EDI Bootcamp

Welcome to the Mechatronics portion of Bootcamp!

Make sure your kit has the following items:

• Arduino Uno ([1])
• USB A to B cable (B has a large, square end)
• 850mAh LiPo ([2])
• Sparkfun LiPo charger and 5V boost board ([3])
• USB A to micro cable (micro has a tiny end)
• RC servo motor
• 3 axis accelerometer ([4])
• 8ohm speaker ([5])
• Pushbutton
• Flex sensor ([6])
• Force sensitive resistor ([7])
• Breadboard

Also available are 5mm super bight LEDs in blue, red, green, yellow and white, IR LEDs, IR sensitive phototransistors, red sensitive phototransistors, small RC servo motors, and tiny vibration motors.

The Mechatronics Lab has 6 workstations, each with power supply, multimeter, function generator, oscilloscope, soldering iron, wire, wire strippers and cutters, solder, and a PC with the Arduino software installed. The white cabinets contain resistors, capacitors, potentiometers, and a variety of useful ICs.

You can learn more about the Arduino on the website [8]

You can download the Arduino website for PC, MAC or Linux at [9]

A nice Arduino tutorial is at [10] (uses a slightly older version of the Arduino board, but otherwise is fine)