{"id":10630,"date":"2019-02-08T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/?p=10630"},"modified":"2019-02-08T01:46:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T06:46:04","slug":"my-hackathon-project-on-arduino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/my-hackathon-project-on-arduino\/","title":{"rendered":"My Hackathon Project on Arduino"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was Hackathon 2018<\/strong> and I was very excited to choose a hardware project and try it! So I picked Arduino<\/strong>, chose to build plus test a DC Door Bell using Arduino. This experience was similar to looking at a recipe book and trying out new dishes – 2 entrees, 2 mains, and 1 dessert. This blog shares my experience on my hackathon project on Arduino.<\/p>\n

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Prep time\/Reading:<\/strong> 2hours
\nCooking time\/Building\/Testing:<\/strong> 3hours
\nIngredients:<\/strong> A hardware starter kit, Laptop<\/p>\n

Method:<\/h3>\n

Prep\/Read:<\/strong> To start off, I gathered the blogs\/tickets\/links\/videos on Arduino by looking at the Trello board which was written by my colleague. I quickly browsed the starter kit and figured out the basic components. <\/p>\n

I started by looking at a video on Servo motor as the video is more appealing than reading a blog! Given that I was completely new to everything, I got an introduction to the basic stuff but I lost my patience after a while. Next, I decided to read the blog<\/a> by just skimming through it quickly. Images and Steps caught my attention. At the end of it, I knew I had to come back to the Components section. I wanted to know more about the components so I looked at the video and read the blog in parallel which was a big help. Next, I got the Tinkercard account setup and tried a few simple tests. I was very thrilled to see the LED glow on the screen. <\/p>\n

In between all this, I had no clue about what Arduino is\/does! So I looked up and read few pages from here<\/a>. This reminded me of my engineering projects!
\nNow I was all set to connect the Arduino literally. <\/p>\n

Cooking\/Build\/Test:<\/strong>
\nThe blog is written very well, I just followed the steps and started connecting the components. The first attempt was to follow Steps 1 and 2 as given in the blog – a blinking LED. I was very happy to complete this and did a showoff to my colleagues too. So my entree was ready now !!
\nNext, I attempted to connect the Peizo which makes the sound. Great stuff!
\nThese 2 simple tests gave me the confidence to try many more. I enjoyed connecting the components and finally looking at the output. <\/p>\n

Since the entrees were done, next on the recipes was to move onto mains…..
\nI moved on from Step 3 to Step 6 with great ease by reading the blog and simultaneously connecting the components and the verifying the output. It was a fantastic experience to complete the switch and doorbell tests. Mains were done, moving onto desserts as I had time. <\/p>\n

For desserts, I looked up for a few simple ones here<\/a> and tried the builtin led successfully. <\/p>\n

Overall, I had a great experience attempting an unknown area, reading about it, trying out the projects and looking at the output. Now I know what Arduino can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was Hackathon 2018 and I was very excited to choose a hardware project and try it! So I picked Arduino, chose to build plus test a DC Door Bell using Arduino. This experience was similar to looking at a recipe book and trying out new dishes – 2 entrees, 2 mains, and 1 dessert. This blog shares my experience […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arduino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10630"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12856,"href":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions\/12856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qxf2.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}