Arduino: A Quick-Start Guide, Second Edition

Maik Schmidt

This Quick-Start Guide is packed with fun, useful devices to create, with
step-by-step instructions and photos throughout. You'll learn how to connect
your Arduino to the Internet and program both client and server applications.
You'll build projects such as your own motion-sensing game controller with a
three-axis accelerometer, create a universal remote with an Arduino and a few
cheap parts, build your own burglar alarm that emails you whenever someone's
moving in your living room, build binary dice, and learn how to solder. You'll create your own video game console that you can connect to your TV set in one of this edition's new projects. Plus, you'll learn how to use the Arduino with the latest web technologies such as Google Chrome Apps.

This book is completely updated for the latest Arduino boards and the latest
advances in supporting software and tools for the Arduino.
Sidebars throughout the book point you to exciting real-world
projects using the Arduino, exercises extend your skills, and "What If It
Doesn't Work" sections help you troubleshoot common problems.

With this book, beginners can quickly join the worldwide community of
hobbyists and professionals who use the Arduino to prototype and develop fun,
useful inventions.

See high-res photos from the book and photos of projects built by our readers over on Flickr. (And if you have photos of your project, please send them to [email protected]).

Table of contents

• Arduino: A Quick-Start Guide, Second Edition