Recently we received Arduinos to fiddle with in class. It took a while to download all the programs (there were a few), but luckily we had instruction manuals to follow. Since the lesson was focused on hardware, we just had to build the circuits. As it was my first time doing anything like this, I learned a lot from doing to exercises. Additionally, there was code already written for the circuits so that we could watch the program run.
I managed to make a circuit with eight LEDs flashing intermittently, and I realized just how complicated all the outputs and inputs can get with all the different wires. I have a lot of respect for the people who can create that sort of stuff now; I was just following instructions, and other people do projects from scratch! Kudos to all the creative people out there who make their own Arduino projects!
Gray Sky 
Glad you enjoyed the experience! Now that you’ve had experience with both, do you enjoy programming or wiring hardware more?
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They both have their joys and frustrations. I couldn’t say for sure since I’m still learning but I think so far I enjoy programming since I’ve learned more so far.
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Cool!
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That infinity picture is so cute and clever!
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Thanks
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glad to see you’ve enjoyed working with the Arduinos! since they’re yours to keep, definitely continue playing around with them at home in the future – you’ll learn a lot more interesting stuff that we don’t have time to cover in class =)
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So much stuff we don’t have time to cover! Good thing I still have a lot of my summer left 🙂
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Your positive attitude toward this project is very well-received. I’m glad to hear that you had fun working with the Arduino kit. Also, kudos to you for the artsy picture, I think it is very cool
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If only the artsy side came out a little more often 🙂
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