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The Arduino microcontroller makes it easy to learn about electronics, but it can be hard to know where to start. The 10 projects in this book will teach you to build, code, and invent with the super-smart Arduino and a handful of parts.
First, you’ll master the basics with a primer that explains how a circuit works, how to read a wiring schematic, and how to build and test projects with a solderless breadboard. Then you’ll learn how to make your hardware move, buzz, flash, and interact with the world using motors, LEDs, sensors, and more as you build these 10 projects:
With each project, you’ll learn real coding skills so you can tell your inventions what to do, like how to store temperature readings with variables, start a timer or spin a motor with functions, and make decisions using loops. You’ll even find tips and tricks to put your own twist on each gadget and take things further.
Uses the Arduino Uno board or SparkFun RedBoard
Introduction
Electronics Primer
Project 1: Getting Started with Arduino
Project 2: A Stoplight for Your House
Project 3: The Nine-Pixel Animation Machine
Project 4: Reaction Timer
Project 5: A Color-Mixing Night-Light
Project 6: Balance Beam
Project 7: Tiny Desktop Greenhouse
Project 8: Drawbot, the Robotic Artist
Project 9: Drag Race Timer
Project 10: Tiny Electric Piano
Appendix: More Electronics Know-How
View the detailed Table of Contents
“An absolutely excellent choice, perhaps my favorite at the moment (and totally up to date) Arduino starter book. There is plenty of preliminary information to get a total novice started, and each project is rich in detail and very fully and expertly described.”
—Greg Laden, National Geographic's ScienceBlogs
“The Arduino Inventor's Guide will appeal to the gadget freak as well as those who like to put their own spin on things.”
—Microcontroller Tips
“This is probably the best Arduino starter book out there! I highly recommend it for every library and classroom.”
—Sequential Tart
“Quite impressed...an excellent book for a parent/child combo.”
—Damien Kee – Domabotics
“A great addition to makerspaces that want to take coding and electronics to the next level.”
—School Library Connection
“The explanations are well-written, the asides are interesting and educational, and the projects are fun and easy to build upon.”
—Game Vortex
“Interesting to read, easy to follow, and encouraging. I felt empowered to use the materials and do the coding with my daughter on these projects and understood both what we were doing and how it was working.”
—The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
“Very highly recommended for both community and academic library collections.”
—Midwest Book Review
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