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by John Nussey
Arduino For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Cover
Foreword
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: Getting to Know Arduino
Chapter 1: Discovering Arduino
Where Did Arduino Come From?
Learning by Doing
Electronics
Open Source
Chapter 2: Finding Your Board and Your Way Around It
Getting to Know the Arduino Uno
Discovering Other Arduino Boards
Shopping for Arduino
Kitted Out: Starting with a Beginner’s Kit
Preparing a Workspace
Installing Arduino
Surveying the Arduino Environment
Using Arduino Web Editor
Chapter 3: Blinking an LED
Working with Your First Arduino Sketch
Looking Closer at the Sketch
Blinking Brighter
Tweaking the Sketch
Part 2: Getting Physical with Arduino
Chapter 4: Tools of the Trade
Finding the Right Tools for the Job
Using a Multimeter to Measure Voltage, Current, and Resistance
Chapter 5: A Primer on Electricity and Circuitry
Understanding Electricity
Using Equations to Build Your Circuits
Working with Circuit Diagrams
Color-Coding
Datasheets
Resistor Color Charts
Chapter 6: Basic Sketches: Inputs, Outputs, and Communication
Uploading a Sketch
Using Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM)
The LED Fade Sketch
The Button Sketch
The AnalogInput Sketch
Talking Serial
Chapter 7: More Basic Sketches: Motion and Sound
Working with Electric Motors
Discovering Diodes
Spinning a DC Motor
Changing the Speed of Your Motor
Controlling the Speed of Your Motor
Getting to Know Servo motors
Creating Sweeping Movements
Controlling Your Servo
Making Noises
Making an Instrument
Part 3: Building on the Basics
Chapter 8: Learning by Example
Skube
Chorus
Push Snowboarding
Baker Tweet
The National Maritime Museum’s Compass Lounge and Compass Card
The Good Night Lamp
Little Printer
Flap to Freedom
Chapter 9: Soldering On
Understanding Soldering
Gathering What You Need for Soldering
Staying Safe while Soldering
Assembling a Shield
Acquiring Your Soldering Technique
Building Your Circuit
Packaging Your Project
Chapter 10: Getting Clever with Code
Blinking Better
Taking the Bounce Out of Your Button
Making a Better Button
Smoothing Your Sensors
Calibrating Your Inputs
Chapter 11: Common Sense with Common Sensors
Making Buttons Easier
Exploring Piezo Sensors
Utilizing Pressure, Force, and Load Sensors
Sensing with Style
Tripping Along with Lasers
Detecting Movement
Measuring Distance
Testing, Testing … Can Anybody Hear This?
Chapter 12: Becoming a Specialist with Shields and Libraries
Looking at Shields
Browsing the Libraries
Part 4: Sussing Out Software
Chapter 13: Getting to Know Processing
Looking Under the Hood
Trying Your First Processing Sketch
Chapter 14: Processing the Physical World
Making a Virtual Button
Drawing a Graph
Sending Multiple Signals
Part 5: The Part of Tens
Chapter 15: Ten Places to Learn More about Arduino
Arduino Blog
Hack a Day
SparkFun
MAKE
Adafruit
Instructables
YouTube
Hackerspaces
Forum
Friends, Colleagues, and Workshops
Chapter 16: Ten Great Shops to Know
Adafruit
Arduino Store
Seeed Studio
SparkFun
Allied Electroncs
Newark Electronics
Mouser
Digi-Key
eBay
Dumpster Diving
About the Author
Connect with Dummies
Index
End User License Agreement
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