Dan Peters thank you for typing this! Definitely not lost in the sea of comments. This comment helped me get out of bed the other day. I’m glad you picked up on my emphasis on debugging. One of the best parts of this coding method is how it helps with debugging, so I wanted to “show” it instead of say it. I also like that you noticed my audio. I think audio is more important than video so I definitely put some effort into it. Haha ya, this video took me almost a year to make. LUCKILY people search for it. It’s not as popular as my video on mechanical drawing, but I’m glad there is a small audience that really like it some people let me know. It’s definitely my baby and the peak of my video making. In the future I’m going to dial it way back and make simpler videos. This video took me about a year to make in between my day job. I definitely bit off more than I could chew :). Thanks again. Happy hacking!

Agreed. You killed me with the Nerf gun alarm clock! We are proud nerds 💯

Seriously! Your meticulous attention to detail - even using stop motion animation! - to relay your thought and add visuals while you speak helps the audience fully understand what you're saying.

Naboulsi Khalid thanks Naboulsi! I’m always quite jazzed that people are enjoying this video ^_^

Awesome, Thanks for all the background info! I pinned this comment to the top. Im honored that someone as knowledgeable as you would enjoy my vid!!

@@TheNormalUniverse I am still in the learning phase when it comes to Arduinos and micro-controllers. But with 35-36 years of computer-baggage, it is quite easy for me to connect the dots. It almost happens automatically without me actually noticing that I am doing it. Maybe you will find this interesting (it is not something I have made): github.com/AlanChatham/UnoJoy

Thank you for the nice note Vard! I can't believe it's been 11 months since my last vid. I need to get back on the saddle.

Honestly, you've helped me so much. I've adopted your approach and have been able to untangle my code, and also do far more complicated tasks simultaneously without the dreaded delay! Makes coding far more enjoyable. Thanks heaps.

Thanks for letting me know Steve! Glad you liked it

Thanks for letting me know!

Thanks for the nice comment! This video really is my best work haha, but it took a year in between work and life.

Glad you liked it! Ya I was really proud of how I did that code segment. New video coming out in two weeks or so!

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for letting me know

I’m glad the video helped you! Thanks for letting me know

Jeff hell yeah! I’m also self taught, so maybe that’s why we jive.

Benjamin Younes haha thanks. You can kind of see how I got better at making video as this video goes on. Will do! For a while the vids will be much simpler. This one consumed all my free time for 4 months.

Awesome! Thanks for letting me know. I should say that I'm somewhat self taught on coding, so I don't know if these ideas are considered "correct" by the experts. But I asked a few friends who are real programmers and they said "ya this looks fine." I think there are a lot of different ways to set up a state machine and everyone does something different.

Thanks for the super nice comment Nen! This video was definitely my peak and I'm glad people are getting use out of it because it took a long time to make. That was kind of the apex of my coding knowledge (self taught) so I won't be able to make another video soon because I have more learning to do. One topic I want to cover is how to use object oriented programming on Arduino. It's a good way to make your code and portable as the projects start to get more and more complex. Synergizes well with the state machine stuff covered in this video.

@@TheNormalUniverse I would love to see that video so much. This is legitimately amazing and I'm here for more of your stuff. I love seeing approaches to learning from people who are still learning and can admit that. Continue to make content man, I'd love to see you being a huge maker content creator like the VoidStarLabs guy but in your style

@@nen848 voidstarlabs is amazing! thanks again

Juicyblunts thanks! I probably wont make something this involved for a long time haha. Too much work. Expect more sewing and simpler projects in the near future

Thanks for the nice comment! Yup I know I have nothing to be nervous about, and I enjoy teaching a lot. Always working on improving my delivery. It's just much harder to teach when you're talking to camera instead of, say, helping your friend with homework. The camera doesn't give you the feedback loop that you get when your friend asks questions and keeps the flow going.

Thanks! I was really proud of that effect to make the code section less bland

Arsenio Dev thanks! I was really excited when I got that code overlay effect working. I had to block all my windows to make the background in my garage dark.

the best effects usually take a lot of time but pay off in spades

Awesome! Thanks for letting me know you like it. This video definitely appeals to a very niche set of nerds. But I'm happy that the people who do watch it tend to like it a lot!

Thanks for letting me know! This video is my magnum opus

Thanks Jimmy! I was really proud of that. I knew I would have lots of coding in this video so I wanted to find a way to make it less boring. What I did was filmed my face and recorded my screen at the same time. In final cut I put the screen recording footage on top of my camera footage and used a chroma key to make the background of my text editor transparent so only the text shows up. Also I used a dark theme on the computer and set up the lighting in my garage to provide a dark background for the text.

A Baby Eskimo thanks for the motivation!

D Mc awesome! Thanks for letting me know you like it! I think this video took over 100 hours so I’m happy that people are finding it and watching it. This is definitely the peak of my arduino knowledge so if I make another arduino video in the future it will be dialed back haha

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I knew I wanted an example activity to describe how a complex behavior can be broken down into states, and archery came to mind.

Thanks for sticking through such a long video and letting me know Evan! Glad it was helpful for you.

awesome! you're on the right track

Thanks for letting me know! Glad the video was helpful for you

Awesome! Thanks for sticking through such a long vid!

Hell yeah! Thanks for letting me know. Feel free to tag me on Instagram or something if you make a project with a state machine, I’d love to see (I’m @lesguichets)

Ostrich Longneck hells to the yes! This makes me a happy panda. I’m almost ready with my first sewing video, just took half a year o_o

yeah boye that's like 20 minutes into the video. Thanks for watching!

​@@TheNormalUniverseI want to acknowledge that there is much more to your video than an explanation of the CASE statement. You begin by explaining the State Machine concept, then you show how to use Top Down design to create a State Machine diagram and implement it in code with the CASE statement. You made a complete and well organized presentation, which covers much more than the CASE statement. I only focused on your explanation of CASE in my first comment, because I didn't understand the CASE statement until I watched your video. The first time I read about CASE was on the Arduino website. That was many years ago, when the Arduino first went on sale. The only information they had on the Arduino website at that time about the CASE statement was a condensed one-line explanation. I didn't have a programming background and I never took a programming course. I didn't even know anyone who wrote code, so with nothing to go on but that little one-line explanation on the website, I was not able to get the CASE statement to work in my programs. As a result, I gave up on CASE and I've been trying to write Arduino code all these years with IF / ELSE and WHILE statements, without realizing that it would have been much easier to implement some of my code with the CASE statement. While watching the explanation of CASE in your video, I realized for the first time, that I failed to noticed the importance of BREAK in that original one sentence explanation of CASE on the old Arduino web site. It seems to me, that CASE is almost useless without understanding how to use BREAK. There was no intention on my part to minimize the first twenty minutes of your video, it was just that your explanation of CASE, which explained the use of BREAK, was a revelation to me that will change the way I write Arduino code going forward. At times, when writing code, it's the simplest little details that can stump us. For those people who already understood the CASE statement, the important part of your video was learning how to write a program by first organizing one's thoughts, then applying Top Down design philosophy to create a state machine, with the last step being to write the actual code. Your lesson is an important one, because many of us just start coding and try to build a program from the bottom up. That method works for small programs, but it fails miserably when the program begins to get complicated. I know I speak for many people when I say THANK YOU for all the time, thought, and effort you put into making this excellent video.

Thanks Joyal! I'm working on making my own synthesizer now and I'm actually feeling pretty strong at coding despite being self taught, thanks to the things I learned in this vid. I thought I wouldn't have any more coding videos to do after this one but now I'm getting some ideas. Happy hacking!

@@TheNormalUniverse pretty excited to see that.. all the best

yay I'm glad you liked it! This vid is definitely my mastahpiece so far. Sorry it was so long. I should have found a way to handle state machines and switch bouncing in separate videos.

Thanks Charlton! I'm still amazed that people found my 30 minutes of rambling useful. Thanks for letting me know! I'm learning how to code synthesizers now I'll probably make videos on that in the future

thanks JP!

Thanks for letting me know! Haha sorry I might not make an arduino vid for a bit. This is totally the peak of my arduino knowledge. Maybe if I do an arduino project I’ll show you my state machine and point back to this video.

Thanks! I'm always glad to know this helps people. This video is like my baby. It doesn't appeal to a very large audience but I'm super proud of it.

Hey thanks for the super nice comment! I was burned out on programming for a while after making this vid but back into it now. I'm trying to program an embedded synthesizer. I'll probably run it on Raspberry Pi. Stay tuned for more!

Awesome! I have a big smile on my face. May your arduino projects be successful. Tchau!

Thanks Fabrizio! Glad you liked it.

Thanks for letting me know! I'm most proud of this vid and my vid on mechanical drawing

My friend! Thank you for the nice comment and appreciating the details of my hard work. More videos to come, just trying to find something interesting to make videos on. I'll probably do something on camping for the summer.

Thanks! I was super proud of that. I knew there would be a lot of coding in the video so I wanted a way to make it less dry.

Max Holland yaas. It was tricky to find an example problem that hit the topics I wanted to hit in the correct order. Glad you liked the video.

thanks for letting me know Cody! editing a teardown video right now

Pat Rick thanks Mr. Rick!

Zhihao Zhang thanks a lot! I’m glad it helped. I probably won’t make an Arduino video for a while, sorry. This one took almost a year to do in between my real job. It’s definitely the video I’m most proud of though.

haha thanks! I'm happy that someone used my tips! how did you find the video?

+AdaBill thanks for the nice comment! We need to get the young ones hooked ASAP!

Thanks for letting me know John! I thought I wasn't going to make a coding video again after this but recently I'm getting really jazzed about making a Synth on Teensy. Just getting started but I'm sure I'll have lots of topics to make videos about in the future. If you haven't heard of Teensy look for Voistar Labs' video on it.

I'm a little embarassed I called my blinking lights "great power" *facepalm emoji*

haha this video is totally the peak of my understanding of coding. Will need to learn pointers some day

Thanks sonu! Glad it helped

Vasilis Karastergios good to hear! I hope my perspective is unique/useful. It’s quite tricky to teach without someone asking you questions in real time.

Hi there && thanks for replying, I will give you a topic for a future video! How to use an external or the internal eeprom to store values. Greetings from Greece.

awesome! thanks for letting me know. This video is my baby

Thanks! I just got into archery at the time and needed some random topic to talk about to use as an example

My lab mates and I had a good laugh about the coincidence of these two areas. Cheers!

Thanks Atlas! It was definitely my peak. Most proud of the way I showed the code

Thanks for letting me know friend!

Thanks for letting me know Mr. Observer!

My pleasure Nicolas! I’m glad this video is still getting views and a select group of nerds is enjoying it. How did you find the video?

@@TheNormalUniverse really useful!!, I'm just getting started with arduino and the state machine concept!

ravin pijitham great! I’m glad it helped

Merci beaucoup Guillaume! J'ai etudie le francais pour 5 ans, mais j'en ai oublie un peu. Je pense que cette video est mon meilleur. J'aime savoir quand mon video est utilize.

@@TheNormalUniverse 🙂 Crhis, your french is better than my frenglish don't worry ! You make me see an other way to code with yours videos and I'm thankful, you've really open my mind 😃 Have you some project arduino and video to come ? Amitiés.

Thanks Gabriel! I agree about the Enum thing. I'm self taught so I goofed on that. I'll have to check out lucid chart.

thanks Toshan!

thank you!

thanks for the nice comment! This vid is my magnum opus. I've been focusing more on work lately, I might start making videos again in the future

Thank you for letting me know Anwar! I'm going to start making coding videos again soon about synthesizers

thanks for letting me know!

great! thanks for letting me know

@@TheNormalUniverse I love the approach and contents itself is wholesome. My greetings from far Ukraine!

awesome! thanks for letting me know ^^!

Thanks for letting me know Naveen!

@@TheNormalUniverse The explanation was so subtle and detailed i loved it. Even for 1 sec i didn't required to rewind to understand the concept. Thanks alot for this amazing video.

Good to hear. My main concern was people getting lost in such a long vid. Luckily this video has sustained life! I'm glad because it took a lot of effort. Most videos only get views for the first week or so. A select club of nerds continue to find this video from youtube search :)

@@TheNormalUniverse 😇😇😇please continue making these amazing videos.

Zacson Skaria thanks Zacson! It’s definitely my MAHSTAPIECE!

nice! thanks for sticking around for such a long vid

thanks for letting me know!

K K haha thanks! Unfortunately I won’t be making a video this complex for a long while, it took me almost a year. BUT I will keep making videos!

@@TheNormalUniverse glad to see you're active in the comments too. Honestly one of the better parts of the videos is how your nice guy personality shines through. Also the explanations are very good. Keep active and don't let the celebrity go to your head. Thanks alot my guy💪

great! now I just need to pick up the pacing haha. I have trouble getting the words out

Mickey Mouse great to hear! I’m really glad people still watch this vid even though it’s 30 minutes. It’s my baby.

race2winss thanks for letting my know you liked it! I just did a big move so I’m out of the video habit but want to get back into it soon’

Glad I could help! Thanks for letting me know. Sorry no commission work for me. I’d rather work on videos.

Thanks for letting me know! It always makes me smile. Video about automatic curtains coming up.

I did, but luckily people have continued to watch this vid ever since I uploaded it. It gets about 750 views per month from search traffic. Thanks for the nice comment!

@@TheNormalUniverse i am waiting for to watch informative , nice, unique arduino videos

Thanks for letting me know people are watching this all the way in Brazil!

Thanks for the nice comment! This video is definitely for a select group of nerds so I'm happy people are watching it. No worries I believe in being myself at full speed. I think I've only had 1 or 2 negative comments on this video so it's not a big trend. Sorry I didn't create plans for the clock and don't plan to dive back into that project.

Thank you Zabir!