Skip to Content
Arduino Workshop, 2nd Edition
book

Arduino Workshop, 2nd Edition

by John Boxall
June 2021
Intermediate to advanced
440 pages
9h 22m
English
No Starch Press
Content preview from Arduino Workshop, 2nd Edition

2 Exploring the Arduino Board and the IDE

In this chapter, you’ll explore the Arduino board as well as the IDE software that you’ll use to create and upload Arduino sketches (Arduino’s name for its programs) to the board itself. You’ll learn the basic framework of a sketch and some basic functions that you can implement in a sketch, and you’ll create and upload your first sketch.

The Arduino Board

What exactly is Arduino? According to the Arduino website (http://www.arduino.cc/), it is:

An open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for anyone making interactive projects.

In simple terms, the Arduino is a tiny computer system that can be programmed with your instructions to interact with various ...

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

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’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.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI 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.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’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.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'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.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Arduino For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Arduino For Dummies, 2nd Edition

John Nussey
Getting Started With Arduino, 4th Edition

Getting Started With Arduino, 4th Edition

Massimo Banzi, Michael Shiloh
Mastering Arduino

Mastering Arduino

Jon Hoffman, Ejike (George Steve) Ifeanyichukwu, Pratik Desai
Learn Electronics with Arduino

Learn Electronics with Arduino

Jody Culkin, Eric Hagan

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781098128975Errata Page