Arduino Applied

Description

Projects covered in the book include and extend those in Arduino Uno starter kits to increase knowledge of microcontrollers in electronic applications. Many of the projects are practically orientated, such as information displays, GPS tracking, RFID entry systems, motion detector alarms, and robots. Building projects helps you understand how many electronic applications function in everyday life. Examples include flashing numbers on a screen, a scrolling message in the train station, electronic tags on items in a shop or books in the library, a desktop weather station, Bluetooth communication with a mobile phone, digital sound systems, and an obstacle-avoiding robot vacuum cleaner.
Each example in the book is accompanied by code and a description of that code, which helps you learn how to program a microcontroller and a computer, which is a highly valuable skill. The Arduino programming language is C, which is widely used.

Many chapters of the book are stand-alone, so that you can delve into a section of the book rather than having to start from the beginning, while several chapters utilize information from earlier chapters to build a project. You learn how to break down a complex project into smaller projects, just as each chapter addresses a different topic, to then be able to build and enhance the initial project.
If you bought, or are thinking about buying, an Arduino Uno starter kit that contains a few LEDs, a variety of sensors, with some switches and resistors, then this book is for you. If you want to build electronics projects with a microcontroller, then the comprehensive range of topics covered in the book provides the detailed instructions to get started.