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# Arduino Lesson 0. Getting Started

## The Lessons

The remainder of the lessons in this series are designed to lead you through various aspects of both electronics and programming the Arduino.

They follow in a logical order, with each lesson building on the lessons that have come before.

- [Lesson 1. Blink](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-1-blink "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-1-blink")
- [Lesson 2. LEDs](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-2-leds "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-2-leds")
- [Lesson 3. RGB LEDs](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-3-rgb-leds "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-3-rgb-leds")
- [Lesson 4. Eight LEDs and a Shift Register](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-4-eight-leds "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-4-eight-leds")
- [Lesson 5. The Serial Monitor](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-5-the-serial-monitor "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-5-the-serial-monitor")
- [Lesson 6. Digital Inputs](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-6-digital-inputs "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-6-digital-inputs")
- [Lesson 7. Make an RGB LED Fader](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-7-make-an-rgb-led-fader "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-7-make-an-rgb-led-fader")
- [Lesson 8. Analog Inputs](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-8-analog-inputs "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-8-analog-inputs")
- [Lesson 9. Sensing Light](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-9-sensing-light "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-9-sensing-light")
- [Lesson 10. Making Sounds](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-10-making-sounds "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-10-making-sounds")
- [Lesson 11. LCD Displays - Part 1](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-11-lcd-displays-1 "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-11-lcd-displays-1")
- [Lesson 12. LCD Displays - Part 2](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-12-lcd-displays-part-2 "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-12-lcd-displays-part-2")
- [Lesson 13. DC Motors](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-13-dc-motors "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-13-dc-motors")
- [Lesson 14. Servo Motors](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-14-servo-motors "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-14-servo-motors")
- [Lesson 15. DC Motor Reversing](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-15-dc-motor-reversing "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-15-dc-motor-reversing")
- [Lesson 16. Stepper Motors](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-16-stepper-motors "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-16-stepper-motors")

**About the Author.**

Simon Monk is author of a number of books relating to Open Source Hardware. The following books written by Simon are available from Adafruit: [Programming Arduino](https://www.adafruit.com/products/1019), [30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius](https://www.adafruit.com/products/868) and [Programming the Raspberry Pi](https://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=adasearch&q=programming+raspberry+pi).

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