Arduino for Arduinians

70 Projects for the Experienced Programmer

by John Boxall

October 2023, 488 pp.

ISBN-13:

9781718502789

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For Arduino programmers who’ve mastered the basics, this book is the next step toward becoming an expert Arduinian. You’ll build 70 complex and practical projects with this versatile microcontroller platform and gain advanced skills to design reliable, professional, user-friendly creations.

You’ll remote-control your Arduino via Bluetooth and instant messaging, improve the accuracy of clock projects with internet time servers, and automatically turn your Arduino off when it completes a task. You’ll safely control AC mains power and higher currents and conserve battery with low-power and sleep modes. You’ll also use Charlieplexing to control LED matrix displays, keep your Arduino running with a watchdog timer, communicate over longer wired distances with the RS232 and RS485 buses, and much more.

Along the way, you’ll build fun and useful devices like:

A camera-enabled circuit to stream videos
An MP3 player to listen to audio of your choice
A CAN bus circuit to gather speed and engine data from your car
A web server to display data captured with an ESP32 board
A PS/2 keyboard to improve your user interfaces and easily enter and display data

Guided by an Arduino master, you’ll harness dozens of sensors, motors, displays, and techniques to bring your own expert inventions to life.

Requirements: Arduino Uno and other Arduino-compatible microcontrollers andUSBasp programmers. Some projects may require other inexpensive parts.

Author Bio

John Boxall, author of bestselling Arduino Workshop (No Starch Press), has been an electronics enthusiast for over thirty years, spending much of that time in the electronics retail, wholesale, and consulting fields. He also spent several years writing Arduino tutorials, projects, and reviews of kits and accessories at www.tronixstuff.com.

Table of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Using Multiple Buttons with One Analog Input
Chapter 2: Increasing Digital I/O Speed with Port Manipulation
Chapter 3: Configuring the Arduino Environment for ATtiny Microcontrollers
Chapter 4: Building Watchdog Timers
Chapter 5: Controlling LEDs with Charlieplexing
Chapter 6: Using Soft Power Control
Chapter 7: Controlling AC Mains Power with the Arduino
Chapter 8: Controlling High-Power Shift Registers
Chapter 9: Working with MP3 Modules
Chapter 10: Using Multiple I2C Devices with the Same Address
Chapter 11: Emulating USB Keyboards and Mice with Arduino
Chapter 12: Storing Data on USB Flash Drives
Chapter 13: Interfacing with PS/2 Keyboards
Chapter 14: Controlling the Arduino Wirelessly with Bluetooth
Chapter 15: Increasing Energy Efficiency in Portable Projects
Chapter 16: Monitoring Automotive Electronics with the CAN Bus
Chapter 17: Communicating via RS232 Using the Arduino
Chapter 18: Communicating via RS485 Using the Arduino
Chapter 19: Remote Controlling the Arduino via a Web Page
Chapter 20: Remote Controlling the Arduino via Telegram
Chapter 21: Keeping Accurate Time with Internet Time Servers
Chapter 22: Logging Data Wirelessly to Google Sheets
Chapter 23: Building an ESP32 Web Server
Chapter 24: Using the ESP32 Camera Board
Epilogue
Appendix: Creating and Installing Arduino Libraries
Index

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Reviews

"I highly recommend this rich, detailed, and extensive treatment of Arduino makery."
—Greg Laden, Greg Laden's Blog

"Another tome worthy of the Gadget Master library . . ."
—Alun Williams, ElectronicsWeekly.com

"Comprehensive, exceptionally well-written, and thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, [this book] is a significant and unreservedly recommended pick for personal, professional, community, and college/university library Computer Science & Software collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists."
—Wisconsin Bookwatch

"If you have some experience with Arduino but would not consider yourself an advanced Arduino programmer, this book is worth reading."
—Nicholas Vinen, Silicon Chip

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