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Arduino: A Quick-Start Guide, Second Edition

Copyright For the Best Reading Experience... Table of Contents Early praise for Arduino: A Quick-Start Guide, Second Edition Acknowledgments Preface

Who Should Read This Book What’s in This Book Arduino Uno and the Arduino Platform Code Examples and Conventions Online Resources

The Parts You Need

Starter Packs Complete Parts List

Part 1: Getting Started with Arduino

Chapter 1: Welcome to the Arduino

What You Need What Exactly Is an Arduino? Exploring the Arduino Board Installing the Arduino IDE Meeting the Arduino IDE Hello, World! Compiling and Uploading Programs What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Chapter 2: Creating Bigger Projects with the Arduino

What You Need Managing Projects and Sketches Changing Preferences Using Serial Ports What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Part 2: Eleven Arduino Projects

Chapter 3: Building Binary Dice

What You Need Working with Breadboards Using an LED on a Breadboard First Version of a Binary Die Working with Buttons Adding Your Own Button Building a Dice Game What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Chapter 4: Building a Morse Code Generator Library

What You Need Learning the Basics of Morse Code Building a Morse Code Generator Fleshing Out the Morse Code Generator’s Interface Outputting Morse Code Symbols Installing and Using the Telegraph Class Publishing Your Own Library What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Chapter 5: Sensing the World Around Us

What You Need Measuring Distances with an Ultrasonic Sensor Increasing Precision Using Floating-Point Numbers Increasing Precision Using a Temperature Sensor Creating Your Own Dashboard What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Chapter 6: Building a Motion-Sensing Game Controller

What You Need Wiring Up the Accelerometer Bringing Your Accelerometer to Life Finding and Polishing Edge Values Building Your Own Game Controller More Projects What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Chapter 7: Writing a Game for the Motion-Sensing Game Controller

Writing a GameController Class Creating the Game What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Chapter 8: Generating Video Signals with an Arduino

What You Need How Analog Video Works Building a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) Connecting the Arduino to Your TV Set Using the TVout Library Building a TV Thermometer Working with Graphics in TVout What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Chapter 9: Tinkering with the Wii Nunchuk

What You Need Wiring a Wii Nunchuk Talking to a Nunchuk Building a Nunchuk Class Using Our Nunchuk Class Creating Your Own Video Game Console Creating Your Own Video Game What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Chapter 10: Networking with Arduino

What You Need Using Your PC to Transfer Sensor Data to the Internet Registering an Application with Twitter Tweeting Messages with Processing Communicating Over Networks Using an Ethernet Shield Using DHCP and DNS What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Chapter 11: Creating a Burglar Alarm with Email Notification

What You Need Emailing from the Command Line Emailing Directly from an Arduino Detecting Motion Using a Passive Infrared Sensor Bringing It All Together What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Chapter 12: Creating Your Own Universal Remote Control

What You Need Understanding Infrared Remote Controls Grabbing Remote Control Codes Cloning a Remote Controlling Infrared Devices Remotely with Your Browser Building an Infrared Proxy What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Chapter 13: Controlling Motors with Arduino

What You Need Introducing Motors First Steps with a Servo Motor Building a Blaminatr What If It Doesn’t Work? Exercises

Part 3: Appendixes

Appendix 1: Electronics and Soldering Basics

Current, Voltage, and Resistance Electrical Circuits Learning How to Use a Wire Cutter Learning How to Solder Learning How to Desolder

Appendix 2: Advanced Arduino Programming

The Arduino Programming Language Bit Operations

Appendix 3: Advanced Serial Programming

Learning More About Serial Communication Serial Communication Using Various Languages

Appendix 4: Controlling the Arduino with a Browser

What Are Google Chrome Apps? Creating a Minimal Chrome App Starting the Chrome App Exploring the Chrome Serial API Writing a SerialDevice Class

Appendix 5: Bibliography