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Award in Introduction to Arduino Programming at QLS Level 2
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Price
£19 inc VAT
Study method
Online
Duration
5 hours · Self-paced
Access to content
Lifetime access
Qualification
No formal qualification
CPD
120 CPD hours / points
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Achievement
Endorsed by The Quality Licence Scheme
Certificates
  • Digital certificate - Free
  • Hard copy certificate - £15
  • QLS Level 3- Hard copy certificate - £69
Assessment details
  • Assignment (included in price)
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  • Tutor is available to students

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Overview

Arduino programming continues to shape how people in the UK explore creative technology. This field grows every year because learners use simple circuits and coding to build smart projects without large budgets. In 2025, many UK learners want skills that support digital creation, and Arduino offers a strong entry point. The platform helps learners test ideas quickly because they combine small components, basic code, and electrical inputs. As a result, people across the UK use Arduino for home projects, school tasks, and early career training. In addition, the rise in smart home devices encourages many learners to explore this area so they can build automated features with sensors, switches, and simple outputs. Since Arduino projects help people follow a simple step-by-step process, learners gain confidence as they work through each activity. Therefore, this course gives learners an early path toward creating basic systems that respond to light, sound, movement, and temperature.

Many people now explore Arduino because it links creativity with simple engineering tasks. The topics in this course guide learners through essential ideas such as pushbuttons, sensors, analog signals, and digital signals. These ideas help learners see how real devices respond to human actions. For example, a light sensor can turn on a lamp when the room becomes dark. A motion sensor can trigger a buzzer to warn someone. These ideas now appear in many UK homes and classrooms, so Arduino skills help learners keep up with current technology trends. Moreover, smart homes continue to rise in popularity across the UK, which encourages more people to understand how devices exchange signals. This course explains how electrical basics and sensor inputs work together, so learners gain the confidence to try the final Smart Home project. Because the course ends with a project, learners see their earlier activities turn into a working system. They also learn how digital and analog inputs send signals to small components, which helps them appreciate how simple ideas support modern devices. With each lesson, they also move from simple outputs to more advanced interactions, which gives them steady progress. As a result, learners follow a clear path from easy tasks to a final automated system that reflects real smart-home features used everywhere in the UK.

Learning Outcomes

  • Use digital outputs to control simple Arduino components
  • Manage pushbuttons and sensors for interactive responses
  • Apply analog input and output processes for signal control
  • Build a small electric monitor using core Arduino steps
  • Create a basic smart home project using combined inputs and outputs

Achievement

Certificates

Digital certificate

Digital certificate - Included

Hard copy certificate

Hard copy certificate - £15

QLS Level 3- Hard copy certificate

Hard copy certificate - £69

Assessment details

Assignment

Included in course price

CPD

120 CPD hours / points
Accredited by CPD Quality Standards

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Description

This course introduces learners to Arduino through a clear path that starts with an Introduction and moves through Electrical Engineering Basics. It helps learners follow simple steps as they work with Digital Outputs, Digital Inputs through Pushbuttons, and Digital Inputs through Sensors. Because each section builds on the previous one, learners move through the content with ease and apply signals to create responses. Then the course continues to Analog Output and Analog Input, where learners use variable signals to control small components. These ideas help them connect light changes, sound changes, or movement changes with Arduino behaviour. After that, learners explore an Electric Monitor so they can see how signals move across components. This section helps them follow each action in a clear and steady way. Finally, learners reach the Final Project on Smart Home systems, where they combine all earlier ideas to create simple automation features. After finishing the lessons, learners complete an Assignment that helps them review key steps from the course.

Who is this course for?

This course is for beginners who want to explore coding and electronics through simple steps. It also suits hobbyists, students, and anyone interested in building small automated projects at home.

Requirements

Learners need basic computer use. A stable internet connection and an Arduino board are helpful for following the activities. No previous coding or electronics study is needed.

Career path

  • Electronics Assistant – £22,000 per year
  • Junior Automation Assistant – £25,000 per year
  • IoT Support Assistant – £26,000 per year
  • STEM Classroom Technician – £24,000 per year
  • Robotics Support Assistant – £27,000 per year
  • Smart Device Testing Assistant – £28,000 per year

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Study method describes the format in which the course will be delivered. At Reed Courses, courses are delivered in a number of ways, including online courses, where the course content can be accessed online remotely, and classroom courses, where courses are delivered in person at a classroom venue.

CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development. If you work in certain professions or for certain companies, your employer may require you to complete a number of CPD hours or points, per year. You can find a range of CPD courses on Reed Courses, many of which can be completed online.

A regulated qualification is delivered by a learning institution which is regulated by a government body. In England, the government body which regulates courses is Ofqual. Ofqual regulated qualifications sit on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), which can help students understand how different qualifications in different fields compare to each other. The framework also helps students to understand what qualifications they need to progress towards a higher learning goal, such as a university degree or equivalent higher education award.

An endorsed course is a skills based course which has been checked over and approved by an independent awarding body. Endorsed courses are not regulated so do not result in a qualification - however, the student can usually purchase a certificate showing the awarding body's logo if they wish. Certain awarding bodies - such as Quality Licence Scheme and TQUK - have developed endorsement schemes as a way to help students select the best skills based courses for them.
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