It is a pretty common first project to use an Arduino (or similar) to blink an LED. Which, of course, brings taunts of: you could have used a 555! You can, of course, also use any sort of oscillator, ...
Last time, we learned about the anode and cathode of an LED, how to distinguish their orientation, and the role of a resistor in limiting current.This time, we will combine an Arduino, a breadboard, ...