The Arduino Inventor's Guide

With Arduino you can build any hardware project you can imagine. This open-source platform is designed to help total beginners explore electronics and with its easy-to-learn programming language you can collect data about the world around you to make something truly interactive.<br><br><i>The Arduino Inventor's Guide</i> opens with an electronics primer filled with essential background knowledge for your DIY journey. From there you&#146;ll learn your way around the Arduino through a classic hardware entry point&#151;blinking LEDs. Over the course of the book 11 hands-on projects will teach you how to:<br>&#150;Build a stop light with LEDs<br>&#150;Display the volume in a room on a warning dial<br>&#150;Design and build a desktop fan<br>&#150;Create a robot that draws with a motor and pens<br>&#150;Create a servo-controlled balance beam<br>&#150;Build your own playable mini piano<br>&#150;Make a drag race timer to race toy cars against your friends<br><br>Each project focuses on a new set of skills including breadboarding circuits; reading digital and analog inputs; reading magnetic temperature and other sensors; controlling servos and motors; and talking to your computer and the Web with an Arduino. At the end of every project you&#146;ll also find tips on how to use it and how to mod it with additional hardware or code.<br><br>What are you waiting for? Start making and learn the skills you need to own your technology!<br><br><b>Uses the Arduino Uno board or SparkFun RedBoard</b>