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Making Things Talk 2nd Edition

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Making Things Talk: Using Sensors, Networks, and Arduino to See, Hear, and Feel Your World
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Make microcontrollers, PCs, servers, and smartphones talk to each other.

Building electronic projects that interact with the physical world is good fun. But when the devices you've built start to talk to each other, things really get interesting. With 33 easy-to-build projects, Making Things Talk shows you how to get your gadgets to communicate with you and your environment. It’s perfect for people with little technical training but a lot of interest.

Maybe you're a science teacher who wants to show students how to monitor the weather in several locations at once. Or a sculptor looking to stage a room of choreographed mechanical sculptures. In this expanded edition, you’ll learn how to form networks of smart devices that share data and respond to commands.

  • Call your home thermostat with a smartphone and change the temperature.
  • Create your own game controllers that communicate over a network.
  • Use ZigBee, Bluetooth, Infrared, and plain old radio to transmit sensor data wirelessly.
  • Work with Arduino 1.0, Processing, and PHP—three easy-to-use, open source environments.
  • Write programs to send data across the Internet, based on physical activity in your home, office, or backyard.

Whether you want to connect simple home sensors to the Internet, or create a device that can interact wirelessly with other gadgets, this book explains exactly what you need.

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  1. ISBN-10
    1449392431
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1449392437
  3. Edition
    2nd
  4. Publisher
    Maker Media Inc
  5. Publication date
    September 23, 2011
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7.99 x 0.94 x 9.72 inches
  8. Print length
    470 pages
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Getting Started With Arduino Make: AVR Programming
Make: Getting Started with Arduino 3rd edition Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets Making Things Talk, Third Edition Make: AVR Programming
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Tutorials 8 8 16 25+
Intro projects 2 2 5 8
Robotic projects 2 1
Wi-Fi/Ethernet projects 8
Bluetooth projects 1 4
Sensors used Switch, photoresistor, temperature, humidity Switch, ultrasonic distance Switch, flex resistor, force-sensing resistor, photoresistor, accelerometer, phototransistor, gas sensor, voltage monitor, infrared distance sensor, ultrasonic distance, GPS, digital compass, webcam, RFID, temperature Switch, capacitive, photoresistor, piezo, temperature
Programming languages used Arduino, Processing Arduino, Processing, Java, Python Arduino, Processing, PHP C, Python
Other highlights Designed for beginners Teaches how to reuse and repurpose materials for building robots X10, MIDI, XBee, web programming Lasers, audio/music output, radio transmission, interrupts, servo motors, stepper motors, EEPROM storage

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Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects

About the Author

Tom Igoe teaches courses in physical computing and networking, exploring ways to allow digital technologies to sense and respond to a wider range of human physical expression. He has a background in theatre, and his work centers on physical interaction related to live performance and public space. He is a co-author of the book Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers, which has been adopted by numerous digital art and design programs around the world. Projects include a series of networked banquet table centerpieces and musical instruments; an email clock; and a series of interactive dioramas, created in collaboration with M.R. Petit. He has consulted for The American Museum of the Moving Image, EAR Studio, Diller + Scofidio Architects, Eos Orchestra, and others.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Maker Media Inc; 2nd edition (September 23, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 470 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1449392431
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1449392437
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.51 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.99 x 0.94 x 9.72 inches
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Tom Igoe teaches courses in physical computing and networking at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. In his teaching and research, he explores ways to allow digital technologies to sense and respond to a wide range of human physical expression. He coauthored "Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers" with Dan O’Sullivan, which has been adopted by numerous digital art and design schools around the world. He is a contributor to MAKE magazine and a cofounder of the Arduino open source microcontroller project. He hopes to someday to visit Svalbard and Antarctica.

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John Dodd
5.0 out of 5 stars man what a great book !!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2014
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I have been working on computers and the net since way back when (tempted to make a joke here about AL GORE) ... my back ground includes web design, software programming, 3d animation and a small amount of hardware design. If you get the idea I am an old dude, you would be right as I am pushing 70 very hard.
From the moment I opened this book I started learning stuff, new stuff, great ideas.
In my dotage, I have become interested in robots and 3d printers (insert star trek reference here) and this book lays out information in easy to understand bits. It does help if you have had some programing experience but is not necessary as the writer explains bit by bit, in step by step process how the languages you use to program microcomputers work and how to get things talking to each other both hardware and software. I highly recommend this book to anyone trying to break into microcomputers or build the internet of things. Its a very well written and well done book.
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Fabio Ghirardello
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2012
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Like many of the Make books, this one too is source for learning and inspiring hand-on projects. The examples might or might not be of any use to you but they certainly teach you how to network together laptops, internet and arduino. True, there are many examples and tutorials for free on online forums and blogs, but it is scattered around too much while this book collects all you need to know in one volume, with a clear formatting and nice and explanatory pictures, plus tons of other useful information.

I must agree with another reviewer that I don't favor the choice of Processing for the laptop applications: instead, I had liked to see Python too, and I had liked the author to show how to build a LAMP server on our own computer.

Bottom line: this book is superb and I highly recommend it.
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Longhorn
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but "different"
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2012
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You can learn a lot from this book if you overlook the funky projects and don't let it turn you off. For example, a lot of knowledge is in the Pong project but I can do without the monkey. A couple of 10K pots will suffice. I also am not too fond of cats. That being said...the book is well worth having if you are trying to learn how Arduino and Processing can communicate with each other. It covers a variety of communication protocols. I can recommend it if you can stick your tongue in your cheek and soldier on. The author really does know his subject matter.

As one other reviewer said - you can't judge this book by its cover (toy monkeys?...I guess I don't have much of a sense of humor but I am glad I bought the book).
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Mrs. Charles C. Watson
5.0 out of 5 stars has more knowledge than the page count would have you believe
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2014
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I'm a programmer by profession, and concepts inside this book continue to cross into my day job from night hacking with Arduino. Mr. Igoe could have edited out many concepts not really required for completion of the many cool projects inside this book, but he chose to complete this book with his expansive writing, motivating the reader to approach new horizons of knowledge with accurate and pleasurable topics. This is a must read for the novice Arduino hacker.
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J. M. Sample
5.0 out of 5 stars Making things talk makes it easy...
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2011
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This book really sets out the process you need to follow to make your Arduino projects even more interactive, useful, and fun. I have remote programming experience and this book had me up and running in no time. It is well written and clear. A must buy for the Arfuino enthusiast.
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Cinezaster
5.0 out of 5 stars Making things talk easy
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2012
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This is a really nice book, lots of explanations even the side-notes are very interesting.
This book make things look easy en let things talk.
A must have if your interested in making stuff enhanced with electronics.
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cyber-heel
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2012
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I had the old version of the book but the new edition is even better. This book is a must for those who want to develop solutions or products in the Sensor and Actuator space.
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Bloomington Bookworm
4.0 out of 5 stars Useful examples
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2013
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Lots of details, and good examples. Includes a basic description of how networks are configured. Also describes the basics of wireless. Great to have a book about the whys and not just the hows.
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É. Asselin
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 9, 2014
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Excellent book!
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King Benbow
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book - mostly still relevant
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2015
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Very thorough, covers everything from Web, PHP, C/C++ through to connections with embedded kit, such as Arduino.

Since this 2nd edition (2011), things have advanced at an even higher rate than since the 1st edition - the online community is now incredible.

However, there is also a lot of information, some confusing and conflicting, so this book is a good place to start and acts as a good reference tool also.

Just be aware that some of the suppliers and kit may no longer be available (though improved alternatives will probably be available instead!).

An easy read, clear design. Might be useful in part for basics within GCSE Computing (PHP, HTML, Apache, C/C++).

Let's hope there's a 3rd edition in the future...
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Francisco Mora
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy buena obra
Reviewed in Spain on October 11, 2013
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Creo que el libro debería ser una obra de culto para todos aquellos que se inicien en el apasionante mundo del proceso de datos de nuestro entorno a través de sensores y respuestas a estos datos. Tiene multitud de ejemplos con su código fuente, materiales y explicaciones teóricas. Se usa processing como lenguaje y arduiono como plataforma hardware. Lo recomiendo 100%.
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carlo53
4.0 out of 5 stars Un libro da non perdere
Reviewed in Italy on March 9, 2013
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Un libro estremamente interessante e stimolante per tutti gli appassionati di elettronica combinata con l'informatica. Da non perdere per tutti i fans di Arduino e per coloro che desiderano dare libero sfogo alle proprie creatività e inventiva.
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ron
5.0 out of 5 stars wireless networks
Reviewed in Germany on October 15, 2012
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A very well written insight in wireless networking from Bluetooth to Xbee and a bit WiFi. I read it in one fell swoop. Intuitiv, playfull, comprehensiv. Synopsis: Make a server out of an arduino to play monsky pong on it with different clients. Either over the ethernet or with the above described wireless thingies.

dix points
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