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Where It All Began!

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By Samarth Gowda
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Where It All Began!

Better late than sorry!

As an Electrical and Electronics Engineering student, I was a bit late to get introduced to the platforms I wanted to thrive in. The curriculum at Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) mainly focuses on Electrical subjects, and the Electronics part is often neglected or left out.

I wasn’t only into coding or just hardware. I wanted to see how things actually worked in real life. I wanted both hardware and software together, a concept called hardware-software co-design, which is something I’ll cover in future blogs.

arduino Man of the Show

I’ve had a fascination with computers, tech, and electronic components since childhood. I even used to tear apart remote-controlled cars just to see the DC motors inside.

Being in my pre-final year (because saying “3rd year” doesn’t give the same thrill), I finally got introduced to the world of microcontrollers, single-board computers (SBCs), and the maker community. Oh, the joy! You should have seen my face.

depiction of my face Just a depiction

I searched online for Arduino kits and stumbled upon Quad Store’s “Super Starter Kit”, which came with project guides and sample code, a perfect start for a beginner like me.

And the journey began

The Kit

super starter kit Arduino kit

This included every possible componenets I didn’t know I needed, untill I started doing projects, really a great kit.

Components Included

components The components of the kit

The Kit included:

  • Arduino Uno R3
  • Breadboard (Full-size)
  • Breadboard (Mini)
  • Expansion Shield
  • Push Buttons
  • ULN2003 Driver
  • Stepper Motor
  • Breadboard power supply
  • IR Remote
  • Battery Holder
  • Vibration switch
  • flame sensor
  • DHT11 sensor
  • Photo-resistor
  • IR Receiver
  • Potentiometer
  • 16*2 LCD (Without I2C module)
  • Active Buzzer
  • Passive Buzzer
  • HC SR04
  • IC 74HC595
  • 1 Digit Display
  • 4 Digit Display
  • 8*8 Dot Matrix
  • Resistors (220, 330, 10k and 1k ohms)
  • Jumper wires
  • RGB Module
  • LEDs
  • 40 pin Header
  • Jumpers (F-F and M-M)
  • SG90 Servo motor

Almost around 20 components, trust me, I didn’t know what they did, when I bought them, I’ve figured it out, you’ll figure it out somehow too.

Somehow, that kid who tore apart remote-control cars just to see the DC motors at work came back to life when he saw Stepper and Servo motors. Talk about a step-up!

Inserted a dad joke and you didn’t even notice

Media

If you want to check out the components, here is a Video

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Well, that’s it for now! I’ll see you in the next blog. Till then, bye-bye!.

Electronics, Arduino
arduino micro-controller
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