Arduino For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Bring your ideas to life with the latest Arduino hardware and software

Arduino is an affordable and readily available hardware development platform based around an open source, programmable circuit board. You can combine this programmable chip with a variety of sensors and actuators to sense your environment around you and control lights, motors, and sound. This flexible and easy-to-use combination of hardware and software can be used to create interactive robots, product prototypes and electronic artwork, whether you’re an artist, designer or tinkerer.

Arduino For Dummies is a great place to start if you want to find out about Arduino and make the most of its incredible capabilities. It helps you become familiar with Arduino and what it involves, and offers inspiration for completing new and exciting projects.

• Covers the latest software and hardware currently on the market
• Includes updated examples and circuit board diagrams in addition to new resource chapters
• Offers simple examples to teach fundamentals needed to move onto more advanced topics
• Helps you grasp what’s possible with this fantastic little board

Whether you’re a teacher, student, programmer, hobbyist, hacker, engineer, designer, or scientist, get ready to learn the latest this new technology has to offer!

Table of Contents

Part 1: Getting to Know Arduino
Chapter 1: Discovering Arduino
Chapter 2: Finding Your Board and Your Way Around It
Chapter 3: Blinking an LED

Part 2: Getting Physical with Arduino
Chapter 4: Tools of the Trade
Chapter 5: A Primer on Electricity and Circuitry
Chapter 6: Basic Sketches: Inputs, Outputs, and Communication
Chapter 7: More Basic Sketches: Motion and Sound

Part 3: Building on the Basics
Chapter 8: Learning by Example
Chapter 9: Soldering On
Chapter 10: Getting Clever with Code
Chapter 11: Common Sense with Common Sensors
Chapter 12: Becoming a Specialist with Shields and Libraries

Part 4: Sussing Out Software
Chapter 13: Getting to Know Processing
Chapter 14: Processing the Physical World

Part 5: The Part of Tens
Chapter 15: Ten Places to Learn More about Arduino
Chapter 16: Ten Great Shops to Know