Learn Arduino Easily with The Arduino Inventor’s Guide

4 September, 2017

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Are you looking for Arduino tutorials? Already over-whelmed by the guides and videos available on the internet? Sparkfun is making Arduino and electronics easier for you with its new book ” The Arduino Inventor’s Guide”!

First of all, the authors of this book , Brian Huang and Derek Runberg, are both working in the department of Education at SparkFun Electronics. Since they are experienced in electronics and educating engineering in schools, they are working towards making electronics easy and fun.

In fact, this 10-project guide is a project-packed introduction to building and coding with Arduino microcontroller. With each hands-on project, total beginners learn useful electronics and coding skills while building an interactive gadgets. Accordingly, this guide is within the introductory-level educational series introduced by No Starch Press and Sparkfun.

“We wanted to share the magic that happens when you build something interactive with electronics,” says Huang. “The goal is to teach real, valuable hardware skills, one project at a time,” adds Runberg.

Content of the book

Introduction
Electronics Primer
101 electronics
Project 1: Getting Started with Arduino
Blinking an LED
Project 2: A Stoplight for Your House
A miniature traffic light
Project 3: The Nine-Pixel Animation Machine
An LED screen that displays animated patterns and shapes
Project 4: Reaction Timer
A fast-paced button-smashing game to test your reflexes
Project 5: A Color-Mixing Night-Light
A light-sensitive, color-changing night-light
Project 6: Balance Beam
A challenging ball-balancing game
Project 7: Tiny Desktop Greenhouse
A temperature-sensing mini greenhouse with an automated fan and vent
Project 8: Drawbot, the Robotic Artist
A motorized robot that you can control
Project 9: Drag Race Timer
A racing timer for toy cars
Project 10: Tiny Electric Piano
A tiny electric piano that you can actually play!
Appendix: More Electronics Know-How

Reviews

“The Arduino Inventor’s Guide will appeal to the gadget freak as well as those who like to put their own spin on things.” —Microcontroller Tips

“This is probably the best Arduino starter book out there! I highly recommend it for every library and classroom.” —Sequential Tart

To sum up, the book is available for $30 on No Starch Press as a printed book and for $25 as an Ebook. In addition, you can check this page for more insights. Also download Project 2: A Stoplight for Your House, and the sketches, templates, and diagrams used in this book.

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