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Stuart Yarnold Arduino In easy steps is an imprint of In Easy Steps Limited 16 Hamilton Terrace · Holly Walk · Leamington Spa Warwickshire · CV32 4LY www.ineasysteps.com Copyright © 2015 by In Easy Steps Limited. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. Notice of Liability Every effort has been made to ensure that this book contains accurate and current information. However, In Easy Steps Limited and the author shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by readers as a result of any information contained herein. Trademarks All trademarks are acknowledged as belonging to their respective companies. Contents 1 Understanding Arduino What is Arduino? Why Arduino? Which Arduino? What Can You Do With It? Basic Principles Hardware Software Required Skills 2 The Arduino Kit Bag The Arduino Board Important Board Parts Breadboards Jump Wires Components Base Plates 3 Arduino Software Install Arduino on Windows Install Arduino on Mac OS X Install Arduino on Linux Setting Up Arduino Check It’s Working The Arduino Environment 4 Shields & Libraries What is a Shield? Display Shields Audio Shields Prototyping Shields Gaming Shields GPS Shields Power Shields Motor Shields Communications Shields Miscellaneous Shields Before You Buy a Shield Libraries 5 Tools & Techniques Circuit Boards Soldering Power Adapters Test & Diagnostic Equipment Design Software Schematic Diagrams 6 Electronic Components Supplied with Arduino Resistors Resistor Color Coding Capacitors Inductors Diodes Transistors Relays Transformers Motors Integrated Circuits (ICs) Sensors & Actuators 7 Circuits Concepts of Electricity Voltage Drops Power Series & Parallel Circuits Series Circuits & Ohm’s Law Parallel Circuits & Ohm’s Law Resistance in Circuits Capacitance in Circuits Alternating & Direct Current 8 Programming Arduino Programming Concepts Comments Functions Variables Variable Data Types Statements Arithmetic & Logic Arrays Bitwise Operators Input & Output Interfaces Time Other Useful Functions Sketch Structure 9 Sketches Write an Arduino Sketch Verify the Sketch Upload the Sketch The Fade Sketch The DigitalReadSerial Sketch The AnalogReadSerial Sketch The IfStatementConditional Sketch The ForLoopIteration Sketch 10 Troubleshooting & Debugging Before You Start! Hardware Set Up Issues Syntax Errors Serial Monitor Debugging 11 Arduino Projects Introduction GSM Security Alarm System LED Cube Skube Lawnbot400 Baker Tweet Tree Climbing Robot 8BitBox 1 Understanding Arduino This chapter is an introduction to the subject of Arduino. We see just what Arduino is, what can be done with it and the advantages it offers over competing platforms. What is Arduino? Why Arduino? Which Arduino? What Can You Do With It? Basic Principles Hardware Software Required Skills What is Arduino? An Arduino is a small circuit board, which contains either an 8-bit or a 32-bit microcontroller, plus a handful of other components. Recent models, such as the Uno, also offer a USB interface, and a number of analog input pins as well as a number of digital input/output pins. Arduino began in Italy at the Interaction Design Institute Ivera. This is a school of design education that focuses on interaction with digital devices and systems. The concept behind the development of Arduino is to simplify the construction of interactive objects or environments and make them more accessible. To this end, it has been designed to be inexpensive and straightforward, thus providing a way for hobbyists, students, and professionals to create devices and projects that interact with their environment with sensors and actuators. Typical examples of Arduino projects include simple robots, security systems and motion detectors. There are many more. Arduino is the modern-day equivalent of those old electronic kits from yesteryear sold by companies such as Radio Shack and Heath Arduino is about more than just hardware though. The microcontroller needs to be programmed and this introduces a software element in the form of an integrated development environment (IDE) that runs on personal computers. With it, users write programs (known as sketches) using the C or C++ programming languages.
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