Lesson Plan
Materials
These lessons go along with Cyclone Arcade Game: Intro To Arduino Kit (Ages 9+) [KIT-4-4].
Classroom sets available. Contact us at info@barnabasrobotics.com to inquire.
Programming Your First Blinking Light
With the light circuit built, you’re ready to start programming. In this lesson, you’ll control an LED with code and make it blink, connecting the software you write to something you can see happen in the real world.
Tutorial Video
What You’ll Learn
- Control an LED using code
- Use timing to turn an output on and off
- Connect a program to a physical electronic component
Follow Along
- Follow the video to create the program for one LED.
- Upload or run your code and watch the LED carefully.
- Experiment with the timing values and observe how the blinking pattern changes.
Check Your Work
Before moving on, make sure your project behaves like the example shown in the video. If something isn’t working, compare your wiring and code carefully with the video before changing multiple things at once.
What’s Next?
Next, you’ll expand your code from one LED to all of the LEDs around the Cyclone circle.
