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Arduino BLINK Blueprints

By : Utsav Shah
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Arduino BLINK Blueprints

By: Utsav Shah

Overview of this book

Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino has been used in thousands of different projects and applications by a wide range of programmers and artists, and their contributions have added up to an incredible amount of accessible knowledge that can be of great help to novices and experts alike. Want to build exciting LED projects with Arduino? This book will be your companion to bring out the creative genius in you. To begin with, you will get introduced to the maker movement and the open source hardware development Arduino boards. You will then move on to develop a mood lamp and a remote-controlled TV backlight. As you progress through the book, you will develop an LED cube and will learn to use sound visualization to develop a sound-controlled LED Christmas tree. You will then move on to build a persistence of vision wand. At the end of each chapter, you’ll see some common problems, their solutions, and some workarounds.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Chapter 3. Project 2 – Remote Controlled TV Backlight

In the previous chapter, Project 1 – LED Night Lamp, we dived into the amazing world of LEDs. We created some cool projects using different types of LEDs. Now, we will use another type of LED – an IR (Infrared) LED. In this chapter, we will start by learning the basics of IR LEDs and the basics of IR communication. Once you have learned about programming the IR sensor, we will use it to control a TV backlight using a remote. In this chapter, you will learn about the following:

  • Introduction to and the workings of an IR LED

  • Programming an IR sensor

  • How to control an LED array

  • Developing a remote controlled TV backlight