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About This Book
Get the most out of your Arduino to develop exciting and creative LED-based projects
About This Book
- Learn to control TV backlighting using an IR remote
- Get introduced to sound visualization so you are able to use sound-controlled LEDs
- Build an exciting persistence of vision wand
Who This Book Is For
Anyone with a basic computer knowledge should be able to get the most out of this book. Although familiarity with some of the electronics would be helpful, it is not a must.
What You Will Learn
- Set up Arduino boards to run a basic ?ello World' program
- Develop a mood lamp and expand it to become an LED night lamp
- Control TV backlight color and intensity using an IR remote
- Develop an IR-controlled 4*4 LED cube
- Use sound visualization to develop a sound-controlled LED Christmas tree
- See a fun way to create interesting long exposure photographs and light displays using persistence of vision (POV) wands
In Detail
Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino has been used in thousands of different projects and applications by a wide range of programmers and artists, and their contributions have added up to an incredible amount of accessible knowledge that can be of great help to novices and experts alike.
Want to build exciting LED projects with Arduino? This book will be your companion to bring out the creative genius in you. To begin with, you will get introduced to the maker movement and the open source hardware development Arduino boards. You will then move on to develop a mood lamp and a remote-controlled TV backlight. As you progress through the book, you will develop an LED cube and will learn to use sound visualization to develop a sound-controlled LED Christmas tree. You will then move on to build a persistence of vision wand.
At the end of each chapter, you'll see some common problems, their solutions, and some workarounds.
Style and approach
This book takes a project based approach to building LED-based projects with Arduino.
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Arduino BLINK Blueprints
Table of Contents
Arduino BLINK Blueprints
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
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Why subscribe?
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Downloading the color images of this book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Getting Started with Arduino and LEDs
Arduino boards
Different Arduino boards
How to choose an Arduino board for your project
Arduino UNO
Arduino IDE
Installing Arduino IDE
On Windows
On Linux
On Mac
Understanding Arduino IDE
Before you start
Power supply
Verifying connection
"Hello World"
Using serial communication
Serial write
Serial read
The world of LED
Summary
2. Project 1 – LED Night Lamp
Introduction to breadboard
Structure of a breadboard
Using a breadboard
Controlling multiple LEDs
Simple traffic light controller
LED fading
Pulse width modulation (PWM)
Using PWM on Arduino
Creating a mood lamp
Using an RGB LED
Why do RGB LEDs change color?
Designing a mood lamp
Developing an LED night lamp
Introduction to switch
Pixar lamp
Summary
3. Project 2 – Remote Controlled TV Backlight
Introduction to IR LEDs
What is IR LED?
Applications of IR LED / IR communication
IR sensors
Working mechanism
Programming a basic IR sensor
How to receive data from a TV remote
LED strips
Controlling an LED strip with Arduino
Summary
4. Project 3 – LED Cube
Getting started with soldering
What you will need
Safety tips
Designing an LED cube
Required components
Principle behind the design
Construction
Mistakes to avoid
Fixing to the board
Programming a 4*4*4 LED cube
Summary
5. Sound Visualization and LED Christmas Tree
Introduction to sound visualization
How to visualize the sound
What is FFT (fast fourier transform)
Sound visualization using Arduino
Developing an LED Christmas tree
Summary
6. Persistence of Vision
Creating your own Persistence of Vision
Programming an LED array
Different types of motors
DC motors
Servo motors
Stepper motors
Different applications of motors
Controlling a DC motor using Arduino
Synchronizing an LED array with a motor
Bringing your efforts to life
Using your hands for rotation
Using two different Arduinos or external motors
Use existing real-life devices
Summary
7. Troubleshooting and Advanced Resources
Troubleshooting
Can't upload program
LED is dim
Resources – advanced users
Projects
Twitter Mood Light
Secret knock detecting door-lock
LED biking jacket
Twitter-enabled coffee pot
Useful resources
Hackaday
The Arduino blog
The Make magazine
Bildr
Instructables
Tronixstuff
Adafruit
All About Circuits
Hackerspaces
The Arduino forum
Summary
Index
Arduino BLINK Blueprints
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Credits
Authors
Samarth Shah
Utsav Shah
Reviewer
Timothy Gorbunov
Commissioning Editor
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Acquisition Editors
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Content Development Editor
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About the Authors
Samarth Shah is a software engineer by profession and maker by heart. He leads maker activities at Pune Makers and heads Infosys Robotics Club. He loves building creative/innovative prototypes using the latest hardware/sensors (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Kinect, Leap Motion, and many more) and software. He has given talks at various national and international conferences. He has authored a book on Raspberry Pi entitled Learning Raspberry Pi, Packt Publishing. During the day, he works on various data visualization techniques and UI frameworks. At night, he does blogging, reading, writing, and many more things. You can read more about him at http://samarthshah.com.
Utsav Shah is an instrumentation engineer who loves to work on the latest hardware as well as software technologies. He has been featured on India's leading website http://yourstory.in and Ahmedabad Mirror (Times Group) for his research work on "Converting sign language into speech" using a Leap Motion controller. Apart from his regular work at Infosys Limited, he manages activities of Infosys Robotics Club. In his leisure time, he loves to read books and work on cutting-edge technologies.
About the Reviewer
Timothy Gorbunov was born in the USA. At a young age, he fell in love with building and constructing things just like his dad. Tim became very good at Origami and started to sell it at elementary school. As he grew up, Tim leaned more towards electronics because it fascinated him more than any other hobby. Creating circuits that buzzed or flashed was one of Tim's favorite things to do. As time went by, he started exploring more advanced electronics and programming, and from that point on, he became more and more knowledgeable in electronics. He got hired to help create cymatic light shows at Cymaspace. There, he helped start Audiolux devices, a company that specializes in sound reactive technologies, by helping design their products. Tim does many other things other than electronics, such as fishing and hiking, but most importantly Tim believes in God. Tim spends a lot of time studying the Bible, praying, and going to church. He wants ever...
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