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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)

Summary

In this chapter dedicated to IoT, we have learned some essential topics. First, we got to know the solar cells used to power small electronic devices. Next, we learned about the B25 voltage sensor and how to connect it to the STM32.

Later, we learned how to create a program to read data from the voltage sensor. With the voltage reading, we connect our STM32 to a NodeMCU board through serial communication. We create a program to send the voltage value between microcontrollers. Finally, we use an app to visualize the sensor data from the cloud.

At the end of the IoT topics, you have solid skills to create applications and devices connected to the internet and intranets. Your portfolio of projects has been strengthened to enable you to more easily find a job opportunity in this growth area.

In the next chapter, you will start developing projects that will help you create electronic support devices to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic.