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Mastering Arduino

By : Jon Hoffman

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Mastering Arduino

4 (5)

By: Jon Hoffman

Overview of this book

Mastering Arduino is an all-in-one guide to getting the most out of your Arduino. This practical, no-nonsense guide teaches you all of the electronics and programming skills that you need to create advanced Arduino projects. This book is packed full of real-world projects for you to practice on, bringing all of the knowledge in the book together and giving you the skills to build your own robot from the examples in this book. The final two chapters discuss wireless technologies and how they can be used in your projects. The book begins with the basics of electronics, making sure that you understand components, circuits, and prototyping before moving on. It then performs the same function for code, getting you into the Arduino IDE and showing you how to connect the Arduino to a computer and run simple projects on your Arduino. Once the basics are out of the way, the next 10 chapters of the book focus on small projects centered around particular components, such as LCD displays, stepper motors, or voice synthesizers. Each of these chapters will get you familiar with the technology involved, how to build with it, how to program it, and how it can be used in your own projects.

Preface

Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

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The Arduino

The Arduino

History of the Arduino

Touring the Arduino UNO R3

Powering the Arduino

Arduino shields

Arduino pin

Different Arduino boards

Summary

Basic Electronics

Basic Electronics

Electronic building block

Multimeter

Electronic components

What is electricity?

Current

Voltage

Resistance

Ohm's law

What is power?

Resistor color codes

Summary

Circuit Diagrams

Circuit Diagrams

What is a circuit?

Fritzing

Fritzing diagrams

Schematic diagrams

Parallel and series circuits

Series circuits

Parallel circuits

Voltage drop

Light up LED

Summary

Basic Prototyping

Basic Prototyping

Setting up a work area

Using a solderless breadboard

Dupont (jumper) cables

Prototyping

First prototype

Summary

Arduino IDE

Arduino IDE

Arduino Sketch

Arduino IDE

Arduino web editor

Examples

Arduino libraries

Serial monitor

Hello World

Echo

Summary

Programming the Arduino - The Basics

Programming the Arduino - The Basics

Curly brackets

Semicolons

Comments

Variables

Data types

Arrays

Character arrays

Constants

Arithmetic functions

Comparison operators

Logical operators

Casting

Decision making

Looping

Functions

Summary

Programming the Arduino - Beyond the Basics

Programming the Arduino - Beyond the Basics

Setting digital pin mode

Digital write

Digital read

Analog write

Analog read

Structures

Unions

Adding tabs

Working with tabs

Object-oriented programming

String library

Summary

Motion Sensor

Motion Sensor

Introduction

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Code

Running the project

Challenge

Summary

Environment Sensors

Environment Sensors

Introduction

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Code

Running the project

Challenge

Summary

Obstacle Avoidance and Collision Detection

Obstacle Avoidance and Collision Detection

Introduction

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Code

Running the project

Challenge

Summary

Fun with Lights

Fun with Lights

Introduction

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Code

Running the project

Challenge

Summary

Fun with Sound

Fun with Sound

Introduction

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Code

Challenge

Summary

Using LCD Displays

Using LCD Displays

Introduction

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Code

Challenge

Summary

Speech Recognition and Voice Synthesizing

Speech Recognition and Voice Synthesizing

Introduction

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Code

Running the project

Challenge

Summary

DC Motors and Motor Controllers

DC Motors and Motor Controllers

Introduction

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Code

Running the project

Challenge

Summary

Servo Motors

Servo Motors

Introduction

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Code

Challenge

Summary

Using a Relay

Using a Relay

Introduction

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Code

Challenge

Summary

Remotely Controlling the Arduino

Remotely Controlling the Arduino

Introduction

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Code

Challenge

Summary

Creating a Robot

Creating a Robot

Introduction

Chassis and movement

Motors and power

Autonomous robot–obstacle avoidance and collision detection

Remotely controlling a robot

User feedback

Making things rotate

Non-robotic projects

Proximity sensor

Challenge

Summary

Bluetooth LE

Bluetooth LE

Introduction

Bluetooth LE radio

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Project 1 – serial communication

Project 2 – controlling LED

Project 3 – environmental sensor

What is new with Bluetooth 4.1, 4.2 and 5.0?

Challenge

Summary

Bluetooth Classic

Bluetooth Classic

Introduction

Bluetooth radio

Components needed

Circuit diagrams

Project 1 – configuring the Bluetooth modules

Project 2 – serial connection, sending data

Project 3 – joystick remote control

Summary

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Serial monitor

The serial monitor sends and/or receive text, usually through the USB cable. This enables us to receive debug messages or send text from the keyboard within the Web Editor or the Arduino IDE. We will see how to do both of these when we create our first sketches at the end of this chapter.

To use the serial monitor with the Arduino IDE or with the Web Editor, you must first connect an Arduino to the computer and establish communication between the Arduino and the IDE or Editor.

To begin using the serial monitor within the Arduino IDE, click on the serial monitor icon in the upper right-hand corner of the IDE. The following screenshot highlights the serial monitor icon:

The serial monitor will open up in a separate window, as shown in the following screenshot:

The input section enables us to send text to the Arduino. To do this, type the text into the input box...

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