September 2007
Beginner to intermediate
432 pages
17h 48m
English
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INDEX 419
35 Ways to Find Your Location, 264
802.15.4
duplex radio transmission project,
193–206
toxic chemical sensor project, 238
XBee, querying for, 225–226
A
absolute path, 28
accelerometer, 152, 157, 288–292
access, files, 29
acquisition, location, 263–264
active
distance ranging, 272–276
RFID tags, 305–307
Address 2007, 260–261
addresses
Bluetooth, 74
hardware, 84–86
hosts, network modules, 125
IP, 84–86
Lantronix, UDP query, 223–225
localhost, 87
loopback, 87
network, 84–86
XBee, 802.15.4 query, 225–226
air quality meter project
circuit, 127–128
overview, 126–127
programming, scraping, 130–131
programming, meter control, 129
programming, microcontroller,
132–138
web page scraping, 129–131
alligator clip test leads, 22–23
analog
input circuit, 42–46
radio transmission, 184
sensors (variable resistors), 22–23
Andraos, Mouna, 260–261
antennas, 184
Apache, 30
appliance control module, X10, 318
application layer
defined, 50
Monski Pong project, 56–70
RS-232 serial protocol, 53–54
TTL serial protocol, 52
USB protocol, 52–53
APSX RW-210 RFID reader, 313–315
Arduino
analog input circuit, 42–46
basic circuits, 42–46
blink example program, 40
Bluetooth, new, 358
digital input circuit, 42–46
forums, 40
installation, 37–39
overview, 34–44
serial example program, 41–42
shields, 36
types, 34–36
updates, 37
voltage divider circuit, 42–45
wiring components, 42–44
Wiring, compared with, 36
XBee shield, 196–197
Arnall, Timo, 294–295
ArrayList, 166
ASCII
defined, ...
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