Arduino Workshop A Hands-On Introduction with 65 Projects

Arduino is a cheap, flexible, open-source microcontroller designed to make it easy for hobbyists to use electronics in their projects. Arduino can be used to develop interactive objects that can take input from buttons and sensors and do things in response like shoot fire, flash LEDs, or move. Because hands-on is the name of the game when it comes to playing with Arduino, Arduino Workshop contains 60 projects, carefully integrated and staged in difficulty throughout the book as readers acquire more knowledge and experience. In addition to learning basic electronics, readers learn to create more sophisticated projects like a GPS journey recorder, a graphical digital thermometer, and a precise clock set via satellite. Each chapter builds on previous chapters and step-by-step instructions walk readers through building (and understanding) the various projects. As the book progresses, readers go from creating a blinking light to building an RFID-tag time clock, a motorized tank controlled with a TV remote, and much more.

John Boxall has been writing Arduino tutorials, projects, and kit and accessory reviews for several years at http://www.tronixstuff.com. Arduino Workshop is his first book.

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Exploring the Arduino Board and the IDE
Chapter 3: First Steps
Chapter 4: Building Blocks
Chapter 5: Working with Functions
Chapter 6: Numbers, Variables, and Arithmetic
Chapter 7: Liquid Crystal Displays
Chapter 8: Expanding Your Arduino
Chapter 9: Numeric Keypads
Chapter 10: Accepting User Input with Touchscreens
Chapter 11: Meet the Arduino Family
Chapter 12: Motors and Movement
Chapter 13: Using GPS with Your Arduino
Chapter 14: Wireless Data
Chapter 15: Infrared Remote Control
Chapter 16: Reading RFID Tags
Chapter 17: Data Buses
Chapter 18: Real-time Clocks
Chapter 19: The Internet
Chapter 20: Cellular Communications
Index