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Arduino Development Cookbook

By : Cornel M Amariei
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Arduino Development Cookbook

By: Cornel M Amariei

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Arduino Development Cookbook
Cornel M Amariei
Apr, 2015 | 246 pages
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Arduino Development Cookbook
Arduino Development Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Power on – Arduino Basics
Power on – Arduino Basics
Introduction
Downloading the Arduino software
Connecting Arduino
Uploading code to Arduino
Learning Arduino code basics
Code basics – Arduino C
Code basics – Arduino pins
2
Blinking LEDs
Blinking LEDs
Introduction
Blinking LED without delay()
Connecting an external LED
Fading the external LED
RGB LED
LED bar graph
The 7-segment display
3
Working with Buttons
Working with Buttons
Introduction
Connecting a button
Button with no resistor
The toggle switch
Button to serial
Button debouncing
1,000 buttons to 1 pin
Button multiplexing
4
Sensors
Sensors
Introduction
Simple sensor – potentiometer
Temperature sensor
Detecting motion – PIR sensor
Measuring distance – infrared and ultrasonic
Noise reduction
Accelerometer
Localization – GPS
5
Motor Control
Motor Control
Introduction
Controlling small motors
Controlling motors with transistors
Controlling speed with PWM
Spinning motors both ways
Servo motor
Stepper motor
Bipolar stepper motors
Brushless motors
6
More Output Devices
More Output Devices
Introduction
Creating sound
Transistor driver
Relay driver
Optocouplers/Optoisolators
More outputs – shift registers
7
Digital Communication with Arduino
Digital Communication with Arduino
Introduction
Serial output
Controlling the Arduino over serial
Software serial and UART between Arduinos
Wireless serial
I2C between Arduinos
SD cards
LCD character displays
Ethernet
8
Hacking
Hacking
Introduction
More digital pins
Faster PWM
Storing data internally – EEPROM
Timing Arduino code
External interrupts
Electronics – the Basics
Electronics – the Basics
Working of electric current
Ohm's law
Diodes and LEDs
Working with breadboards
Index
Index

Chapter 2. Blinking LEDs

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Blinking LED without delay()

  • Connecting an external LED

  • Fading the external LED

  • RGB LED

  • LED bar graph

  • The 7-segment display

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