Arduino Project Handbook, Volume 2: 25 Simple Electronics Projects for Beginners

by Mark Geddes

Overview

This second volume of the ­Arduino Project Handbook delivers 25 more ­beginner-friendly electronics projects. Get up and running with a crash course on the Arduino, and then pick any project that sparks your interest and start making!
 
Each project includes cost and time estimates, simple instructions, colorful photos and circuit diagrams, a troubleshooting section, and the complete code to bring your build to life. With just the Arduino board and a handful of components, you’ll make gadgets like a rainbow light display, noise-level meter, digital piano, GPS speedo­meter, and fingerprint scanner. 

This collection of projects is a fast and fun way to get started with microcontrollers that’s perfect for beginners, hobbyists, parents, and educators.

25 Step-by-Step Projects

LED Light Bar
Light-Activated Night-Light
Seven-Segment LED Countdown Timer
LED Scrolling Marquee
Mood Light
Rainbow Strip Light
NeoPixel Compass
Arduino Piano
Audio LED Visualizer
Old-School Analog Dial
Stepper Motor
Temperature-Controlled Fan
Ultrasonic Range Finder
Digital Thermometer
Bomb Decoder Game
Serial LCD Screen
Ultrasonic People Counter
Nokia 5110 LCD Screen Pong Game
OLED Breathalyzer
Ultrasonic Soaker
Fingerprint Scanner
Ultrasonic Robot
Internet-Controlled LED
Voice-Controlled LED
GPS Speedometer

Uses the Arduino Uno board

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781593278182
Publisher:	No Starch Press
Publication date:	08/29/2017
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	652,277
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Mark Geddes is a lifelong tinkerer and gadget enthusiast from Dumfries, Scotland. Frustrated with the lack of practical, visual guides to help him teach his ten-year-old how to build with Arduino, he set about recording his own experiments, and Arduino Project Handbook is the result. Geddes has a bachelor's degree from Edinburgh College of Art.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Project 0: Getting Started

PART I: LEDs

Project 1: LED Light Bar
Project 2: Light Activated Nightlight
Project 3: Seven-Segment LED Countdown Timer
Project 4: LED Scrolling Marquee
Project 5: Mood Light
Project 6: Rainbow Strip Light
Project 7: NeoPixel Compass

PART II: Sound

Project 8: Arduino Piano
Project 9: Audio LED Visualizer

PART III: Motors

Project 10: Analog Dial
Project 11: Stepper Motor
Project 12: Temperature-controlled Fan

PART IV: LCDs

Project 13: Ultrasonic Range Finder
Project 14: Digital Thermometer
Project 15: Bomb Defusal Game
Project 16: Serial LCD Introduction
Project 17: Ultrasonic People Counter
Project 18: Nokia LCD Pong Game
Project 19: OLED Mini Breathalyzer

PART V: Security

Project 20: Ultrasonic Soaker
Project 21: Fingerprint Scanner

PART VI: Advanced

Project 22: Arduino Robot
Project 23: Internet-controlled LED
Project 24: Bluetooth Voice-controlled LED
Project 25: GPS Speedometer

Appendix

Editorial Reviews

Waiting within this book are 25 projects, ranging in subject from LEDs, sound, and motors, to LCDs, security, and smart machines. All beginning with an Arduino board, these simple projects help your beginning inventors build their own gadgets. Each project has step-by-step instructions, tables for quick connection references, a circuit diagram, necessary code, tips, and notes on what is happening at each step. Cost and time estimates are also included, and the full-color photos and circuit diagrams will help visual learners with the projects. Besides the projects in the book, there is a section dedicated to troubleshooting tips for common errors, component questions, and reference resources for the Arduino board itself. You can download Arduino sketches (sections of code) from a web address provided. This book allows users to build experience toward working on more complicated systems with both Arduino and other embedded systems. I would recommend this book to enhance your growing STEM collection in your library. Deb Grove, Retired Library Media Specialist, Omaha, Nebraska

Praise for the first volume of Arduino Project Handbook:

"Easily the best beginner’s guide out there. Pair with an inexpensive clone-based starter kit, and it’s never been cheaper to join the maker revolution."
—Make Use Of

"Beautifully designed."

—Boing Boing

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