Beginning Arduino

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Since the Arduino Project started in 2005, over 500,000 boards have been sold worldwide to date. The number of unofficial clone boards sold no doubt outweighs the number of official boards, and it’s likely that over a million Arduino boards or its variants are out in the wild. Its popularity is ever increasing as more and more people realize the amazing potential of this incredible open source project and its ability to create cool projects quickly and easily with a relatively shallow learning curve. The biggest advantage of the Arduino over other microcontroller development platforms is the ease of use in which non-“techie” people can pick up the basics and create their own projects in a relatively short amount of time. Artists in particular seem to find it the ideal way to create interactive works of art quickly and without specialist knowledge of electronics. There is a huge community of people using Arduinos and sharing their code and circuit diagrams for others to copy and modify. Most of this community is also very willing to help others and to provide guidance and the Arduino Forum is the place to go if you want answers quickly. However, despite the huge amount of information available on the Internet for beginners, most of this information is spread across various sources, making it tricky for beginners to obtain the information they want. This is where this book fits in. Within the pages you are about to read are 50 projects that are all designed to take you step by step through the world of electronics and programming your Arduino in an easy to follow manner. I believe that the best way to learn anything is to jump in and just do it. That is why this book will not bore you with pages and pages of theory before you start to use your Arduino. I know what it is like when you first get an Arduino, or any new gadget: you want to plug it in, connect an LED, and get it flashing right away, not read through pages of manuals first. This author understands that excitement to get going and that is why we will dive right into connecting things to our Arduino, uploading code, and getting started right away. This is, I believe, the best way to learn a subject and especially a subject like physical computing, which is what the Arduino is all about.

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