more current than a pin can supply.
43 Arduino Course for Absolute Beginners
A slow-paced Arduino course for complete newcomers, praised for its clear explanations and credited with getting people into the hobby.
Hidden gem44 DIY Solar Tracker || How much solar energy can it save?
GreatScott's DIY solar tracker build, recommended as a fun and achievable first Arduino project that people report enjoying.
45 A simple way to add MP3 playback to your next project
A demo of a very cheap serial MP3 module driven from an Arduino, with the maker's own library, credited with solving one poster's serial command problem.
46 Tutorial 03 for Arduino: Electrical Engineering Basics
An episode of Jeremy Blum's Arduino tutorial series, widely praised for explaining resistors in a circuit and reading a potentiometer, especially for newcomers.
47 SparkFun According to Pete 3-5-12: Mosfets
Pete from SparkFun gives a relaxed overview of MOSFETs and why they suit switching loads from a microcontroller.
48 1-Day Project: Arduino Uno and I2C OLED Display Challenge
A practical guide to wiring a small I2C OLED to an Arduino, including a warning about setting the display address correctly.
49 Use Arduino to Switch Power On and Off!
A beginner relay tutorial showing an Arduino switching power to a load, though one commenter questions driving the relay straight from a pin.
50 DIY Smartphone Controlled RC Car
Tinkernut's smartphone-controlled RC car build, used as the practical follow-on for connecting a Bluetooth module to an Arduino.
51 Arduino PWM Tutorial #2 - How to Set PWM Frequency Accurately
A frequently cited explanation of changing Arduino PWM frequency with a dedicated library, the second part of a PWM tutorial series.
52 SparkFun Engineering Roundtable 11-12-12: HID and USB Devices with Chris Taylor
A SparkFun video suggested as a first stop when making an Arduino act as a USB keyboard or other HID device, with links to further resources.
53 #135 Radar Sensors / Switches: Comparison and Tests
Recommended for understanding cheap radar motion sensor modules, comparing several and testing how they behave as an alternative to PIR.
54 Tutorial 10 for Arduino: Interrupts and Hardware Debouncing
Part of an Arduino tutorial series covering hardware interrupts, often pointed to for its hardware debouncing of a push button with an RC filter and Schmitt trigger.
55 Electronic Basics #24: Stepper Motors and how to use them
GreatScott's Electronic Basics episode on stepper motors, offered as a good first explanation of how they step and how to drive them from a microcontroller.
56 The Inebriator - Arduino Cocktail Machine - Dispensing Signature Cocktail
A showcase of an Arduino driven cocktail dispensing robot, often linked as inspiration for what a hobby microcontroller project can become.
57 Electronic Basics #5: How to Multiplex
A GreatScott introduction to multiplexing LEDs, linked whenever someone wants to drive many LEDs from a few microcontroller pins.
58 Electronic Basics #22: Transistor (BJT) as a Switch
A GreatScott tutorial on using a bipolar transistor as a switch, recommended when a microcontroller pin needs to drive a buzzer, fan or other load.
59 How to use linear encoders with Arduino. hardware, code, and demo.
Recommended as a clear explanation of how salvaged printer optical encoder strips produce quadrature signals you can read for position and direction.
60 Secret Knock Detecting Lock
An Arduino project that listens for a knock pattern and turns a deadbolt with a stepper motor, offered as a clamp-on approach or project idea.
61 Time Fountain - Optical Illusion
The time fountain that strobes LEDs over falling water drops, cited by several Arduino builders as the inspiration for their own attempts.
62 #69 M2M: TCP/IP to the Cloud over GPRS with the new A6 Module and info about the new A7 Module
Andreas Spiess walks through the cheap A6 GSM module, recommended for getting it powered, reset and talking over AT commands from an Arduino.
63 Arduino Lessons
Paul McWhorter's Arduino lessons, a slow and thorough beginner course that several people credit with making the basics stick despite a repetitive pace.
64 Arduino Radar Project
An Arduino ultrasonic range finder on a pan and tilt servo, suggested as the easiest way to get basic sonar style distance mapping without signal processing skills.
65 Tutorial 06 for Arduino: Serial Communication and Processing
Jeremy Blum's Arduino tutorial on serial communication, pointed to for understanding why incoming characters arrive as ASCII codes and how to convert them to numbers.
66 How To Control a Stepper Motor with A4988 Driver and Arduino
A walkthrough of wiring and driving a stepper motor from an Arduino with an A4988 board, including how to set the driver's current limit.
67 3D LED RGB Cube 16x16x16 (b)
An LED cube showcase linked as an example of Arduino cube projects; one commenter suggests it may be too complicated for a first project.
68 Miduino - A Simple MIDI to Arduino Tone Sketch Converter
Introduces Miduino, a web tool that converts MIDI files into ready made Arduino sketches, mostly linked by its own creator.
69 EEVblog #505 - IR Learning Remote Control Hack
Dave Jones works through a remote control hack, covering IR carrier signalling and how button matrices work, recommended before building your own IR project.
70 Un-brick the FT232RL FTDI USB Serial Adapter
Linked as a fix for FT232RL FTDI USB serial adapters that appear bricked, restoring the USB product ID so the board is recognised again.
71 Arduino Tutorial #10: Arduino to Arduino I2C
Offered as a tutorial on linking two Arduinos as master and slave, though viewers question the way it shares power between the boards.
72 Arduino Uno R4 Wifi LESSON 1: Getting Started for Absolute Beginners
The opening lesson of Paul McWhorter's Arduino Uno R4 WiFi course, recommended to complete newcomers who need the programming fundamentals before anything else.
73 Simple Examples of PID Control
An accessible PID explanation using everyday driving analogies, praised for showing how each of the three terms changes the response.
Hidden gem74 Easy Addressable LEDs with Arduino! WS2812B Tutorial
Cited for showing how to drive WS2812 style addressable LEDs directly from a microcontroller without relying on a library.
75 Arduino Tutorial 1: Setting Up and Programming the Arduino for Absolute Beginners
First lesson of Paul McWhorter's long Arduino course, repeatedly recommended as the starting point for complete beginners with an Uno.
76 How To Correctly Set The Motor Current Limit On An A4988 Stepper Motor Driver
Walks through setting the A4988 stepper driver current limit by adjusting the trim pot to a calculated reference voltage.
77 Arduino High Speed Photography Trigger
An Arduino project that fires a camera from a sensor, offered as a straightforward example of controlling photography hardware.
78 LED Cube 8x8x8 running on an Arduino
A showpiece 8x8 LED cube build that people share for inspiration and as proof an Arduino can run a large LED array.
79 DIY Cheap Arduino CNC Machine - Machine is Complete AND Accurate!
An Arduino automation project people share as an inspiring and relatively affordable example, mentioned alongside CNC and garden builds.
80 Reactive LED Coffee Table - Arduino
Shown as an eye-catching Arduino demonstration of LEDs reacting to touch and movement, and cited as a practical example of an infrared sensor array.
81 RGB light strip synced to music
A music-reactive LED strip project that people point to as a template for their own room lighting, with hardware and code details in the description.
82 ChibiMo: Arduino + KS0108 graphics LCD = USB Monitor
A Japanese project that uses an Arduino to turn a KS0108 graphic LCD into an extra Windows display, often linked as a curiosity when people ask about LCD controllers.
83 LED Matrix Light Sensor
Shows that an ordinary LED can double as a crude light detector, a trick people cite often, with the caveat that it needs plenty of light.
84 One Bit ADC - Short Circuits
A short video on building a one bit analogue to digital converter, shared by Lady Ada and offered as a simple route from analogue signal to digital edge.
85 LM386 + Electret Mic + Arduino
A basic electret microphone and op amp circuit feeding an Arduino, offered as a starting point for sound triggered projects such as shot timers.
86 Controlling DMX lamps with Pure Data through Arduino (pt. 1)
Shows an Arduino driving a DMX light via the DmxSimple library with no RS-485 driver chip or shield; one viewer found it simple, others asked how it works.
87 Arduino Tutorial #11: Leonardo as Keyboard
A short tutorial on making an Arduino Leonardo act as a USB keyboard, linked as a quick starting point for HID projects.
88 Radio Shack Tri-color LED Strips How-to
Explains how to drive the RadioShack tri-colour addressable LED strip from an Arduino using the Pololu library, including its power requirements.
89 Arduino Tutorial #12: Wireless Communication
A tutorial on pairing 433 MHz transmitter and receiver modules with an Arduino Uno, linked as a starting point for simple wireless projects.
90 How Rotary Encoder Works and How To Use It with Arduino
A visual explanation of quadrature encoders, showing why comparing the two output signals reveals direction and why counts exceed the number of teeth.
91 How Capacitive Liquid Level Sensors Work: GILLSC.com
Explains capacitive liquid level sensing, the approach used in aircraft fuel tanks, and is recommended whenever someone wants to gauge liquid depth without moving parts.
92 XBee Basics - Lesson 1 - General Information and Initial Setup
First of a short XBee series covering module setup and basic programming, recommended for getting radios talking despite its quirky presentation.
93 How to build your own LED Color Organ || Arduino || MSGEQ7
An Arduino music visualiser build around the MSGEQ7 spectrum chip, pointed to as inspiration for sound reactive lighting projects.
94 Arduino TFT LCD Touch Screen Tutorial
A tutorial on driving a cheap display module from an Arduino Mega, praised as a clear guide and linked to show what such screens can manage.
95 HOW TO: control DC Motors with Arduino + L298N
A commonly cited tutorial on driving DC motors from an Arduino with an L298 bridge driver, covering the enable pins and PWM speed control.
96 Make your own SIMPLE 5x5x5 RGB LED Cube (Part 1)
GreatScott's first part of building a 5x5x5 LED cube, widely praised as a detailed and inspiring Arduino LED project.
Hidden gem97 Improve your Arduino programming skills - Using the ATmega328P registers.
Teaches direct register control on the ATmega328P to speed up Arduino code, recommended as a clear step beyond digitalWrite.
Hidden gem98 Tutorial 09 for Arduino: XBee Wireless Communication
A tutorial on wireless serial links between two Arduinos using XBee modules, suggested as a starting point even for people using cheaper radios.
99 Arduino Tutorial #1 - Digital Inputs and Outputs - Button & LED
Offered to newcomers as a first Arduino exercise, wiring a simple LED circuit on a breadboard with jumper leads from an Uno.
100 WARNING: Contains Numbers
Numberphile's look at Primer, a mechanical counter sculpture that finds prime numbers, which has inspired several hobbyists to build their own versions.
101 Heinz Automato 2
An older clip that members bring up when a new project reminds them of it, linked for comparison rather than as a tutorial.
102 SparkFun RGB and Gesture Sensor
A short product demonstration of the APDS-9960 gesture and colour sensor, linked when people want a cheap way to detect hand movements.
103 Tutorial 01: Hardware Overview: Arduino Course for Absolute Beginners (ReM)
Part of a beginner Arduino tutorial series, praised for explaining concepts plainly with some humour and bridging gaps left by the starter kit book.
Hidden gem104 Useless Box with Surprises
A demonstration of the classic useless box, a servo that flips its own switch back off, linked as a starter idea for playful Arduino builds.
105 Controlling DC Motors with the L298N H Bridge and Arduino
DroneBot Workshop shows how to drive DC motors from an Arduino with an L298N H-bridge, covering speed and direction; a common starting point for motor control questions.
106 Build an Arduino EEPROM programmer
Ben Eater builds an Arduino Nano programmer for AT28C parallel EEPROMs, using shift registers for the address lines; people build it for their own projects.
107 28BYJ-48 Stepper Motor and ULN2003 Driver Intro
Repeatedly held up as the clearest explanation of how a particular stepper motor and its driver board work before wiring one to an Arduino.
108 How to Easily create Animations for your LED Matrix
A companion video on programming custom LED animations, offered to people who have built an LED display and want to make it do more.
109 Arduino Video Tutorial - 01 Get to know your Tools with Massimo Banzi
The official Arduino Starter Kit video series presented by co-founder Massimo Banzi, recommended as a good way for complete beginners to get going with basic projects.
110 First Look: RC522 RFID Reader/Writer ($4 on eBay)
A detailed look at the RC522 RFID reader module and how to use it with an Arduino, praised as a clear explanation of a fiddly part.
111 Yellow Drum Machine by Frits Lyneborg
A hobby drumming robot that people link as inspiration for similar builds and as an example of ultrasonic distance sensing on a small robot.
112 Arduino LCD Tutorial | How To Control An LCD
Shows how to wire and drive a 16x2 character LCD from an Arduino, including the contrast potentiometer; people point beginners to it when a display stays blank.
113 Technically Correct - Futurama
Linked several times without comment in Arduino and Raspberry Pi discussions, apparently around Arduino programming, so little can be said about its content.
114 4D Systems Touch LCD Screens
A SparkFun tutorial on 4D Systems serial displays with their own built-in interface system, recommended for adding a graphical screen to an Arduino project.
115 1D Pong
A one-dimensional Pong game built with an Arduino, an addressable RGB LED strip and a couple of buttons, admired as simple and fun.
116 Arduino: How To Build An Obstacle Avoiding Robot
Linked as a tutorial for building a simple Arduino robot that steers around obstacles, with one builder noting it uses a motor shield rather than a breadboard H-bridge.
117 How to control WS2812B RGB LEDs with FastLED and Arduino
A starter tutorial for driving addressable LED strips from an Arduino with the FastLED library, recommended to newcomers asking how to begin.
118 How to Control Servos | Arduino Tutorial
A general introduction to hobby servos and driving them from an Arduino, recommended as enough to get a first servo project working.
119 Stupid Games call for Stupid Cheating
An Arduino rig that cheats at a cookie clicker style game, also listed in a thread about pressing a capacitive touch button without a finger.
120 How to Control a Ton of RGB LEDs with Arduino & TLC5940
Demonstrates using the TLC5940 multi-channel PWM driver with an Arduino to run many RGB LEDs, suggested whenever someone needs more PWM outputs.
121 Useless Box Kit from ThinkGeek
The classic useless box that switches itself off, shared as a lighthearted example and as a template for simple self cancelling switch projects.
122 $3 laser transmits audio over 100m (arduino)
Demonstrates sending audio across roughly a hundred metres with a cheap laser diode and Arduino, cited as proof of range for optical data links.
123 Wireless Digital Audio Streaming Realtime with Arduino and an NRF24 Module
Linked as an example of sending digitised audio between Arduino boards over cheap nRF24L01 2.4GHz radio modules.
124 How to fix Arduino serial port bug on MAC OS SIERRA
Fixes an Arduino clone not appearing as a serial port on macOS Sierra by installing the CH340 driver; it helped some people but not all.
125 RF Links Tutorial - Cheap and Easy Wireless Arduino!
Offered a few times as an explanation of the low-level encoding behind basic radio modules, though commenters recall it only loosely.
126 How Brushless Motor and ESC Work and How To Control them using Arduino
Explains how brushless motors and ESCs work, then drives an ESC from an Arduino; cited as a wiring and control reference for drone-style motor projects.
