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Getting Started with Arduino

Errata for Getting Started with Arduino

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PDF

Some code examples in chapter 6 and chapter 8 have lines that are too long and so they wrap to the next line. These need to be reformatted to reduce the line length.

 Michael Shiloh
Michael Shiloh
 		 Dec 23, 2014 
Printed, PDF Page various
various

Some of the figures (4-1, 4-5, 5-4, 5-6, 5-7, 7-2) show the old Uno layout. They should updated for the R3 layout.

 Brian Jepson
Brian Jepson
 		 Apr 18, 2015 
Printed Page p.99
Downloading code.

Selling a book when you cannot just download the code from a link, and Oreilly expects you to sign up to get the free code for a book you paid $40 AUD for! It's a scam, there should just be a download link.

 Gary  Mar 08, 2022 
Printed, PDF Page 21
installation section

Some notes from a reader:

The book does not mention that it is okay for users to click through warnings that the Arduino logo is not Microsoft certified [Is this an XP-only issue?]. These warnings would probably worry many users. The installation instructions on ladyada.com do mention the warnings, so they must be a known issue.

Getting Started... contradicts Arduino installation instructions, because it tells me to plug in the board AFTER launching the installer.

Brian Jepson
Brian Jepson
 		 Apr 18, 2015 
Printed, PDF Page 26
Blinking an LED

From a reader: The book suggests running the "blink" program to test the Arduino. Although the book mentions earlier that the onboard LED is already blinking by default, as soon as
the board is powered up, it does not remind the user of it at this stage (nor does it mention that an LED inserted into pin 13 will also start blinking). The blink program does change the blink rate, but a naive reader will be confused. (At least, I was.) I suggest that you mention that the LED blinks by default again here.

 Brian Jepson
Brian Jepson
 		 Apr 18, 2015 
Printed Page 66
Lower part of the breadboard above power

Wire missing from c11 to -

 Jack Rosenthal  Feb 18, 2017 
ePub Page 95
Bottom of page

Example 7-1 gets an IOException. This happens when executing in the ProcesssingIDE and Eclipse. I am using Processing 3.

java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://makezine.com/feed/
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1876)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1474)
at ex01_Processing.fetchData(ex01_Processing.java:158)
at ex01_Processing.setup(ex01_Processing.java:67)
at processing.core.PApplet.handleDraw(PApplet.java:2393)
at processing.awt.PSurfaceAWT$12.callDraw(PSurfaceAWT.java:1540)
at processing.core.PSurfaceNone$AnimationThread.run(PSurfaceNone.java:316)
ERROR: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://makezine.com/feed/

 Brett Schormann  Mar 09, 2017 
ePub Page 98
End of the paragraph just after "Warning"

2 times in the paragraph it says "12C" but it should be "I2C."

Same problem on page 121.

 David Peach  Dec 21, 2015 
Printed Page 99
anywhere

Version 1.5 of the IDE supports an easier way of installing libraries. This should be documented.

 Michael Shiloh  Dec 27, 2014 
ePub Page 141
2 paragraphs before figure 8-20

This sentence at the beginning of the paragraph has "chould" that should be "should."

"The MOSFET source pins all go to GND, so they chould be connected together."

[Page number my not be exact since I am reading the ePub ebook].

 David Peach  Dec 21, 2015 
ePub Page 156
3 paragraphs before "Things to Try on Your Own"

This sentence is missing the word "on."

"Check that each LED comes at the appropriate time, and that the water valves open and water flows."

 David Peach  Dec 21, 2015 
Printed Page 191
last paragraph -link

link does not work.
---in my view
there is nothing more frustrating than shorten URL's which do not work!

 Pellumb Bara  Oct 29, 2021