Happy Arduino Day from Maktaba.org! 13 Free eBooks for Makers like you

Whether you want to build robots, smart devices, or any other electronically controlled projects, this is the book you need. We take you through how to program and connect an Arduino microcontroller board, then explore some great projects to make with it. Build a four-legged walking robot Create a Tetris-inspired clock Grow your own veg with hydroponics Make music with a DIY synthesizer And much more!

Everyone, every day, uses technology. Most of us leave the programming to engineers because we think coding and electronics are complicated and difficult; actually, they can be fun and exciting activities. Thanks to Arduino, designers, artists, hobbyists and students of all ages are learning to create things that light up, move, and respond to people, animals, plants, and the rest of the world. Over the years Arduino has been used as the “brain” in thousands of projects, one more creative than the last. A worldwide community of makers has gathered around this open-source platform, moving from personal computing to personal fabrication, and contributing to a new world of participation, cooperation and sharing. Arduino is open and simple. It’s founded on lessons we’ve learned teaching our own classes: if you start with the assumption that learning to make digital technologies is simple and accessible, you can make it so. Suddenly electronics and code become creative tools that anyone can use – like brushes and paint. This book walks you through the basics in a hands-on way, with creative projects you build by learning. Once you’ve mastered the basics, you’ll have a palette of software and circuits that you can use to create something beautiful, and make someone smile with what you invent. Arduino makes it as easy as possible to program tiny computers called microcontrollers, which are what make objects interactive. You are surrounded by dozens of them every day: they are embedded in timers, thermostats, toys, remote controls, microwave ovens, even some toothbrushes. They just do one specific task, and if you hardly notice them – which is often the case – it’s because they are doing it well. They have been programmed to sense and control activity using sensors and actuators. Sensors listen to the physical world. They convert energy that you give off when you press buttons, or wave your arms, or shout, into electrical signals. Buttons and knobs are sensors that you touch with your fingers, but there are many other kinds of sensors. Actuators take action in the physical world. They convert electrical energy back into physical energy, like light and heat and movement. Microcontrollers listen to sensors and talk to actuators. They decide what to do based on a program that you write.

Includes 50 projects for makers and hackers. We’ve gathered up our favourite maker projects from the first year of HackSpace magazine in one place – the Book of Making volume one. It’s 180 pages of hands-on guides, tips, tricks, and inspiration. We show you how to build a tandoor, create your own drone, target your enemies with a face-tracking water gun, and much more. Whether you’ve got an hour to build something or you’re looking for a weekend project, we’ve got a range of maker projects to choose from. Step into the wonderful world of making Be inspired by amazing projects from makerspace communities around the world Make your own creations with step-by-step guides Perfect projects for an hour, an afternoon, or weekend

The Arduino microcontroller is used in art and design as an open source programmable tool to create interactive works. It can drive motors, LEDs, sensors and other components. Microcontrollers are small computing systems used for low power and low memory purposes. A microcontroller consists of a microchip on a circuit board with read-write capabilities, memory, inputs and outputs. While microcontrollers have had a presence in the arts for decades, the Arduino microcontroller is among the first microcontrollers specifically designed for artists and designers. The Arduino microcontroller allows artists and designers to execute electronic-incorporated works without knowing the internals of the hardware or software. Artists and designers have been influential in the evolution of the Arduino microcontroller since its birth. The Arduino microcontroller gives artists and designers the ability to use and modify computational hardware easily and inexpensively. Due to new tools such as these and the Arduino microcontroller, artists and designers are capable of completing tasks traditionally completed by electrical engineers.... Thanks to the Arduino's usable design, users spend less time figuring out the inner workings and more time experimenting and discovering how it can be used in different environments or scenarios. The Arduino community also helps inspire other Arduino users. This book gives insights from from interviews with thirty-seven Arduino experts and community members conducted as part of the author's doctoral research. {adapted from Intro]

This text is designed to introduce and expand upon material related to the C programming language and embedded controllers, and specifically, the Arduino development system and associated Atmel ATmega microcontrollers. It is intended to fit the time constraints of a typical 3 to 4 credit hour course for electrical engineering technology and computer engineering technology programs, although it could also fit the needs of a hardware-oriented course in computer science. As such, the text does not attempt to cover every aspect of the C language, the Arduino system or Atmel AVR microcontrollers. The first section deals with the C language itself. It is assumed that the student is a relative newcomer to the C language but has some experience with another high level language, for example, Python. This means concepts such as conditionals and iteration are already familiar and the student can get up and running fairly quickly. From there, the Arduino development environment is examined. Unlike the myriad Arduino books now available, this text does not simply rely on the Arduino libraries. As convenient as the libraries may be, there are other, sometimes far more efficient, ways of programming the boards. Many of the chapters examine library source code to see “what's under the hood”. This more generic approach means it will be easier for the student to use other processors and development systems instead of being tightly tied to one platform.

Raspberry Pi Pico is a new low-cost, high-performance microcontroller board with flexible digital interfaces. Microcontrollers are computers stripped back to their bare essentials. You don’t use monitors or keyboards, but program them to take their input from, and send their output to the input/output pins. Using these programmable connections, you can light lights, make noises, send text to screens, and much more. In Get Started with MicroPython on Raspberry Pi Pico, you will learn how to use the beginner-friendly language MicroPython to write programs and connect hardware to make your Raspberry Pi Pico interact with the world around it. Using these skills, you can create your own electro‑mechanical projects, whether for fun or to make your life easier. Set up your Raspberry Pi Pico and start using it Start writing programs using MicroPython Control and sense electronic components Discover how to use Pico’s unique Programmable IO Make a reaction game, burglar alarm, temperature gauge, and many more

Arduino is the go-to gear for artists, hobbyists, students, and anyone with a gadgetry dream. Arduino arose out of another formidable challenge: how to teach students to create electronics, fast. This slide show presentation will take you through the big six concepts including digital In, digital out, analog in, analog out, serial communication and if statements. You'll also build several circuits using LEDs, potentiometers, buzzers, servo motors and more!