Paul McWhorter Courses

Understanding GPIO Inputs and Pull Up Resistors

A homework solution showing how Raspberry Pi GPIO inputs, pull-up resistors, and Python control an LED with a push button.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Raspberry Pi - Understanding GPIO Inputs, Pull Up and Pull Down Resistors

Learn to read Raspberry Pi GPIO button inputs and design reliable pull-up and pull-down resistor circuits without floating inputs.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Raspberry Pi - Understanding and Using GPIO Pins

Learn Raspberry Pi GPIO pin numbering, wire an LED circuit, and control it with Python.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Using an Arduino with Python - Controlling an LED from Python

Pass color commands from Python to Arduino over serial to control an RGB LED and visualize the selected color.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Raspberry Pi - Linux Essentials in One Session

Learn Linux essentials on a Raspberry Pi by navigating the operating system from the terminal and managing files and directories.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Using an Arduino with Python - Passing Data from Python to Arduino

Learn to send commands from Python to an Arduino over serial communication and use them to control an LED circuit.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Using an Arduino with Python - Live Thermometer 3D Visual Using DHT11

Build a live 3D thermometer in VPython from temperature data sent by an Arduino and DHT11 sensor.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Using an Arduino with Python - Measuring Temperature and Humidity With the DHT11

Wire a DHT11 to Arduino, read temperature and humidity, and send the measurements to Python for visualization.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Using an Arduino with Python - Modeling a Volt Meter in VPython

Build a live 3D VPython voltmeter that displays voltage readings from an Arduino potentiometer.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Using an Arduino with Python - Analog Voltage Meter in VPython

Build an animated 3D analog voltmeter in VPython whose needle tracks real-time voltage measured by an Arduino potentiometer.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AI for Everyone - Accurate Gesture Recognition Using Python and MediaPipe

Train a Python program with MediaPipe hand landmarks to recognize multiple gestures and compare errors across known and unknown hand signals.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Using an Arduino with Python - Visual Display of Measured Voltage in Visual Python

Build an Arduino potentiometer circuit and stream voltage readings to Python for a real-time animated 3D visualization.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AI for Everyone - First Attempt at Using MediaPipe for Gesture Detection

Learn to recognize hand gestures by comparing MediaPipe hand-landmark distance matrices in Python.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Using an Arduino with Python - Passing Data From Arduino to Python

Learn to pass Arduino-generated data to Python over serial, clean incoming byte strings, split values, and convert them into usable numbers.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Using an Arduino with Python - Installing and Configuring Python and Visual Studio

Set up Python 3.9.9 and Visual Studio Code with a virtual environment and required libraries for Arduino projects.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video