Arduino Inventor's Guide: Learn Electronics by Making 10 Awesome Projects
The Arduino Inventor’s GuIde Learn eLectronIcs by MakInG 10 Awesome ProjecTs by brIan HuanG and derek runberG sAn FrAncisco
To LindsAy diAmond For your aMazInG LeadersHIp and GuIdance to tHe entIre teaM at sparkFun And To ALL The FuTure Tinkerers And invenTors we insPire
AbouT s PArkFun eLecTronics SparkFun is an online retailer that produces and sells the widgets and parts that end up in a lot of maker projects prototypes and even the International Space Station Nathan Seidle started the company after blowing a circuit board in 2003 while he was an undergraduate at the University of Colorado Boulder At the time circuit boards were really hard to get you had to fax your credit card to another country and hope that you got your hardware in six to eight weeks Nathan felt he could do better and he did SparkFun com was born and it now sells over 3,000 different parts of all shapes and sizes for your digital electronic needs From a basic Arduino to GPS modules you can find them and all of the documentation you need to get up and running at SparkFun SparkFun’s Department of Education develops runs professional development curricula and programs for educators of all kinds The department is at the forefront of a number of computer science and maker initiatives that are making headway in the classroom You can learn more about SparkFun and the Department of Education at https www sparkfun com and http www sparkfuneducation com AbouT The AuThors Brian Huang and Derek Runberg were both teachers at one point Brian was a high school physics teacher with an affinity for robots and Derek was a middle school technology teacher obsessed with pushing the limits of middle school students They’ve taken very different paths to get where they are now including how they learned programming and electronics their teaching philosophies and their viewpoints on how students learn so they are a bit of an odd couple They hope that this book will serve you well as you set off on your adventure into the world of inventing AbouT The TechnicAL reviewer to provide the maker community with materials he wished he had when he was first getting started in electronics and technology He is also a certified scuba instructor Daniel Hienzsch is the founder of Rheingold Heavy which delivers educational content and materials to electronics enthusiasts and students He previously worked in IT for 20 years including 10 years as the IT director for an investment bank Dan is passionate about education and Rheingold Heavy is his effort
