Arduino: A Quick Start Guide

With this Quick-Start Guide you’ll be creating your first gadgets within a few minutes, following the step-by-step instructions and photos throughout the book. You’ll build your own motion-sensing game controller with a three-axis accelerometer, connect the Arduino to the Internet and program both client and server applications, and create a universal remote with an Arduino and a few cheap parts. Plus, you’ll build your own burglar alarm that emails you whenever someone’s moving in your living room, integrate Nintendo’s Wii Nunchuk into your projects, make binary dice, learn how to solder, and more.

Sidebars throughout the book point you to exciting real-world projects using the Arduino, plenty of exercises will extend your skills, and “What If It Doesn’t Work” sections help you troubleshoot common problems.

With Arduino: A Quick-Start Guide, beginners can quickly join the worldwide community of hobbyists and professionals who use the Arduino to prototype and develop fun, useful inventions.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Getting Started with Arduino
Chapter 1 Welcome to the Arduino
Chapter 2 Inside the Arduino

Part 2 Eight Arduino Projects
Chapter 3 Building Binary Dice
Chapter 4 Building a Morse Code Generator Library
Chapter 5 Sensing the World Around Us
Chapter 6 Building a Motion-Sensing Game Controller
Chapter 7 Tinkering with the Wii Nunchuk
Chapter 8 Networking with Arduino
Chapter 9 Creating Your Own Universal Remote Control
Chapter 10 Controlling Motors with Arduino

Part 3 Appendixes
Appendix A Basics of Electronics
Appendix B Advanced Arduino Programming
Appendix C Advanced Serial Programming
Appendix D Bibliography