Book description
You've mastered the basics, conquered the soldering iron, and programmed a robot or two; now you've got a set of skills and tools to take your Arduino exploits further. But what do you do once you've exhausted your to-build list?
Arduino Playground will show you how to keep your hardware hands busy with a variety of intermediate builds, both practical and just-for-fun. Advance your engineering and electronics know-how as you work your way through these 10 complex projects:
- A reaction-time game that leverages the Arduino's real-time capabilities
- A tool for etching your own printed circuit boards
- A regulated, variable-voltage power supply
- A kinetic wristwatch winder decked out with LEDs
- A garage parking assistant that blinks when your vehicle is perfectly parked
- A practical and colorful pH meter
- A ballistic chronograph that can measure the muzzle velocity of BB, Airsoft, and pellet guns
- A battery saver that prevents accidental discharge
- A square-wave generator
- A thermometer that tells the temperature using a sequence of colored LEDs
Gather your parts, break out the soldering iron, and get ready to take your Arduino skills to the next level with Arduino Playground.
Uses the Arduino Nano and Pro Mini boards
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Author
- About the Technical Reviewer
- Brief Contents
- Contents in Detail
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 0: Setting Up and Useful Skills
- Chapter 1: The Reaction-Time Machine
- Chapter 2: An Automated Agitator for PCB Etching
- Chapter 3: The Regulated Power Supply
- Chapter 4: A Watch Winder
- Chapter 5: The Garage Sentry Parking Assistant
- Chapter 6: The Battery Saver
- Chapter 7: A Custom PH Meter
- Chapter 8: Two Ballistic Chronographs
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Chapter 9: The Square-Wave Generator
- Why Build a Square-Wave Generator?
- Shortcomings of the Square-Wave Generator
- Required Tools
- Parts List
- Downloads
- The Schematic
- Important Notes on the Pro Mini
- How the Square-Wave Generator Was Developed
- Signal Integrity
- Fine-tuning with a Decade Counter
- The Oscillator in Detail
- The Breadboard
- The Sketch
- The Shield
- Construction
- Design Notes and Mods
- Chapter 10: The Chromatic Thermometer
- Index
- Resources
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
- Arduino Beyond the Basics
Product information
- Title: Arduino Playground, 1st Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2017
- Publisher(s): No Starch Press
- ISBN: 9781593277444
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