30 Arduino™ Projects for the Evil Genius - myp-tech

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30 Arduino™
Projects for
the Evil Genius™
Evil Genius™ Series
Bike, Scooter, and Chopper Projects for the Evil Genius
Bionics for the Evil Genius: 25 Build-it-Yourself Projects
Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius, Second Edition: 64 Lessons with Projects
Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius: 28 Build-it-Yourself Projects
Electronic Sensors for the Evil Genius: 54 Electrifying Projects
50 Awesome Auto Projects for the Evil Genius
50 Green Projects for the Evil Genius
50 Model Rocket Projects for the Evil Genius
51 High-Tech Practical Jokes for the Evil Genius
46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil Genius
Fuel Cell Projects for the Evil Genius
Holography Projects for the Evil Genius
Mechatronics for the Evil Genius: 25 Build-it-Yourself Projects
Mind Performance Projects for the Evil Genius: 19 Brain-Bending Bio Hacks
MORE Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius: 40 NEW Build-it-Yourself Projects
101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius
101 Outer Space Projects for the Evil Genius
123 PIC® Microcontroller Experiments for the Evil Genius
123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius
125 Physics Projects for the Evil Genius
PC Mods for the Evil Genius: 25 Custom Builds to Turbocharge Your Computer
PICAXE Microcontroller Projects for the Evil Genius
Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius
Recycling Projects for the Evil Genius
Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius
Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius
30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius
22 Radio and Receiver Projects for the Evil Genius
25 Home Automation Projects for the Evil Genius
30 Arduino™
Projects for
the Evil Genius™
Simon Monk
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To my late father, Hugh Monk, from whom I inherited a love for electronics.
He would have had so much fun with all this.
About the Author
Simon Monk has a bachelor’s degree in cybernetics and computer science and a doctorate
in software engineering. He has been an active electronics hobbyist since his school days,
and is an occasional author in hobby electronics magazines.
Contents
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1 Quickstart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Powering Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Configuring Your Arduino Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Downloading the Project Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Project 1 Flashing LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Breadboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 A Tour of Arduino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Microcontrollers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
What’s on an Arduino Board?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Arduino Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The C Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3 LED Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Project 2 Morse Code S.O.S. Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Loops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Arrays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Project 3 Morse Code Translator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Project 4 High-Brightness Morse Code Translator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4 More LED Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Digital Inputs and Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Project 5 Model Traffic Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Project 6 Strobe Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Project 7 S.A.D. Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Project 8 High-Powered Strobe Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Random Number Generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Project 9 LED Dice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5 Sensor Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Project 10 Keypad Security Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rotary Encoders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Project 11 Model Traffic Signal Using a Rotary Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Sensing Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Project 12 Pulse Rate Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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