| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 278 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- Building Philosophy -- Reusing Parts -- Buying Components -- Useful Tools -- Electronic Circuit Theory Review -- 2. Arduino: The Brains of an Embedded System -- Why Arduino? -- Starting with Arduino -- Hello World with Arduino -- Structure of "Hello World" -- Arduino Uno -- Arduino Nano -- 3. Stalker Guard -- What You'll Learn -- Tools and Parts -- Solderless Breadboard -- Jumper Wire -- Ping Ultrasonic Sensor -- Vibration Motor -- Combining Components to Make the Stalker Guard -- Making the Motor Vibrate -- Providing Power from a Battery -- What's Next? -- Making an Enclosure -- 4. Insect Robot. |
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What You'll LearnTools and Parts -- Servo Motors -- Constructing the Frame -- Programming the Walk -- Avoiding Obstacles Using Ultrasound -- What's Next? -- 5. Interactive Painting -- What You'll Learn -- Tools and Parts -- Resistors -- LEDs -- Detecting Motion Using Ultrasonic Sensors -- Moving Images -- Installing Python -- Hello World in Python -- Communicating over the Serial Port -- Displaying a Picture -- Scaling an Image to Full Screen -- Changing Images with Button Control -- Gesture-Controlled Painting in Full Screen -- Animating the Sliding Image -- Connecting Arduino with Processing -- Processing Code for the Painting. |
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The Finished PaintingCreating an Enclosure -- Building a Frame -- 6. Boxing Clock -- What You'll Learn -- Tools and Parts -- Android Software Installation -- Creating a Boxing Clock in Android -- What's Next? -- 7. Remote for a Smart Home -- What You'll Learn -- Tools and Parts -- The Relay: A Controllable Switch -- Hacking the Remote Control -- Controlling the Arduino from the Computer -- Creating a Graphical User Interface -- The Finished Remote Control Interface -- Creating an Enclosure -- 8. Soccer Robot -- What You Will Learn -- Tools and Parts -- Continuous Rotation Servos. |
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Modding a Standard Servo into a Continuous Rotation ServoConnecting the Arduino to the Bluetooth Mate -- Testing the Bluetooth Connection -- Building a Frame for the Robot -- Programming the Movements -- Controlling Movement from a Computer -- Steering with an Android Cell Phone -- The Accelerometer -- An Easier Approach to Bluetooth -- Controlling the Robot with Cell Phone Motion -- Completing the Soccer Robot -- What's Next? -- A.tBlue Library for Android. |
| Summary |
Want to build your own robots, turn your ideas into prototypes, control devices with a computer, or make your own cell phone applications? It's a snap with this book and the Arduino open source electronic prototyping platform. Get started with six fun projects and achieve impressive results quickly. Gain the know-how and experience to invent your own cool gadgets. With Arduino, building your own embedded gadgets is easy, even for beginners. Embedded systems are everywhere-inside cars, children's toys, and mobile phones. This book will teach you the basics of embedded systems and help you bu. |
| Subject |
Automatic control -- Computer programs.
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Robots -- Control systems.
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Embedded computer systems -- Design and construction.
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Robots -- Systèmes de commande. |
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Automatic control -- Computer programs |
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Embedded computer systems -- Design and construction |
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Robots -- Control systems |
| Added Author |
Karvinen, Tero.
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| Added Title |
Arduino bots and gadgets |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Karvinen, Kimmo. Make Arduino bots and gadgets. Sebastopol, Calif. : O'Reilly, ©2011 (DLC) 2011282604 |
| ISBN |
9781449307318 (electronic bk.) |
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1449307310 (electronic bk.) |
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9781449307233 (electronic bk.) |
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144930723X (electronic bk.) |
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1449389716 |
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9781449389710 |
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