Getting started with Arduino / Massimo Banzi and Michael Shiloh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banzi, Massimo, author.

Shiloh, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arduino (Programmable controller).

Electronics--Data processing.

Electronics.

Prototypes, Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

3rd edition.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : Maker Media, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Arduino is the hot open source prototyping platform for artists, hobbyists, students, and anyone who wants to create interactive physical environments. Getting Started with Arduino is co-authored by Arduino co-founder Massimo Banzi, and incorporates his experience in teaching, using, and creating Arduino.

Contents:

Intro

Copyright

Table of Contents

Preface

Preface to the Second Edition

Acknowledgments for Massimo Banzi

Acknowledgments for Michael Shiloh

Conventions Used in This Book

Using Code Examples

Safari® Books Online

How to Contact Us

Chapter 1. Introduction

Intended Audience

What Is Interaction Design?

What Is Physical Computing?

Chapter 2. The Arduino Way

Prototyping

Tinkering

Patching

Circuit Bending

Keyboard Hacks

We Love Junk!

Hacking Toys

Collaboration

Chapter 3. The Arduino Platform

The Arduino Hardware

The Software Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Installing Arduino on Your Computer

Installing the IDE: Macintosh

Configuring the Drivers: Macintosh

Port Identification: Macintosh

Installing the IDE: Windows

Configuring the Drivers: Windows

Port Identification: Windows

Chapter 4. Really Getting Started with Arduino

Anatomy of an Interactive Device

Sensors and Actuators

Blinking an LED

Pass Me the Parmesan

Arduino Is Not for Quitters

Real Tinkerers Write Comments

The Code, Step by Step

What We Will Be Building

What Is Electricity?

Using a Pushbutton to Control the LED

How Does This Work?

One Circuit, a Thousand Behaviours

Chapter 5. Advanced Input and Output

Trying Out Other On/Off Sensors

Homemade (DIY) Switches

Controlling Light with PWM

Use a Light Sensor Instead of the Pushbutton

Analogue Input

Try Other Analogue Sensors

Serial Communication

Driving Bigger Loads (Motors, Lamps, and the Like)

Complex Sensors

Chapter 6. The Arduino Leonardo

How Is This Arduino Different from All Other Arduinos?

Other Differences Between the Arduino Leonardo and the Arduino Uno

Leonardo Keyboard Message Example

Leonardo Button Mouse Control Example.

How Does This Work?

More Leonardo Differences

Chapter 7. Talking to the Cloud

Planning

Coding

Assembling the Circuit

Here's How to Assemble It

Chapter 8. Automatic Garden-Irrigation System

Testing the Real Time Clock (RTC)

Testing the Relays

Electronic Schematic Diagrams

Testing the Temperature and Humidity Sensor

Setting the On and Off Times

Laying Out Your Project on the Proto Shield

Things to Try on Your Own

Irrigation Project Shopping List

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting

Understanding

Simplification and Segmentation

Exclusion and Certainty

Testing the Arduino Board

Testing Your Breadboarded Circuit

Isolating Problems

Problems Installing Drivers on Windows

Problems with the IDE on Windows

Identifying the Arduino COM Port on Windows

Other Debugging Techniques

How to Get Help Online

Appendix A. The Breadboard

Appendix B. Reading Resistors and Capacitors

Appendix C. Arduino Quick Reference

Structure

Special Symbols

Constants

Variables

Variable Scope

Control Structures

Arithmetic and Formulas

Comparison Operators

Boolean Operators

Compound Operators

increment and decrement (

and ++)

Input and Output Functions

Time Functions

Math Functions

Random Number Functions

Appendix D. Reading Schematic Diagrams

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 6, 2015).

Other Format:

print version

ISBN:

9781449363321

1449363326

9781449363338

1449363334

9781449363314

1449363318

OCLC:

900646054