Exploring Arduino Tools and Techniques for Engineering Wizardry

Learn to easily build gadgets, gizmos, robots, and more using Arduino

Written by Arduino expert Jeremy Blum, this unique book uses the popular Arduino microcontroller platform as an instrument to teach you about topics in electrical engineering, programming, and human-computer interaction. Whether you're a budding hobbyist or an engineer, you'll benefit from the perfectly paced lessons that walk you through useful, artistic, and educational exercises that gradually get more advanced. In addition to specific projects, the book shares best practices in programming and design that you can apply to your own projects. Code snippets and schematics will serve as a useful reference for future projects even after you've mastered all the topics in the book.
* Includes a number of projects that utilize different capabilities of the Arduino, while interfacing with external hardware
* Features chapters that build upon each other, tying in concepts from previous chapters to illustrate new ones
* Includes aspects that are accompanied by video tutorials and other multimedia content
* Covers electrical engineering and programming concepts, interfacing with the world through analog and digital sensors, communicating with a computer and other devices, and internet connectivity
* Explains how to combine smaller topics into more complex projects
* Shares downloadable materials and source code for everything covered in the book

Exploring Arduino takes you on an adventure and provides you with exclusive access to materials not found anywhere else!

Exploring Arduinouses the popular Arduino Microcontroller platform as an instrument to teach budding hobbyists and engineers (at every stage) about topics in electrical engineering, programming, and human-computer interaction. Arduino expert Jeremy Blum walks the reader through increasingly advanced exercises in using the Arduino to accomplish useful, artistic, and educational tasks. In addition to walking the reader through specific projects, the book will aim to introduce best practices in programming and design that the reader will be able to apply to their own projects. Code snippets and schematics will serve as a useful reference for future projects even after the reader has mastered all the topics in the book. The book will include a number of projects that utilize different capabilities of the Arduino, while interfacing with external hardware. Chapters will build upon each other, tying in concepts from previous chapters to illustrate new ones. Some aspects will be accompanied by video tutorials. The book includes: Introduction of EE and Programming Concepts Interfacing with the world through analog and digital sensors Communicating with a computer and other devices Combining smaller topics into more complex projects Downloadable materials and source code will be made available for everything that is covered The book will pair closely with one or several hardware kits arranged through an electronics distributer, making it easy for readers to get all the parts they need to complete projects in the book. The book will also pair closely with existing videos from the author, and will give readers exclusive access to materials not released elsewhere.

Learn to easily build gadgets, gizmos, robots, and more using Arduino Written by Arduino expert Jeremy Blum, this unique book uses the popular Arduino microcontroller platform as an instrument to teach you about topics in electrical engineering, programming, and human-computer interaction. Whether you're a budding hobbyist or an engineer, you'll benefit from the perfectly paced lessons that walk you through useful, artistic, and educational exercises that gradually get more advanced. In addition to specific projects, the book shares best practices in programming and design that you can apply to your own projects. Code snippets and schematics will serve as a useful reference for future projects even after you've mastered all the topics in the book. Includes a number of projects that utilize different capabilities of the Arduino, while interfacing with external hardware Features chapters that build upon each other, tying in concepts from previous chapters to illustrate new ones Includes aspects that are accompanied by video tutorials and other multimedia content Covers electrical engineering and programming concepts, interfacing with the world through analog and digital sensors, communicating with a computer and other devices, and internet connectivity Explains how to combine smaller topics into more complex projects Shares downloadable materials and source code for everything covered in the book ExploringArduinotakes you on an adventure and provides you with exclusive access to materials not found anywhere else!