Now On-Demand: Animatronic Control Systems - Part 1

Chris Ellerby

ANIMATRONIC CONTROL SYSTEMS - ARDUINO PROGRAMMING BASICS - PART 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA0uzT7mLho

Learn to animate mechanical characters & props using Arduino technology! In Part 1 of his 3-part webcourse series on Arduino Programming Basics, Master FX Mechanic David Covarrubias (Pacific Rim, Iron Man, The Lost World: Jurassic Park) introduces you to Arduino's open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. 

Whether you're brand new to programming animatronics or an experienced professional, Arduino is an indispensable tool to add to your character mechanic's toolbox.

WEBCOURSE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Introduction to Arduino Hardware
• The IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
• Basic Programming Language Structure
• Writing Basic Arduino Code
• Basic LED Code
• LED Inputs & Plugging in Buttons

VIEW THE LESSON HERE

David Boccabella

Great Lesson, though I pity David with his desperately dumbing down advanced concepts for the every person.

Kimberly Beach

Amazing. Thank you for sharing the information.

David Gonzalez

Hello! I need some help to find the Adafruit_NeoPixel code. It's not showing on my library examples. Any one can help me? Thanks!

Chris Ellerby

Hi David,

Here is the documentation on how to set it up:
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-neopixel-uberguide/arduino-library-installation

And here is the library:  
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel

/Chris

David Gonzalez

Thanks Chris!!