Create your own Arduino-based designs, gain in-depth knowledge of the architecture of Arduino, and learn the user-friendly Arduino language all in the context of practical projects that you can build yourself at home. Get hands-on experience using a variety of projects and recipes for everything from home automation to test equipment.

Practical Arduino: Cool Projects for Open Source Hardware demonstrates a variety of Arduino techniques in a practical context, giving you an opportunity to learn how the theory and reference material applies to real-world projects.

This book provides more than just a simple series of steps to follow - it tells you why the circuit was designed that way in the first place. You won't just be a color-by-numbers painter; you'll learn to be a true hardware craftsman and artist, able to coneptualize, design, and assemble your own creations. Take these projects as inspiration and examples of applying a variety of handy techniques, and then adapt them to suit your own requirements.

A few of the projects you'll encounter:

• Appliance Remote Control
• Time-Lapse Camera Controller
• Virtual USB Keyboard
• Security/Automation Sensors
• Online Thermometer
• Speech Synthesis
• Weather Station Reciver
• Vehicle Telemetry Platform

Info:

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Weight : 650gram
• Publisher: Apress (December 29, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430224770
• ISBN-13: 978-1430224778