Getting Started With Arduino: The Open Source Electronics Prototyping Platform (Make)

Cover
Copyright
Table of Contents
Preface to the 4th Edition
	Preface
	Acknowledgments for Massimo Banzi
	Acknowledgments for Michael Shiloh
	Conventions Used in This Book
	Using Code Examples
	O’Reilly Online Learning
	How to Contact Us
Chapter 1. Introduction
	Intended Audience
	What Is Interaction Design?
	What Is Physical Computing?
Chapter 2. The Arduino Way
	Prototyping
	Tinkering
	We Love Junk!
	Hacking Toys
	Collaboration
Chapter 3. The Arduino Platform
	The Arduino Hardware
	The Software Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
	Installing Arduino on Your Computer
	Installing the IDE: MacOS
		Configuring the Drivers: MacOS
		Port Identification: MacOS
	Installing the IDE: Windows
		Configuring the Drivers: Windows
		Port Identification: Windows
	Installing the IDE: Linux
		Configuring the Drivers: Linux
		Granting Permission on the Serial Ports: Linux
Chapter 4. Really Getting Started with Arduino
	Anatomy of an Interactive Device
	Sensors and Actuators
	Blinking an LED
	Pass Me the Parmesan
	Arduino Is Not for Quitters
	Real Tinkerers Write Comments
	The Code, Step by Step
	What We Will Be Building
	What Is Electricity?
	Using a Pushbutton to Control the LED
	How Does This Work?
	One Circuit, a Thousand Behaviours
Chapter 5. Advanced Input and Output
	Trying Out Other On/Off Sensors
		Homemade (DIY) Switches
	Controlling Light with PWM
	Use a Light Sensor Instead of the Pushbutton
	Analogue Input
	Try Other Analogue Sensors
	Serial Communication
	Driving Bigger Loads (Motors, Lamps, and the Like)
	Complex Sensors
	The Arduino Alphabet
Chapter 6. Processing with an Arduino Lamp
	Planning
	Coding
	Assembling the Circuit
	Here’s How to Assemble It
Chapter 7. The Arduino Cloud
Chapter 8. Automatic Garden-Irrigation System
	Planning
	Testing the Real Time Clock (RTC)
	Testing the Relays
	Electronic Schematic Diagrams
	Testing the Temperature and Humidity Sensor
	Coding
		Setting the On and Off Times
	Assembling the Circuit
		Laying Out Your Project on the Proto Shield
	Things to Try on Your Own
	Irrigation Project Shopping List
Chapter 9. The Arduino ARM Family
	What’s the difference between AVR and ARM?
	What difference does 32 bits really make?
	What’s the difference between a microcontroller and a microprocessor?
	Which is better: AVR or ARM?
	Introducing the Arduino ARM based boards
		The Nano and MKR footprints
Chapter 10. Talking to the internet with ARM: An Internet Connected “Fistbump”
	An internet connected “fistbump”
	Introducing MQTT: the Message Queueing Telemetry Transfer protocol
	Internet Connected Fistbump: The hardware
		Internet Connected Fistbump: MQTT Broker on Shiftr.io
Chapter 11. Troubleshooting
	Understanding
	Simplification and Segmentation
	Exclusion and Certainty
	Testing the Arduino Board
	Testing Your Breadboarded Circuit
	Isolating Problems
	Problems Installing Drivers on Windows
	Problems with the IDE on Windows
	Identifying the Arduino COM Port on Windows
	Other Debugging Techniques
	How to Get Help Online
Appendix A. The Breadboard
Appendix B. Reading Resistors and Capacitors
Appendix C. Arduino Quick Reference
	Structure
	Special Symbols
	Constants
	Variables
	Variable Scope
	Control Structures
	Arithmetic and Formulas
	Comparison Operators
	Boolean Operators
	Compound Operators
		increment and decrement (–– and ++)
	Input and Output Functions
	Time Functions
	Math Functions
	Random Number Functions
	Serial Communication
	The Arduino Family
Appendix D. Reading Schematic Diagrams
Index
About the Authors