Introduction 1

Part1: Getting to Know Arduino 5
CHAPTER 1: Discovering Arduino 7
CHAPTER 2: Finding Your Board and Your Way Around It 17
CHAPTER 3: Blinking an LED 39


Part2: Getting Physical with Arduino 55
CHAPTER 4: Tools of the Trade 57
CHAPTER 5: A Primer on Electricity and Circuitry 69
CHAPTER 6: Basic Sketches: Inputs, Outputs, and Communication 85
CHAPTER 7: More Basic Sketches: Motion and Sound 115


Part3: Building on the Basics 149
CHAPTER 8: Learning by Example 151
CHAPTER 9: Soldering On 163
CHAPTER 10: Getting Clever with Code 193
CHAPTER 11: Common Sense with Common Sensors 225
CHAPTER 12: Becoming a Specialist with Shields and Libraries 255


Part4: Sussing Out Software 273
CHAPTER 13: Getting to Know Processing 275
CHAPTER 14: Processing the Physical World 293


Part5: The Part of Tens 325
CHAPTER 15: Ten Places to Learn More about Arduino 327
CHAPTER 16: Ten Great Shops to Know 331

Index 335