Beginner’s Ardunio Class - Make your own Breathalyser

Beginner’s Ardunio Class - Make your own Breathalyser.

David McKeown from the Irish Robotics Club (http://robots.ie) will be presenting a class on microcontroller programming using the popular Arduino board (http://arduino.cc/) 

What’s an Arduino?

Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments

What you’ll learn

·         Familiarisation with the Arduino programming environment

·         How to read digital and Analogue inputs

·         Digital and Analogue outputs

·         Set up a communication port between the Arduino and an laptop

We’ll be blinking more LEDs than you could possibly ever want!

At the end of the class we will put all the skills together to make a simple breathalyser using an alcohol sensor.

What You’ll need

A laptop with the Arduino IDE installed from here http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

We’ll give you a lend of an Arduino board for the class or you can bring your own. You’ll get to keep the alcohol sensor circuit at the end.

No previous electronics experience or programming experience is required.

Arduino boards will be available to buy in Science Gallery shop after the workshop if you wish to do so.

Workshop length 3-4 hours approx