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Arduino is an affordable and readily available hardware development platform based around an open source, programmable circuit board. You can combine this programmable chip with a variety of sensors and actuators to sense your environment around you and control lights, motors, and sound. This flexible and easy-to-use combination of hardware and software can be used to create interactive robots, product prototypes and electronic artwork, whether you’re an artist, designer or tinkerer.

Arduino For Dummies is a great place to start if you want to find out about Arduino and make the most of its incredible capabilities. It helps you become familiar with Arduino and what it involves, and offers inspiration for completing new and exciting projects.

• Covers the latest software and hardware currently on the market

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From the Inside Flap

  • Learn to build circuits with Arduino
  • Write simple code to control circuits
  • Create amazing interactive projects

Be amazed at what you can create!

Arduino is a hobbyist's dream—it's affordable, available, and unbelievably versatile. Whether you're an artist, a designer, a programmer, or just curious, Arduino lets you learn about and play with electronics. Educators are using it to teach programming and electronics with real-life projects. This book can get you started, or it can extend skills you already have. You'll discover the tools you need and where to find them, learn more about electricity, and scope out sketches. Soon you'll be controlling lights and motors, and maybe even building your very own robot!

Inside…

  • Where to buy parts
  • Finding and uploading sketches
  • Understanding circuit diagrams
  • Secrets of soldering
  • Working with motors
  • Fine-tuning your code
  • Using different sensors
  • Communicating between hardware and software

From the Back Cover

  • Learn to build circuits with Arduino
  • Write simple code to control circuits
  • Create amazing interactive projects

Be amazed at what you can create!

Arduino is a hobbyist's dream?it's affordable, available, and unbelievably versatile. Whether you're an artist, a designer, a programmer, or just curious, Arduino lets you learn about and play with electronics. Educators are using it to teach programming and electronics with real-life projects. This book can get you started, or it can extend skills you already have. You'll discover the tools you need and where to find them, learn more about electricity, and scope out sketches. Soon you'll be controlling lights and motors, and maybe even building your very own robot!

Inside…

  • Where to buy parts
  • Finding and uploading sketches
  • Understanding circuit diagrams
  • Secrets of soldering
  • Working with motors
  • Fine-tuning your code
  • Using different sensors
  • Communicating between hardware and software

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ For Dummies; 2nd edition (September 12, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1119489547
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1119489542
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
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I bought a drone for entertainment during the COVID-19 lockdown. As I started learning how to customize the drone, I realized that the foundations of the brains of the drone came from people experimenting with Arduino boards.So, at 48, as a person who picked history as a major in college to avoid math, I decided that I wanted to learn how to code a microcontroller for fun.This book was a perfect place to start. My lack of scientific background was no obstacle. This book starts at the beginning and explains how electricity works, and why an LED has two different sized legs and needs a resister. Not only does the author explain what to do, he does a good job of explaining why. The lessons build on each other in a logical progression.By following each of the lessons in this book sequentially, I feel like I have a good enough handle on what the Arduino can do, and how make it do it, that I can create my own sketches- expanding on the concepts from the book.The early chapters are a great reference to use later on, and I have ended up with a lot of book marks for sections I keep going back to.I would enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone who wants to go from zero to hero with an Arduino kit.
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Steven Hemmert
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Non-engineers
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2020
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I bought a drone for entertainment during the COVID-19 lockdown. As I started learning how to customize the drone, I realized that the foundations of the brains of the drone came from people experimenting with Arduino boards.

So, at 48, as a person who picked history as a major in college to avoid math, I decided that I wanted to learn how to code a microcontroller for fun.

This book was a perfect place to start. My lack of scientific background was no obstacle. This book starts at the beginning and explains how electricity works, and why an LED has two different sized legs and needs a resister. Not only does the author explain what to do, he does a good job of explaining why. The lessons build on each other in a logical progression.

By following each of the lessons in this book sequentially, I feel like I have a good enough handle on what the Arduino can do, and how make it do it, that I can create my own sketches- expanding on the concepts from the book.

The early chapters are a great reference to use later on, and I have ended up with a lot of book marks for sections I keep going back to.

I would enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone who wants to go from zero to hero with an Arduino kit.
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Steven Hemmert
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Non-engineers
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2020
I bought a drone for entertainment during the COVID-19 lockdown. As I started learning how to customize the drone, I realized that the foundations of the brains of the drone came from people experimenting with Arduino boards.

So, at 48, as a person who picked history as a major in college to avoid math, I decided that I wanted to learn how to code a microcontroller for fun.

This book was a perfect place to start. My lack of scientific background was no obstacle. This book starts at the beginning and explains how electricity works, and why an LED has two different sized legs and needs a resister. Not only does the author explain what to do, he does a good job of explaining why. The lessons build on each other in a logical progression.

By following each of the lessons in this book sequentially, I feel like I have a good enough handle on what the Arduino can do, and how make it do it, that I can create my own sketches- expanding on the concepts from the book.

The early chapters are a great reference to use later on, and I have ended up with a lot of book marks for sections I keep going back to.

I would enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone who wants to go from zero to hero with an Arduino kit.
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C. Heismann
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars with a caveat
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2018
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Very good basic book that covers everything a novice would need to know to get started in the world of coding micro controllers. It covers the basics of the Arduino software and hardware, a basic primer on electronics and tools, examples, and multiple resources for learning more and buying Arduino stuff.

That said, for me personally, the book was really only a mediocre purchase - I'd rate it 3 stars for me. I've got multiple years professional experience with electronics, and I used to do a lot of programming in Basic, so I already know how to use the tools, the circuitry basics, and the concepts of creating software. And several of the examples the book covers are essentially slightly expanded versions of the tutorials available on the Arduino site.

Bottom line - if you're a raw beginner, this would be a great book to start with. If you're rusty with the concepts and haven't touched an Arduino ever (or it's been years), then it might be a good book for a refresher. But if you're already comfortable with electronics and its tools, and/or you're comfortable with the concepts of coding software, you probably won't find much useful outside the resource references.
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cgreg
4.0 out of 5 stars Recommend at least some technical knowledge.
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019
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As a retired software developer for 50 yrs, much of it at the OS level on mainframes in assembly language, this book allowed me to very quickly and cheaply evaluate the Arduino and determine it will work for my project before I bought an Arduino and other needed components. However, I would question whether a person without at least some technical / programming experience will be able to follow it.
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Reon H
5.0 out of 5 stars Learning Arduino.
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2021
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This book is full of information and easy to follow which is a Blessing for me as a novice. If your interested in Arduino and/or that field and starting out with little or no knowledge, get this book.
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D S
5.0 out of 5 stars written in plain language most people can understand that are not electronic whizz's or literate
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2020
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I just got this book and started reading it as I know absolutely nothing about programming Arduino. I went to colledge for computer programming so am somewhat familiar with writing code. But not this particular
type of microprocessor chip. Something new to learn during the pandemic.
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Art Van Hecke
3.0 out of 5 stars Some good some bad.
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024
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The electronic educational material is not what you want to initiate or further a career in electronics. The author doesn't convey the proper concepts of current and voltage flow. Hence, component placement is a little off. The Arduino material is ok, good even, so there is introductory value, but for someone with an electronics background who just wants a leg up on the Arduino technology, the Internet is a better source. This IMHO is not a good teaching aid (my interest) to base a class on.
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Ron Underhill
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2022
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Interesting technology.
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HLH
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for starting out with Arduino.
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2019
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This book introduced me to Arduino and took me through to some advanced topics. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to explore the wonderful world of Arduino.
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Alan Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars A good book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2024
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A good book for beginners and those with more experience in electronics but not in programming (like myself).
Just skip over the chapters you are familiar with.
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Giuseppe Andolina
5.0 out of 5 stars Serie ben nota agli studenti e non solo.
Reviewed in Italy on January 5, 2023
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In linea con i precedenti volumi della serie ...for Dummies,pur mantenendo un linguaggio semplice ed informale rimane rigoroso nei contenuti.
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Jose G
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Mexico on July 5, 2020
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Muy buen libro
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OldFart
3.0 out of 5 stars okay
Reviewed in Germany on March 29, 2021
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Like all the For Dummies books it covers the basics in clear easy to understand language. Doesn't cover as much as the tutorials that came with my starter kit and for more complicated projects there are tutorials on the Arduino web site.
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RedReiter
5.0 out of 5 stars The mysteries uncovered
Reviewed in Canada on June 24, 2019
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My brother and I, both were involved in electronic, way back. Se both decided to play around with the arduino product a few months ago. He tried without this book, and became a bit frustated. It took several searches for help on the intranet. While I found what he had been looking for, in the 1st 20 pages of this book. Definitely a good introduction into the arduino system
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