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Author Kuber, Priya.

Title Arduino for kids : a cool guide to help kids develop robots and electronics / Priya Kuber, Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar, Vijay Varada.

Publication Info. Birmingham [UK] : Packt Publishing, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource (208 pages)
text file
age Children
Physical Medium polychrome
Contents Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Customer Feedback; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The World around Us; Solving problems -- the best way out; The beauty of taking notes; The human body; Summary; Chapter 2: Systems and Logic; What is a system?; What is code?; What is an algorithm?; Logic; How does a control structure work?; What language does your Arduino Understand?; What is a library?; Activity -- Understanding the Morse Code; What is a function?; What is a constant?; What is a variable?; What is a datatype?
Application of the control structureUsing loops; The Arduino IDE; Introduction to the Arduino IDE; How to download the IDE?; Verifying your first sketch; Saving your first sketch; Accessing your first sketch; Summary; Chapter 3: Components and Connections; Exploring electricity; Venturing into voltage; Conceptualizing current; Revealing the Resistance; Comprehending Capacitance; Understanding Series and Parallel connections; Series connection; Parallel connection; What are sensors?; Physics behind sensors; Exploring common sensors; Distance sensor; Temperature sensor; Humidity sensor.
Making your own sensor!Summary; Chapter 4: The Magic Wand; Demystifying microcontroller; Memory; Timers; Arithmetic and logic unit; Analog to Digital converters; Input and output lines; Registers; Coding the microcontroller -- the process; Introduction; Process; Power supply; Let's use the IDE; Inside the working of a microcontroller; Open-source hardware and software; Summary; Chapter 5: Hello World!; Hey Arduino! Let's get to work; Get the LEDs working; Testing an external influence on LEDs -- pushbutton switch; Hi Computer, I'm Arduino! -- Using serial communication to make your Arduino talk.
Light sensitivity sensor -- LDRSummary; Chapter 6: Safety Box; Don't touch my stuff!; What you will need; Let's get to work!; I/O pins; It's all about the logic; This is key!; The working; Conclusion; Make some noise!; The safe; Summary; Chapter 7: Make a Friend; Giving life to your toys; Psst ... come closer ... ; Sensing the closeness in reality; Let's get to work!; Digging deep into Arduino libraries; Downloading and installing an Arduino Library; Initializing the Library; Using library functions; Getting familiar with the sensor; Say hello to my little friend!; Summary; Chapter 8: Save Energy.
Automation? What's that?Detecting light; Let's get to work!; Reading analog data; ADC to the rescue!; The analogRead() function; Wait, we need voltage!; Coding your way to light!; Let there be light!; The hut that comes to life at night!; Summary; Chapter 9: High 5!; You deserve a high 5!; What you will need; Motors and movement; Let's get to work!; The servo library; Getting familiar with the servo; Understanding the code; High five!; Summary; Chapter 10: Plant, Meet Arduino!; Making your plants talk; What you will need; I'm thirsty!; Measuring the conductivity of soil.
Note Example of multimeter probes.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Arduino (Programmable controller) -- Juvenile literature.
Arduino (Programmable controller)
Microcontrollers -- Juvenile literature.
Microcontrollers.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Juvenile works.
Added Author Bhatnagar, Rishi Gaurav.
Varada, Vijay.
Other Form: Print version: Kuber, Priya. Arduino for Kids. Birmingham : Packt Publishing, ©2017
ISBN 9781785882227 (electronic book)
1785882228 (electronic book)
1785884816
9781785884818