Arduino Library Viruses?

This lesson came from Richard Stockford.  It’s based on this lesson: Arduino Course for Absolute Beginners, 2nd Edition Using Arduino Code Libraries Installing Code Libraries The Question: I am currently reviewing the libraries section of the course. My question is .. Do the libraries that are added by Arduino checked for viral code? I use…

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While Loop instead of if statements

This question is from Mark Quarto: The Question: Hi Michael: I’m pulling my hair out with a While Loop control for an automotive air conditioning circuit and hope you could point me in the correct direction. I’m having difficulty exiting the While Loop. I’ve tried all kinds of statements, etc. with no luck. I really…

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PWM Challenge

This question is from Jim Therrien, and comes from this lesson: Arduino Course for Absolute Beginners, 2nd Edition The Bread and Butter of Microcontrollers: Using Input and Output (IO) Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) with analogWrite() Challenge #4 – Can you get two LEDs to fade together? The Question: So I was doing the challenge for…

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While Loop Challenge

This questions comes from Jim Kenyon: Arduino Course for Absolute Beginners, 2nd Edition, Control Structures Using the While Loop Challenge #5 – Add a potentiometer to the circuit. Write a program that turns off an LED while the input from the potentiometer is below a certain threshold. Question: I’m having problems with challenge 5 for…

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Switchcase statement issue and Arduino MEGA

This question is from Gary Kahne: Arduino Course for Absolute Beginners, 2nd Edition Control Structures Serial Library and Control Function Application Question: Here is the code that was giving Gary trouble: /*This program takes user input from a computer through the Arduino IDE serial monitor “send” line. The values sent are checked against a switch…

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