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Beginning Arduino

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  • © 2010

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  1. Michael McRoberts
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  • In Beginning Arduino, you will learn all about the popular Arduino microcontroller by working your way through an amazing set of 50 cool projects.

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 1-19

  3. Light’ Em Up

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 21-49

  4. LED Effects

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 51-80

  5. Simple Sounders and Sensors

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 81-97

  6. Driving a DC Motor

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 99-110

  7. Binary Counters

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 111-128

  8. LED Displays

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 129-170

  9. Liquid Crystal Displays

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 171-189

  10. Servos

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 191-206

  11. Steppers and Robots

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 207-230

  12. Pressure Sensors

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 231-257

  13. Touch Screens

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 259-278

  14. Temperature Sensors

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 279-291

  15. Ultrasonic Rangefinders

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 293-315

  16. Reading and Writing to an SD Card

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 317-341

  17. Making an RFID Reader

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 343-357

  18. Communicating over Ethernet

    • Michael McRoberts
    Pages 359-415

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 417-433
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About this book

In Beginning Arduino, you will learn all about the popular Arduino microcontroller by working your way through an amazing set of 50 cool projects. You'll progress from a complete beginner regarding Arduino programming and electronics knowledge to intermediate skills and the confidence to create your own amazing Arduino projects. Absolutely no experience in programming or electronics required!

Rather than requiring you to wade through pages of theory before you start making things, this book has a hands-on approach. You will dive into making projects right from the start, learning how to use various electronic components and how to program the Arduino to control or communicate with those components.

Each project is designed to build upon the knowledge learned in earlier projects and to further your knowledge in programming as well as skills with electronics. By the end of the book you will be able create your own projects confidently and with creativity.

Please note: the print version of this title is black & white; the eBook is full color. You can download the color diagrams in the book from http://www.apress.com/9781430232407

About the author

Mike McRoberts discovered the Arduino in 2008 while looking for ways to connect a temperature sensor to a PC to make a cloud detector for his other hobby astrophotography. After a bit of research, the Arduino seemed like the obvious choice, and the cloud detector was successfully made, quickly and cheaply. Mike s fascination with the Arduino had begun. Since then he has gone on to make countless projects using the Arduino. He had also founded an Arduino starter kit and component online business called Earthshine Electronics. His next project is to use an Arduino-based circuit to send a high altitude balloon up to the edge of space to take stills and video for the heck of it, with the help of the guys from the U.K. High Altitude Society and CUSF. Mike s hobby of electronics began as a child when the 100-in-1 electronics kits from Radio Shack made up his Christmas present list. He started programming as a hobby when he obtained a Sinclair ZX81 computer as a teenager. Since then, he s never been without a computer. Recently, he s become a Mac convert. He is a member of London Hackspace and the Orpington Astronomical Society and can regularly be found contributing to the Arduino Forum. He also likes to lurk on IRC in the Arduino, high altitude and london-hack-space channels (as earthshine ), and on Twitter @TheArduinoGuy. When he is not messing around with Arduinos or running Earthshine Electronics, he likes to indulge in astronomy, astrophotography, motorcycling, and sailing.

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