May 2016
Beginner to intermediate
638 pages
17h 40m
English
Content preview from Arduino: A Technical Reference
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Chapter 10. Creating Custom Components
The more you work with Arduino devices in general, and the AVR microcontroller in particular, the more you may come to realize just how flexible and versatile they are. There seems to be a sensor or shield for almost any application you might imagine, and new shields appear on a regular basis. Even so, there are still a few applications for which there is no shield. There may be times when you spend hours online searching fruitlessly for a shield with specific capabilities, only to finally realize that it just doesn’t exist. In that situation you basically have three choices: first, you could just give up and try to find another way to solve the problem; second, you might find someone to build it for you (for a fee, usually); or third, you could design and build your own PCB. This chapter describes two projects that illustrate the steps involved in creating a custom shield and an Arduino software–compatible device.
The first project is a shield, shown in Figure 10-1, that is intended for a specific range of applications. The GreenShield, as I’m calling it, is based on a conventional shield form factor. It utilizes surface-mount components in a layout that includes potentiometers, relays, and LEDs.
When coupled with an Arduino the GreenShield will be able to function as a stand-alone monitor and controller for gardening or agricultural applications. This shield can also serve as the foundation for an automated weather station, a storm warning ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.