Getting Started with Arduino 2nd Edition

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• Author: Massimo Banzi
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Page: 130
• Size: 6 MB
• Format: pdf

CONTENTS

Preface  

1/Introduction 

Intended Audience

What Is Physical Computing

2/The Arduino Way 

Prototyping .

Tinkering  Patching

Circuit Bending

Keyboard Hacks

We Love Junk! Hacking Toys

Collaboration

3/The Arduino Platform  

The Arduino Hardware

The Software (IDE) .

Installing Arduino on Your Computer.

Installing Drivers: Macintosh

Installing Drivers: Windows 

Port Identification: Macintosh

Port Identification: Windows

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

5/Advanced Input and Output  

Trying Out Other On/Off Sensors

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

6/Talking to the Cloud  

Planning

Coding 

Assembling the Circuit

Here’s How to Assemble It

7/Troubleshooting 

Testing the Board

Testing Your Breadboarded Circuit

Isolating Problems

Problems with the IDE

How to Get Help Online

Appendices 

Appendix A/The Breadboard 

Appendix B/Reading Resistors and Capacitors 

Appendix C/Arduino Quick Reference

Appendix D/Reading Schematic Diagrams 

Index  

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