Each project is designed to build upon the knowledge learned in earlier projects and to further your knowledge of Arduino programming and electronics. By the end of the book you will be able to create your own projects confidently and with creativity.

You'll learn about:
Controlling LEDs.
Displaying text and graphics on LCD displays.
Making a line-following robot.
Using digital pressure sensors.
Reading and writing data to SD cards.
Connecting your Arduino to the Internet.

This book is for electronics enthusiasts who are new to the Arduino as well as artists and hobbyists who want to learn this very popular platform for physical computing and electronic art.

Contents at a Glance

About the Author ............................................................................................................... xix
About the Technical Reviewers ......................................................................................... xxi
Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................... xxiii
Introduction ...................................................................................................................... xxv
Chapter 1: Getting Started .................................................................................................1
Chapter 2: Light ‘Em Up ...................................................................................................21
Chapter 3: LED Effects .....................................................................................................49
Chapter 4: Simple Sounders and Sensors .......................................................................79
Chapter 5: Driving a DC Motor .........................................................................................97
Chapter 6: Binary Counters and Shift Register I/O ........................................................111
Chapter 7: LED Displays .................................................................................................127
Chapter 8: Liquid Crystal Displays ................................................................................165
Chapter 9: Servos ..........................................................................................................183
Chapter 10: Steppers and Robots ..................................................................................199
Chapter 11: Pressure Sensors .......................................................................................223
Chapter 12: Touch Screens ............................................................................................251
Chapter 13: Temperature Sensors .................................................................................271
Chapter 14: Ultrasonic Rangefinders .............................................................................285
Chapter 15: Reading and Writing to an SD Card ............................................................305
Chapter 16: Making an RFID Reader ..............................................................................325
Chapter 17: Communicating over Ethernet ...................................................................341
Index ................................................................................................................................391