Make: Arduino bots and gadgets : learning by discovery / Kimmo and Tero Karvinen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karvinen, Kimmo.

Contributor:

Karvinen, Tero.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automatic control--Computer programs.

Automatic control.

Embedded computer systems--Design and construction.

Embedded computer systems.

Robots--Control systems.

Robots.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Arduino bots and gadgets

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : Maker Media, 2011

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Want to build your own robots, turn your ideas into prototypes, control devices with a computer, or make your own cell phone applications? It's a snap with this book and the Arduino open source electronic prototyping platform. Get started with six fun projects and achieve impressive results quickly. Gain the know-how and experience to invent your own cool gadgets. With Arduino, building your own embedded gadgets is easy, even for beginners. Embedded systems are everywhere-inside cars, children's toys, and mobile phones. This book will teach you the basics of embedded

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1.Introduction; Building Philosophy; Reusing Parts; Buying Components; Useful Tools; Electronic Circuit Theory Review; 2.Arduino: The Brains of an Embedded System; Why Arduino?; Starting with Arduino; Hello World with Arduino; Structure of "Hello World"; Arduino Uno; Arduino Nano; 3.Stalker Guard; What You'll Learn; Tools and Parts; Solderless Breadboard; Jumper Wire; Ping Ultrasonic Sensor; Vibration Motor; Combining Components to Make the Stalker Guard; Making the Motor Vibrate; Providing Power from a Battery; What's Next?; Making an Enclosure; 4.Insect Robot

What You'll LearnTools and Parts; Servo Motors; Constructing the Frame; Programming the Walk; Avoiding Obstacles Using Ultrasound; What's Next?; 5.Interactive Painting; What You'll Learn; Tools and Parts; Resistors; LEDs; Detecting Motion Using Ultrasonic Sensors; Moving Images; Installing Python; Hello World in Python; Communicating over the Serial Port; Displaying a Picture; Scaling an Image to Full Screen; Changing Images with Button Control; Gesture-Controlled Painting in Full Screen; Animating the Sliding Image; Connecting Arduino with Processing; Processing Code for the Painting

The Finished PaintingCreating an Enclosure; Building a Frame; 6.Boxing Clock; What You'll Learn; Tools and Parts; Android Software Installation; Creating a Boxing Clock in Android; What's Next?; 7.Remote for a Smart Home; What You'll Learn; Tools and Parts; The Relay: A Controllable Switch; Hacking the Remote Control; Controlling the Arduino from the Computer; Creating a Graphical User Interface; The Finished Remote Control Interface; Creating an Enclosure; 8.Soccer Robot; What You Will Learn; Tools and Parts; Continuous Rotation Servos

Modding a Standard Servo into a Continuous Rotation ServoConnecting the Arduino to the Bluetooth Mate; Testing the Bluetooth Connection; Building a Frame for the Robot; Programming the Movements; Controlling Movement from a Computer; Steering with an Android Cell Phone; The Accelerometer; An Easier Approach to Bluetooth; Controlling the Robot with Cell Phone Motion; Completing the Soccer Robot; What's Next?; A.tBlue Library for Android; Index

Notes:

"Six embedded projects with open source hardware and software"--Cover.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 7, 2013).

ISBN:

9781449307233

144930723X

9781449307318

1449307310

OCLC:

780425455