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Learning C for Arduino

By : Syed Omar Faruk Towaha
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Learning C for Arduino

By: Syed Omar Faruk Towaha

Overview of this book

This book will start with the fundamentals of C programming and programming topics, such data types, functions, decision making, program loops, pointers, and structures, with the help of an Arduino board. Then you will get acquainted with Arduino interactions with sensors, LEDs, and autonomous systems and setting up the Arduino environment. Moving on you will also learn how to work on the digital and analog I/O, establish serial communications with autonomous systems, and integrate with electronic devices. By the end of the book, you will be able to make basic projects such as LED cube and smart weather system that leverages C.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Learning C for Arduino
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Home security


We will make a simple security device that will sense unusual motion in your home. Say, if anyone enters your room, the motion sensor will detect the human presence and make sound. We will also connect an LED too. You can later connect a GSM module to either call or send you an SMS if anyone enters your room. This time we will use the following components to build our motion detecting home security device:

  • PIR (Passive InfraRed) motion sensor

  • Buzzer or Speaker

  • LED

  • Resistors

  • Jumper Wires

  • Arduino

The following image shows a PIR sensor:

It has three pins, VCC or +DC voltage, GND, and Output or Data. The connection between the Arduino and the PIR is simple. We will connect the VCC to the 5V pin of the Arduino with the jumper wire, GND to the GND of the Arduino, and the Data pin will be connected to any of the digital pins. In my case it is digital pin 2. See the following figure for clarification. We will connect the speaker's anode to Arduino digital pin 3 and the LED's positive pin...