🔌 [Ep 5] Why Your Microcontroller Got Burnt (Part 2)
·3 mins
Exploring common hardware pitfalls that destroy microcontrollers: excessive current draw, overvoltage, ESD, inductive flyback spikes, and reverse polarity.
Microcontrollers: The part YouTube doesn't teach
This series goes beyond simply showing you what to connect or which code to copy. Instead, it explains how Microcontrollers actually works from the hardware on the board and the purpose of each pin to power management and the fundamentals of embedded programming.
The goal is to help you understand the reasoning behind every connection and every line of code, so you can confidently design, troubleshoot, and build your own mechatronic systems rather than relying solely on tutorials. Things might get a little nerdy and technical, but hey that’s what we signed up for right?
🔌 [Ep 4] Why Your Microcontroller Got Burnt (Part 1)
·6 mins
An introduction to power calculations in embedded systems, component consumption breakdown, battery selection, and power rails for an obstacle-avoiding robot.
🔌 [Ep 3] What exactly is PWM?
·4 mins
An in-depth explanation of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), duty cycles, analog vs digital signals, and how microcontrollers simulate analog outputs.
🔌 [Ep 2] GPIO vs Digital vs Analog Pins
·3 mins
An explanation of GPIO, Digital, and Analog pins on microcontrollers, their key differences, and when to use each in embedded systems.
🔌 [Ep 1] Arduino 101: An Overview
·5 mins
An introduction to the Arduino platform, focusing on the processing core, power delivery, I/O pins, and communication systems of the Arduino Uno.
🔌 [Ep 0] Preface: Killing the Magic
·1 min
You want to build a simple obstacle-avoiding robot… but what happens when yours aggressively vibrates and resets? This series exists to transition you from a hardware prompt engineer to a real Mechatronics Engineer.