Arduino Inventor's Guide: Learn Electronics by Making 10 Awesome Projects

Arduino Inventor's Guide: Learn Electronics by Making 10 Awesome Projects — page 6 — nothing to awesome that is from idea to physical product for nontechnical people Arduino did its job so well that the maker community and hobby ists picked up the platform and ran with it This is due to a number of factors low price good documentation open source hardware but we think the core reason Arduino is so popular is that it is easy to learn on Arduino is a gateway for anyone into making inventing and prototyping projects The projects in this book are designed for someone who wants to learn and is driven by the initial spirit of Arduino to bring an idea to fruition hoW Is thIs Book dIfferent from others A lot of programming books read like reference manuals jumping right away into coding or electrical concepts before providing con text and collecting dust on your bookshelf until you need to look up a command or concept you’ve forgotten This book is not like that It aims to teach new concepts through fun interesting and practical projects The projects progress in com plexity and difficulty incrementally from Project 1 to Project 10 and they will help answer the age-old questions Why am I learning this Why is it important And why should I care We assume you’re reading this book because you’re eager to learn something new or looking for materials to share with others Whether you’re an interested novice a teacher a librarian or a par ent this book is a hands-on guide for people who want to learn and is not meant as a reference manual to sit on your bookshelf You don’t need any experience with electronics or program ming to get started with Arduino We assume you know nothing at the start and that you may be a little apprehensive about diving in That’s okay This book progresses steadily from introductory material to more complicated and challenging projects We also know that there are plenty of people out there with experience looking for something new maybe a new spin on an old topic such as a fresh look at blinking LEDs Many of these projects can be used as starting points for you to hack and develop further or build out of better materials for a more polished and durable finish In the end this book is for someone who is proactive a problem solver who jumps in with both feet xix inTroducTion

Arduino Inventor's Guide: Learn Electronics by Making 10 Awesome Projects — page 7 — We encourage you to build the projects as you go learning by doing These projects have been carefully designed to introduce both the tools and skills for programming and circuit building as well as fabricating using cardboard scraps and other household items The fun of learning is in playing out the entire process and that is what this book offers materIals The electronics components used throughout this book are based around our flagship product the SparkFun Inventor’s Kit KIT-13969 and are also readily available individually from a number of sources online We’ve also used a few parts that aren’t in the Inventor’s Kit and these additional parts are available as a single kit as well https www sparkfun com NoStarchArduino If you already have an electronics starter kit or want to buy the components separately rather than getting the Inventor’s Kit you can find the full Bill of Materials BOM for the book in Tables 1 and 2 We’ve included individual lists of materials at the beginning of each project as well We’ll also be using many basic building materials like cardboard cardstock construction paper drinking straws and paper plates to build the enclosures for the projects As you start working with electronics and integrating them with common materials you’ll find yourself looking at everyday household items in a new way Qt y Pa r t n u m b e r D e s c r i P ti o n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 DEV-13975 CAB-11301 PRT-12002 PRT-11026 COM-12062 COM-09264 COM-11508 COM-11507 COM-10302 or COM-09190 COM-08588 COM-09806 COM-13689 SparkFun RedBoard or other Arduino-compatible board USB Mini-B cable Solderless breadboard Male-to-male jumper wires qty 30 Assorted color LEDs qty 20 RGB LED common cathode 10 kΩ resistors qty 20 330 Ω resistors qty 20 Push buttons Diode 10 kΩ potentiometer NPN transistor 2N2222 or BC337 xx inTroducTion table 1 SparkFun Inventor’s Kit parts used in the book

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