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Getting Started With Arduino, 4th Edition

by Massimo Banzi, Michael Shiloh

February 2022

Beginner

285 pages

5h 36m

English

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PrefaceAcknowledgments for Massimo BanziAcknowledgments for Michael ShilohConventions Used in This BookUsing Code ExamplesO’Reilly Online LearningHow to Contact Us
Intended AudienceWhat Is Interaction Design?What Is Physical Computing?
PrototypingTinkeringWe Love Junk!Hacking ToysCollaboration
The Arduino HardwareThe Software Integrated Development Environment (IDE)Installing Arduino on Your ComputerInstalling the IDE: MacOSConfiguring the Drivers: MacOSPort Identification: MacOSInstalling the IDE: WindowsConfiguring the Drivers: WindowsPort Identification: WindowsInstalling the IDE: LinuxConfiguring the Drivers: LinuxGranting Permission on the Serial Ports: Linux
Anatomy of an Interactive DeviceSensors and ActuatorsBlinking an LEDPass Me the ParmesanArduino Is Not for QuittersReal Tinkerers Write CommentsThe Code, Step by StepWhat We Will Be BuildingWhat Is Electricity?Using a Pushbutton to Control the LEDHow Does This Work?One Circuit, a Thousand Behaviours
Trying Out Other On/Off SensorsHomemade (DIY) SwitchesControlling Light with PWMUse a Light Sensor Instead of the PushbuttonAnalogue InputTry Other Analogue SensorsSerial CommunicationDriving Bigger Loads (Motors, Lamps, and the Like)Complex SensorsThe Arduino Alphabet
PlanningCodingAssembling the CircuitHere’s How to Assemble It
Arduino Cloud IDEProject HubIoT CloudArduino Cloud Plans
PlanningTesting the Real Time Clock (RTC)Testing the RelaysElectronic Schematic DiagramsTesting the Temperature and Humidity SensorCodingSetting the On and Off TimesChecking Whether It’s Time to Turn a Valve On or OffChecking for RainPutting It All TogetherAssembling the CircuitThe Proto ShieldLaying Out Your Project on the Proto ShieldSoldering Your Project on the Proto ShieldTesting Your Assembled Proto ShieldAssembling Your Project into a CaseTesting the Finished Automatic Garden Irrigation SystemThings to Try on Your OwnIrrigation Project Shopping List
What’s the difference between AVR and ARM?What difference does 32 bits really make?What’s the difference between a microcontroller and a microprocessor?Which is better: AVR or ARM?Introducing the Arduino ARM based boardsSpecial FeaturesOperating VoltageDrive CurrentDigital to Analog ConverterUSB HostThe Nano and MKR footprints

An internet connected “fistbump”Introducing MQTT: the Message Queueing Telemetry Transfer protocolInternet Connected Fistbump: The hardwareInternet Connected Fistbump: MQTT Broker on Shiftr.io
UnderstandingSimplification and SegmentationExclusion and CertaintyTesting the Arduino BoardTesting Your Breadboarded CircuitIsolating ProblemsProblems Installing Drivers on WindowsProblems with the IDE on WindowsIdentifying the Arduino COM Port on WindowsOther Debugging TechniquesHow to Get Help Online
StructureSpecial SymbolsConstantsVariablesVariable ScopeControl StructuresArithmetic and FormulasComparison OperatorsBoolean OperatorsCompound Operatorsincrement and decrement (–– and ++)Input and Output FunctionsTime FunctionsMath FunctionsRandom Number FunctionsSerial CommunicationThe Arduino Family

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Chapter 3. The Arduino Platform

Arduino is composed of two major parts: an Arduino board, which is the piece of hardware you work on when you build your objects; and the Arduino Integrated Development Environment, or IDE, the piece of software you run on your computer. You use the IDE to create a sketch (a little computer program) that you upload to the Arduino board. The sketch tells the board what to do.

Not too long ago, working on hardware meant building circuits from scratch, using hundreds of different components with strange names like resistor, capacitor, inductor, transistor, and so on. Every circuit was wired to do one specific application, and making changes to the circuit required you to cut wires, solder connections, and more.