Arduino Cookbook - Softcover

Margolis, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0596802471 ISBN 13: 9780596802479

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 2011

Synopsis

Create your own toys, remote controllers, alarms, detectors, robots, and many other projects with the Arduino device. This simple microcontroller board lets artists and designers build a variety of amazing objects and prototypes that interact with the physical world. With this cookbook you can dive right in and experiment with more than a hundred tips and techniques, no matter what your skill level is.

The recipes in this book provide solutions for most common problems and questions Arduino users have, including everything from programming fundamentals to working with sensors, motors, lights, and sound, or communicating over wired and wireless networks. You'll find the examples and advice you need to begin, expand, and enhance your projects right away.

• Get to know the Arduino development environment
• Understand the core elements of the Arduino programming language
• Use common output devices for light, motion, and sound
• Interact with almost any device that has a remote control
• Learn techniques for handling time delays and time measurement
• Use simple ways to transfer digital information from sensors to the Arduino device
• Create complex projects that incorporate shields and external modules
• Use and modify existing Arduino libraries, and learn how to create your own

About this title

Book Description:

Recipes to Begin, Expand, and Enhance Your Projects

About the Author:

Michael Margolis is a technologist in the field of real time computing with expertise in developing and delivering hardware and software for interacting with the environment. He has over 30 years of experience in a wide range of relevant technologies, working with Sony, Microsoft, Lucent/Bell Labs, and most recently as Chief Technical Officer with Avaya.

About this edition

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0596802471
• ISBN 13: 9780596802479
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 662