Arduino For Dummies

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The quick, easy way to leap into the fascinating world ofphysical computing This is no ordinary circuit board. Arduino allows anyone,whether you're an artist, designer, programmer or hobbyist, tolearn about and play with electronics. Through this book you learnhow to build a variety of circuits that can sense or control thingsin the real world. Maybe you'll prototype your own product orcreate a piece of interactive artwork? This book equips you witheverything you'll need to build your own Arduino project, but whatyou make is up to you! If you're ready to bring your ideas into thereal world or are curious about the possibilities, this book is foryou.  ? Learn by doing ? start building circuits and programmingyour Arduino with a few easy to follow examples - rightaway! ? Easy does it ? work through Arduino sketches line by linein plain English, to learn of how a they work and how to write yourown ? Solder on! ? Only ever used a breadboard in the kitchen?Don't know your soldering iron from a curling iron? No problem,you'll be prototyping in no time ? Kitted out ? discover new and interesting hardware to makeyour Arduino into anything from a mobile phone to a geigercounter! ? Become an Arduino savant ? learn all about functions,arrays, libraries, shields and other tools of the trade to takeyour Arduino project to the next level. ? Get social ? teach your Arduino to communicate withsoftware running on a computer to link the physical world with thevirtual world It's hardware, it's software, it's fun! Start building the nextcool gizmo with Arduino and Arduino For Dummies. About the Author Contents at a Glance Table of Contents Foreword Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions How This Book Is Organized Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here Part I: Getting to Know Arduino Chapter 1: What Is Arduino and Where Did It Come From? Where Did Arduino Come From? Learning by Doing Electronics Inputs Outputs Open Source Chapter 2: Finding Your Board and Your Way Around It Getting to Know the Arduino Uno R3 Discovering Other Arduino Boards Shopping for Arduino Kitted Out: Starting with a Beginner’s Kit Preparing a Workspace Chapter 3: Downloading and Installing Arduino Installing Arduino Surveying the Arduino Environment Chapter 4: Blinking an LED Working with Your First Arduino Sketch Looking Closer at the Sketch Blinking Brighter Tweaking the Sketch Part II: Getting Physical with Arduino Chapter 5: Tools of the Trade Finding the Right Tools for the Job Using the Multimeter to Measure Voltage, Current, and Resistance Chapter 6: A Primer on Electricity and Circuitry Understanding Electricity Using Equations to Build Your Circuits Working with Circuit Diagrams Color Coding Datasheets Resistor Color Charts Chapter 7: Basic Sketches: Inputs, Outputs, and Communication Uploading a Sketch Using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) The LED Fade Sketch The Button Sketch The AnalogInput Sketch Talking Serial Chapter 8: More Basic Sketches: Motion and Sound Working with Electric Motors Discovering Diodes Spinning a DC Motor Changing the Speed of Your Motor Controlling the Speed of Your Motor Getting to Know Servo Motors Creating Sweeping Movements Controlling Your Servo Making Noises Making an Instrument Part III: Building on the Basics Chapter 9: Learning by Example Skube Chorus Push Snowboarding Baker Tweet The National Maritime Museum’s Compass Lounge and Compass Card The Good Night Lamp Little Printer Flap to Freedom Chapter 10: Soldering On Understanding Soldering Gathering What You Need for Soldering Staying Safe while Soldering Assembling a Shield Acquiring Your Soldering Technique Building Your Circuit Packaging Your Project Chapter 11: Getting Clever with Code Blinking Better Taking the Bounce Out of Your Button Making a Better Button Smoothing Your Sensors Calibrating Your Inputs Chapter 12: Common Sense with Common Sensors Making Buttons Easier Exploring Piezo Sensors Utilizing Pressure, Force, and Load Sensors Sensing with Style Tripping Along with Lasers Detecting Movement Measuring Distance Testing, Testing . . . Can Anybody Hear This? Part IV: Unlocking Your Arduino’s Potential Chapter 13: Becoming a Specialist with Shields and Libraries Looking at Shields Browsing the Libraries Chapter 14: Sensing More Inputs and Controlling More Outputs Controlling Multiple LEDs Controlling Lots of LEDs by Shifting Out Chapter 15: Multiplying Your Outputs with I2C What Is I2C? Assembling the I2C PWM/Servo Driver Using the I2C PWM/Servo Driver Understanding the I2C PWM/Servo Driver Sketch Buying Servo Motors Other Uses for I2C Part V: Sussing Out Software Chapter 16: Getting to Know Processing Looking Under the Hood Trying Your First Processing Sketch Chapter 17: Processing the Physical World Making a Virtual Button Drawing a Graph Sending Multiple Signals Part VI: The Part of Tens Chapter 18: Ten Places to Learn More about Arduino Arduino Blog Hack a Day SparkFun MAKE Adafruit Bildr Instructables YouTube Hackerspaces Forum Friends, Colleagues, and Workshops Chapter 19: Ten Great Shops to Know Shops in the United Kingdom Shops around the World Chapter 20: Ten Places to Find Parts and Components RS Components (World) Farnell (World) Rapid (World) Digi-Key (World) eBay (World) Maplin (U.K.) RadioShack (U.S.) Ultraleds (U.K.) EnvironmentalLights. com (U.S.) Skip/Dumpster Diving (World) Index