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DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists

By : Miguel Angel Garcia-Ruiz, Pedro Cesar Santana Mancilla
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DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists

By: Miguel Angel Garcia-Ruiz, Pedro Cesar Santana Mancilla

Overview of this book

We live in a world surrounded by electronic devices, and microcontrollers are the brains of these devices. Microcontroller programming is an essential skill in the era of the Internet of Things (IoT), and this book helps you to get up to speed with it by working through projects for designing and developing embedded apps with microcontroller boards. DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists are filled with microcontroller programming C and C++ language constructs. You'll discover how to use the Blue Pill (containing a type of STM32 microcontroller) and Curiosity Nano (containing a type of PIC microcontroller) boards for executing your projects as PIC is a beginner-level board and STM-32 is an ARM Cortex-based board. Later, you'll explore the fundamentals of digital electronics and microcontroller board programming. The book uses examples such as measuring humidity and temperature in an environment to help you gain hands-on project experience. You'll build on your knowledge as you create IoT projects by applying more complex sensors. Finally, you'll find out how to plan for a microcontroller-based project and troubleshoot it. By the end of this book, you'll have developed a firm foundation in electronics and practical PIC and STM32 microcontroller programming and interfacing, adding valuable skills to your professional portfolio.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Who this book is for

This book is intended for students, hobbyists, geeks, and engineers alike who wish to dive into the world of microcontroller board programming. In addition, this book is suitable for digital electronics and microcontroller board beginners. If you are already a skilled electronics hobbyist and/or programmer, you may find this book helpful if you want to use and code efficient sensors with microcontroller boards.

People that use other types of microcontroller boards (such as Arduino boards) may find this book useful because it includes an introduction to the Blue Pill and Curiosity Nano microcontroller boards, facilitating the skills transfer required to understand and apply them in electronics projects requiring Arduino microcontroller boards.

Basic knowledge of digital circuits, and C and C++ programming language is desirable but not necessary. This is an introductory book on microcontroller boards for people who are starting with digital electronics projects.