No-Code Programming Online Workshop 1 Recording
Channel: Biomaker
Date: 20/11/2020

Join us for an online workshop exploring how to get started making your own custom devices for biological research!

This is a recording of the first session of the No-Code Programming for Biology Online workshop held on 11th and 13th November 2020.

This workshop accompanies tutorial material from the first two lessons of the No-Code Programming for Biology Beginner's Guide, which is available to download for free on our website (link below). You will learn about the starter kit, the microcontroller and the XOD IDE, as well as how to test your board and programme an LED, buzzer, button and knob potentiometer.

It uses a simple Arduino board with inbuilt components and sensors (links below) combined with the free visual programming software XOD (link below), to get you started with programming a microcontroller and building simple electronic devices.

00:00 Welcome!
Lesson 1: Introduction
07:10 The Starter Kit
10:39 The Microcontroller
15:02 The XOD IDE
Lesson 2: Getting Started
20:30 Task 1: Testing Your Board
31:42 Task 2: Inputs and Outputs
38:19 Round-Up

If you have any questions or need help trouble shooting let us know in the comments and we’ll do our best to help.

Biomaker is hosted by OpenPlant, one of the UK's four Synthetic Biology Research Centres (SBRCs) and SynBio IRC, the Synthetic Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Cambridge. We are grateful to receive funding from the UK research councils (BBSRC, EPSRC, NERC) as well as the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Links

Information about Biomaker: https://www.biomaker.org
Information about No-Code Programming for Biology: https://www.biomaker.org/nocode-programming-for-biology-handbook
Beginner's Guide Download: https://www.biomaker.org/s/Beginner-Guide-A4_SN_v2.pdf

Grove All-in-One Beginner Kit for Arduino: https://www.seeedstudio.com/Grove-Beginner-Kit-for-Arduino-p-4549.html
Where to buy the board in the UK: https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/Seeed-Studio/110061162?qs=GedFDFLaBXGT3kACDRrDVQ%3D%3D https://coolcomponents.co.uk/products/grove-beginner-kit-for-arduino-all-in-one-arduino-compatible-board-with-10-sensors-and-12-projects?_pos=11&_sid=85066d62a&_ss=r

XOD Software Download: https://xod.io/