Arduino is no ordinary circuit board. Whether youre an artist, a designer, a programmer, or a hobbyist, Arduino lets you learn about and play with electronics. Youll discover how to build a variety of circuits that can sense or control real-world objects, prototype your own product, and even create interactive artwork. This handy guide is exactly what you need to build your own Arduino project — what you make is up to you!
•Learn by doing – start building circuits and programming your Arduino with a few easy examples — right away!
•Easy does it – work through Arduino sketches line by line, and learn how they work and how to write your own
•Solder on! – dont know a soldering iron from a curling iron? No problem! Youll learn the basics and be prototyping in no time
•Kitted out – discover new and interesting hardware to turn your Arduino into anything from a mobile phone to a Geiger counter
•Become an Arduino savant – find out about functions, arrays, libraries, shields, and other tools that let you take your Arduino project to the next level
•Get social – teach your Arduino to communicate with software running on a computer to link the physical world with the virtual world
Open the book and find:
•Help choosing an Arduino starter kit
•How to set up your Arduino and install the Arduino Development Environment
•Projects you can build that produce light, sound, and motion
•Instructions on prototyping using breadboards and a soldering iron
•How to use different inputs and outputs in your projects
•Tips for hacking existing hardware
•Ways to extend Arduinos capabilities with libraries and shields
Its hardware, its software, its fun! Start building the next cool gizmo with Arduino and Arduino For Dummies.
