Learn Electronics with Arduino

Title Page ......Page 1
Copyright Page ......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 11
About the Author......Page 12
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 14
 Contacting the Author......Page 15
 Parts List......Page 16
 What Is Physical Computing?......Page 17
 How It Works......Page 18
  Transistor Basics......Page 22
  Transformer Action......Page 24
  The Voltage Divider......Page 27
  Light Detection Circuits with a Photocell......Page 29
  Testing the Light Detection Circuit with a Voltmeter and an Oscilloscope......Page 30
   Using an Oscilloscope......Page 31
  Assembly of the Electronic Singing Bird Circuit on a Breadboard......Page 35
  Creating the Interactive Control Software......Page 37
  What Is a Sketch?......Page 38
 Final Testing of the Electronic Singing Bird......Page 39
 Further Discovery Methods......Page 40
 Parts List......Page 41
 How It Works......Page 43
 Forward Biasing a LED......Page 44
  LED Circuit Analysis......Page 45
  The LED Bar Display......Page 46
 Mini Roulette Game, Version 1......Page 48
 Adding the Game Software......Page 49
 The Seven-Segment LED Display Basics......Page 51
  Testing the Seven-Segment LED Display......Page 52
  Build an Arduino-based Seven Segment LED Display Flasher-Tester......Page 54
 The 7447 BCD-to-Decoder IC Basics......Page 58
 Build a BCD-to-Decimal Circuit with Seven Segment LED Display......Page 60
 Assembly of the Final Circuit on the Breadboard......Page 61
 Further Discovery Method Suggestions......Page 62
 Parts List......Page 64
 Remix Revisited......Page 65
 The Potentiometer......Page 67
 Measurement Setup Procedure......Page 69
 How to Drive Multiple LEDs with a Microcontroller......Page 72
 Building the Remixed Interactive LED Sequencer Device......Page 76
 Creating the Sequential-Switching Software......Page 77
 Further Discovery Methods......Page 80
 Parts Lists......Page 81
 Remixing Revisited......Page 82
 How It Works......Page 83
  A Base Biasing Transistor Driver Circuit......Page 84
  D1: Flyback Diode......Page 86
  Experimenting with a Transistor Relay Driver DC Motor Control Circuit......Page 87
  Electromechanical Relay Preparation......Page 90
 The Basics of Physical Computing with Electric Motors......Page 92
  Potentiometer Input Control......Page 93
  The 2N2222 Transistor Pinout......Page 96
  Light Detection Input Control......Page 97
 Further Discovery Methods......Page 99
 Parts List......Page 100
 Remixing Motion Controls......Page 101
 How It Works......Page 103
 Experimenting with a Servo Motor......Page 104
 Fritzing Software......Page 105
 Physical Computing: A Servo Motor with a Potentiometer......Page 108
 Physical Computing: A Servo Motor with a Joystick......Page 111
 Physical Computing: A Servo Motor with a FlexiForce Sensor......Page 113
 The Darlington Transistor......Page 116
 The Unipolar Stepper Motor......Page 118
 A Multisim Digital Controller Model for a Unipolar Stepper Motor......Page 119
 Build an Arduino Unipolar Stepper Motor Controller......Page 121
 Adding a Speed Control Function......Page 125
 Final Testing of the Servo and Stepper Motor Controllers......Page 127
 Further Discovery Method Suggestions......Page 128
 Parts List......Page 129
 Remixing Physical-Computing and Driver Interface Circuits......Page 130
 How It Works......Page 132
 Experimenting with PWM......Page 133
 Building and Testing a Basic Music Box Controller......Page 137
  Try It!......Page 140
  Driving a Speaker......Page 143
 Physical Computing and the Music Box Controller......Page 145
  What Is a PMOSFET?......Page 146
  A PMOSFET Multisim Circuit Model......Page 147
  Sketch for the Interactive Music Box Controller......Page 151
 Building and Testing a Basic Music Box Controller with a Keypad......Page 155
 Further Discovery Methods......Page 158
 Parts List......Page 159
 Remixing Physical Computing and Driver Interface Circuits......Page 160
 Experimenting with a Vibration Motor......Page 162
 Physical Computing: A Vibration Motor......Page 169
 Try It Out......Page 173
 Keypad Haptics......Page 175
 FlexiForce Sensor Haptics......Page 184
 A Robot End Effector Test Stand......Page 187
 Further Discovery Method Suggestions......Page 188
 Parts List......Page 189
 Remixing Physical-Computing Input Interface Circuits......Page 190
 How It Works: The LCD Test Jig......Page 193
 The Real “Hello World”: Arduino and the LCD......Page 197
 Try It Out!......Page 202
 The Vanishing Message......Page 208
 Building an Evaluation Board......Page 210
 Further Discovery Methods......Page 214
 Parts List......Page 215
 How It Works......Page 216
 Testing a NAND Gate......Page 218
 The Seven-Segment LED Display and the Arduino......Page 221
 Building a Smart Logic Probe......Page 230
 Building an Improved Smart Logic Probe......Page 234
 Further Discovery Methods......Page 236
 Parts List......Page 237
 How It Works......Page 238
 Building an Electronic Thermometer......Page 239
 A Computer Thermometer......Page 242
  Final Completion of Computer Thermometer......Page 245
  Try It Out!......Page 249
  An LCD Electronic Thermometer......Page 253
  A Temperature Controller......Page 255
 Final Thoughts and Suggestions......Page 258
Index......Page 260