Introduction to microcontrollers and electronics using the Arduino platform

In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the basics of embedded programming using a handheld game device based on the AVTokyo 2022 badge. While the focus is on programming, we’ll also explore hardware fundamentals such as reading sensor data and displaying text on a screen. The badge hardware will be provided by VPC-Asia. Participants should bring a laptop with the Arduino IDE installed and a micro USB cable.

NOTE. The number of participants is limited. Please sign up at the Graduate School counter.

This session is preceeded by the talk Prototyping, hardware and product development for beginners on 25 June.

Emery Premeaux is the author of “Arduino projects to save the world” (Apress/Springer, 2011). The book details basic science and measurement projects with Arduino and other open source tools, such as the processing language. He is also co-founder and current chairman of Tokyo HackerSpace, a non-profit maker space in Nogizaka, Tokyo, where he teaches classes on electronics, Arduino, and PCB design with KiCad.

Professionally, Emery was a pioneer in Japan’s first commercial drone manufacturer, ACSL, where he was an applications engineer and systems integrator for 8 years. He has co-authored multiple papers concerning test and measurement methodologies of drones in large scale wind-tunnels.
Recently he has been working alongside Dominik Steiner, as chief hardware designer for business to business IoT solutions at VPC-Asia.