Yup, looks like it covers the basics... for anyone who's interested in something with a local instructor, the Artisan's Asylum has Arduino courses pretty regularly.  There's one in March:<div><a href="http://introarduinomarch.eventbrite.com/">http://introarduinomarch.eventbrite.com/</a> </div>

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<div><span style="font-weight:normal"><b><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:x-small"><span style="font-family:arial">Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics</span><br>Cam # US2010035593 (</span></span></b></b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:x-small">M:</span></span><b><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:x-small">Liam Hopkins </span></span></b></b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:x-small">R:</span></span><b><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:x-small"> Bastian Rotgeld)<br>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Tom Metro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tmetro%2Bhhacking@gmail.com">tmetro+hhacking@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

Weekend Project: Learning Ins and Outs of Arduino<br>
<a href="https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/536179-weekend-project-learning-ins-and-outs-of-arduino" target="_blank">https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/536179-weekend-project-learning-ins-and-outs-of-arduino</a><br>


  Arduino is an open embedded hardware and software platform designed<br>
  for rapid creativity. It's both a great introduction to embedded<br>
  programming and a fast track to building all kinds of cool devices<br>
  like animatronics, robots, fabulous blinky things, animated clothing,<br>
  games, your own little fabs... you can build what you imagine. Follow<br>
  along as we learn both embedded programming and basic electronics.<br>
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Looks pretty basic and not very long, but a suitable intro to the<br>
terminology.<br>
<br>
 -Tom<br>
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