arduino/eduintro

EduIntro is a toolkit for running short, hands-on Arduino workshops where absolute beginners can quickly build interactive electronics projects. Instead of making people write complex code from scratch to control things like LEDs, buttons, sensors, and motors, this library gives them ready-made commands. The goal is to let anyone walk into a one or two-hour session and walk out having created something meaningful, without getting bogged down in the underlying programming mechanics. The library works by treating each electronic component as a simple object in the code. If you want to blink an LED, you create an LED object tied to a specific pin on the Arduino board, then use straightforward commands like "on" and "off." If you want to read a button press, you create a button object and use a "readSwitch" command. It supports a variety of common workshop components, including temperature sensors, motion detectors, potentiometers, piezo buzzers, servo motors, and even WiFi modules. Each component comes with its own set of basic functions already programmed and ready to call. This is designed primarily for educators running introductory Arduino training sessions, particularly through Arduino Education. A teacher running a 90-minute class can hand students an Arduino, some wires, and a few sensors, and the students can immediately start experimenting. For example, a student could wire up a motion sensor and an LED, then use the library to make the light blink when movement is detected. It removes the friction of setting up low-level hardware code, letting the workshop focus on the fun part: modeling interactions between physical inputs and outputs. The project is built to be completely self-contained, relying on no other external libraries, which keeps installation simple. It trades deep flexibility for ease of use, prioritizing readable syntax and quick wins over the kind of fine-grained control an advanced electronics project might require. The library is free to use and covers a range of Arduino boards, including the Nano, MKR, and Uno WiFi series.