Arduino

What is Arduino?

Arduinos are credit-card-sized, programmable microcontrollers that can read sensors and will turn on lights, run motors, and more, based on the code you write.

Check Out an Arduino Kit

Arduino Kits include everything that you need to experiment with beginner projects – from blinking your first LED to mapping temperature to composing a tune using a Piezo buzzer, we’ve got you covered! Kits check out for 21 days and can be returned to any location. Pick one up at the Central Library or place one on hold to pick up at your favorite library location! Brown County Library also has a variety of books to help you get started. The Arduino kits were made possible through grant funding provided by OMNOVA Solutions.

Official Arduino Resources

Getting Started with Arduino
Tutorials
Support Forum
Code Reference
Arduino IDE | Cloud Editor

Free Online Resources

Sparkfun Tutorials:
These tutorials cover the basics of Arduinos, electricity, circuits, Ohm’s law & more.
What is an Arduino?
What is Electricity?
What is a Circuit?
Voltage, Current, Resistance & Ohm’s Law
Resistors
Sparkfun’s SIK Experiment Guide

Adafruit Tutorials: Beginner tutorials; start with LadyAda’s Learn Arduino

Jeremy Blum’s Arduino Tutorials: Beginner tutorial videos by engineer/hacker Jeremy Blum

All About Circuits Video Tutorials: Information about electronics for students and hobbyists

Instructables: Hundreds of great Arduino project ideas with easy-to-follow instructions

Tinkercad: Test out your projects beforehand by building prototypes in this web-based tool

YouTube: Search “Arduino” to get thousands of videos with tutorials & projects

Buy an Arduino and Related Components

There are many retailers who sell Arduinos and other electronics components that can help you build projects. Here are a few good places to start.
Spark Fun
Adafruit
Maker Shed
Arduino Official Starter Kit
Jameco Electronics (components)