Arduino Student Labs

This section will contain labs specifically designed for students and hobbyists interested in learning microcontroller programming and Arduino technologies.

Some of these, I will create. For some, I will combine the elements of several other sources to make a more informative lab. In an effort to not reinvent the wheel, some items will link to good construction articles at other sites.

Labs that do NOT have links in the left column have no information for you. I will be adding labs as soon as I can. Keep checking back to see new additions.

NOTE: Points assigned to the labs below will help you to determine the difficulty for each Lab. The idea is that the number of 'points' should generally represent the number of minutes it would take to complete that lab. I require my students to do 100 points of lab per 2-1/2 hour lab session. If you feel the points for any lab should be increased or decreased, please let me know through the Feedback Page.

NOTICE!! Only the labs with active links in the left column are completed or almost complete. No link means the lab is still on the list to be developed. If you see one you would like to see developed sooner, email me and I will move it to the top of the list.

LAB and LINK	POINTS	NAME	DESCRIPTION	VIDEO or Fritz Diagram
lab-01	25	LED Flasher	Flash a single LED on and off.
lab-02	25	S.O.S. Flasher	Have an LED flash the morse code for the International Distress Signal (SOS)
lab-03	25	Vary LED Brightness	Use Analog output to vary the brightness of an LED
lab-04	50	Knight Rider	Flash six LEDs using the PWM Ports; Flasher looks like the Knight Rider car named K.I.T.T. in the TV series.
lab-05	25	Candle Light	LED randomly changes brightness - Seems to flicker like a candle
lab-06	25	Piezo Sound	Play a simple tune with a piezo disc
lab-07	25	Input Switch/Button	Use a switch to turn an LED on and off.
lab-08	50	Temperature	LM35 Temperature Sensor
lab-09	25	Blink with Pot	Adjusting potentiometer changes the frequency of a blinking LED.
lab-10	25	ASCII	Display ASCII Characters
lab-11	25	CDS Light Sensor	Use Cadmium Sulfide (CDS) sensor to detect light
lab-12	50	Motor Spin	Spin a small DC motor
lab-13	50	Analog Input/Output	Potentiometer varies brightness of an LED
lab-14	50	Traffic Lights	Have red. yellow, green LEDs cycle through traffic light pattern
lab-15	60	Interactive Traffic Lights	Similar to Lab-14, but a pushbutton will activate a pedestrian crossing light
lab-16	30	Servo Control	Control a servo through 180 degrees
lab-17	60	Stepper Motor	Control a Stepper Motor
lab-18	60	Ping)))	Install Ping))) Acoustic Sensor and take distance measurements
lab-19	30	Phototransistor	4 LEDs as bar-graph driven by phototransistor
lab-20	30	Pot and Motor	Use potentiometer analog input to control speed of a small DC motor
lab-21	30	Knock Sensor	Detect sound with a piezo disc
lab-22	100	LED Chase
lab-23		Multiple LEDs	Blink 8 LEDs in sequence
lab-24		LCD Display	Display text on an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
lab-25		7-Segment LED	Display number sequence with 7-Segment LED
lab-26		DC Motor Tachometer	Research fan motor that has a tachometer output
lab-27	75	Interactive LED Chase	Use a potentiometer to vary time delay
lab-28	50	Relay Control	Use a relay to control a DC motor
lab-29		74HC595	Shift Register
lab-30		Mood Lamp
lab-31		Serial Mood Lamp
lab-32		Morse Code Translator	Enter some text and have toe Arduino send that text message in Morse Code
lab-33		Random Dice	Create two dice and 'roll' the dice using a random number
lab-34		Theremin	Create electronic music
lab-35		VU Meter
lab-36		RGB Colors
lab-37		Serial Communications
lab-38		LCD	Print messages on a Liquid Crystal Display
lab-39		Accelerometer
lab-40		Joystick
lab-41		8-Bit Counter
lab-42		Keypad
lab-43		Encoder
lab-44		Lie Detector
lab-45		IR Remote Control
lab-46		Debounce
lab-47		Arrays
lab-48		SPI
lab-49		Stopwatch
lab-50		LED Dot Matrix
lab-51		Motor Driver
lab-52		MIDI Music
lab-53		Passive Infrared (PIR)
lab-54		Bluetooth
lab-55		L298 H-Bridge	Control motor direction and speed with an H-Bridge circuit
lab-56		I2C