Arduino Wiring Basics

great video. cleared up a lot of confusion for a super beginner

Good tips. Also, if you need to make low-profile connections to the Arduino (so the cables/connectors don't stick out but go sideways instead, remaining roughly flush with the top of the board), you could get some 90-degree-bent pin headers, solder cables to the short ends of the pins, and plug the long ends right into the female headers on the board. These bent pin headers come in both single and double row configurations.

You are correct. I was just showing an example of options but a double male would be my choice as well. Thanks!

Thanks so much! Great tutorial.

Liked & subscribed! My first project has been converting a garage door opener into a staircase mounted cargo lift. I'm using various sensors to detect the cargo trolley's location and stop it at the top or bottom stations. Also SEND/CALL industrial switches for sending or calling the trolly from either station. Garage door motor has excellent lifting power and the trolley will move 80lbs of cargo up/down the track with ease. I'm looking to neaten up my wiring, add wire labels, and add an LCD screen for status updates & a power on self test. Your video has given me ideas on how to make custom cable bundles to make troubleshooting & maintenance easier. (Also do a quick change over if I want to re-purpose the controller unit when the cargo lift is not scheduled for use.) I'm used to labeling my RJ45 cables for network engineering, so I'd like to label the jumper wires inside my projects as well. I use my own color coding system to create predictable wiring signal pinouts from standard interfacing components, so your custom wiring bundling method might allow me to put a single label on a bundle to identify it and then rely on wire color coding for matching to my Visio wiring diagrams. Thanks for sharing your expertise.

Very informative. I'm using an Arduino setup on an RC airplane. How secure are the connections? Secure enough to handle flight forces/oscillations without coming unplugged?

Cool video! But I think the connection you made around 3:05 is not very secure. It is better to use a double-sided male header (which Pololu carries) so you can have a long pin going into both female parts.

Hey, I'm new with arduino. I want to control an led analog clock, that will require 60 digital outputs for the minutes, and 12 more for the hours. 72 LED's. Thats 144 conductors. what would i need in terms of expansion boards ( shields?) and wiring. I need about 30 feet of distance between the controllers and the LED's on the ceiling. please help, Thanks

Series vs parallel?

I was looking for information about making more sturdy connections - can I solder to the arduino when I'm set on the configuration?