Getting Started with Arduino

Table of contents

1. Getting Started with Arduino
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   2. Preface
      1. Acknowledgments
      2. How to Contact Us
   3. 1. Introduction
      1. Intended Audience
         1. Interaction Design is the design of any interactive experience.
      2. What Is Physical Computing?
   4. 2. The Arduino Way
      1. Prototyping
      2. Tinkering
      3. Patching
      4. Circuit Bending
      5. Keyboard Hacks
      6. We Love Junk!
      7. Hacking Toys
      8. Collaboration
   5. 3. The Arduino Platform
      1. The Arduino Hardware
         1. 14 Digital IO pins (pins 0–13)
         2. 6 Analogue In pins (pins 0–5)
         3. 6 Analogue Out pins (pins 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11)
      2. The Software (IDE)
      3. Installing Arduino on Your Computer
      4. Installing Drivers: Macintosh
      5. Installing Drivers: Windows
      6. Port Identification: Macintosh
      7. Port Identification: Windows
   6. 4. Really Getting Started with Arduino
      1. Anatomy of an Interactive Device
      2. Sensors and Actuators
      3. Blinking an LED
      4. Pass Me the Parmesan
      5. Arduino Is Not for Quitters
      6. Real Tinkerers Write Comments
      7. The Code, Step by Step
      8. What We Will Be Building
      9. What Is Electricity?
      10. Using a Pushbutton to Control the LED
      11. How Does This Work?
      12. One Circuit, A Thousand Behaviours
   7. 5. Advanced Input and Output
      1. Trying Out Other On/Off Sensors
         1. Switches
         2. Thermostats
         3. Magnetic switches (also known as "reed relays")
         4. Carpet switches
         5. Tilt switches
      2. Controlling Light with PWM
      3. Use a Light Sensor Instead of the Pushbutton
      4. Analogue Input
      5. Try Other Analogue Sensors
      6. Serial Communication
      7. Driving Bigger Loads (Motors, Lamps, and the Like)
      8. Complex Sensors
   8. 6. Talking to the Cloud
      1. Digital Output
         1. Digital Output
         2. Analog Output
         3. Digital Input
         4. Analog Input
         5. Serial Communication
      2. Planning
      3. Coding
      4. Assembling the Circuit
      5. Here's How to Assemble It:
   9. 7. Troubleshooting
      1. Understanding
         1. Understanding
         2. Simplification and segmentation
         3. Exclusion and certainty
      2. Testing the Board
      3. Testing Your Breadboarded Circuit
      4. Isolating Problems
      5. Problems with the IDE
      6. How to Get Help Online
   10. A. The Breadboard
   11. B. Reading Resistors and Capacitors
   12. C. Arduino Quick Reference
       1. STRUCTURE
       2. SPECIAL SYMBOLS
          1. ; (semicolon)
          2. {} (curly braces)
          3. comments
       3. CONSTANTS
       4. VARIABLES
          1. boolean
          2. char
          3. byte
          4. int
          5. unsigned int
          6. long
          7. unsigned long
          8. float
          9. double
          10. string
          11. array
       5. CONTROL STRUCTURES
          1. if … else
          2. for
          3. switch case
          4. while
          5. do … while
          6. break
          7. continue
          8. return
       6. ARITHMETIC AND FORMULAS
       7. COMPARISON OPERATORS
       8. BOOLEAN OPERATORS
       9. COMPOUND OPERATORS
          1. increment and decrement (–– and ++)
          2. += , –=, *= and /=
       10. INPUT AND OUTPUT FUNCTIONS
           1. pinMode(pin, mode)
           2. digitalWrite(pin, value)
           3. int digitalRead(pin)
           4. int analogRead(pin)
           5. analogWrite(pin, value)
           6. shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, bitOrder, value)
           7. unsigned long pulseIn(pin, value)
       11. TIME FUNCTIONS
           1. unsigned long millis()
           2. delay(ms)
           3. delayMicroseconds(us)
       12. MATH FUNCTIONS
           1. min(x, y)
           2. max(x, y)
           3. abs(x)
           4. constrain(x, a, b)
           5. map(value, fromLow, fromHigh, toLow, toHigh)
           6. double pow(base, exponent)
           7. double sqrt(x)
           8. double sin(rad)
           9. double cos(rad)
           10. double tan(rad)
       13. RANDOM NUMBER FUNCTIONS
           1. randomSeed(seed)
           2. long random(max) long random(min, max)
       14. SERIAL COMMUNICATION
           1. Serial.begin(speed)
           2. Serial.print(data) Serial.print(data, encoding)
           3. Serial.println(data) Serial.println(data, encoding)
           4. int Serial.available()
           5. int Serial.read()
           6. Serial.flush()
   13. D. Reading Schematic Diagrams
   14. Index
   15. About the Author
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