Commands
Syntax
I/O
Sensors
Motors
100
You would use this command to control the output using Pulse Width Modulation
What is analogWrite(pin#, PWM value); ?
100
These inputs would be written in the digitalWrite command to cause a 5V signal to appear on pin 3.
What is digitalWrite(3, HIGH); ?
100
This command is use to read an analog value from pin "x"
What is analogRead(x); ?
100
A sensor that converts acoustic energy into electrical energy.
What is a microphone?
100
This is the part of an conventional electric motor that rotates
What is a rotor?
200
This command sends data to a Shift Register
What is shiftOut ?
200
The inclusion of a library should occur here relative to the void setup() command
What is before ?
200
This command is used to send a (1/0) signal to digital pin.
What is digitalWrite(#, H/L); ?
200
This describes a class of sensor that must be in physical contact with the material being measured.
What is a contact sensor?
200
This is a small arm or bar attached to the shaft of a Servo Motor.
What is a horn?
300
This command starts serial communication between the Arduino and the PC monitor.
What is Serial.begin ?
300
The "while" command performs a test AT THIS TIME to determine if it should continue running.
What is BEFORE the command section ?
300
This command would be used to send data to the Serial Monitor
What is Serialprint(); ?
300
A sensor that detects radiation emitted by flames in the ultraviolet, visible or infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
What is an Optical Detector ?
300
This is the best method of controlling the speed of a DC motor.
What is Pulse Width Modulation?
400
This command returns the remainder of a division operation.
What is Modulo ?
400
This punctuation indicates the end of a command.
What is a semi-colon ?
400
Named after the originator of the concept, this describes the speed at which data travels between the Serial Monitor and the Arduino.
What is Baud Rate?
400
This is the Base 16 number system generally used with IR remote control systems
What is Hexadecimal ?
400
This motor is not intended to spin continuously in one direction but uses discrete impulses to the outer electromagnets, to make the rotor turn through a precise number of steps.
What is a Stepper Motor ?
500
This command is used to declare the seed number for the random number generator.
What is randomSeed(); ?
500
These characters define the start and end of a segment of code.
What are curly brackets { } ?
500
This is the command that tells the Arduino if a specific pin will be used as an input or an output
What is pinMode(x, I/O); ?
500
A wireless sensor system that uses electromagnetic energy to transfer data between the sensor and the tag
What is RFID ?
500
This is the component on the rotor of an electric (DC) motor that causes the current to change direction in the coil as the rotor turns.
What is a Commutator ?