Explore the world of coding and electronics through 30 engaging projects that guide you in creating your own secret laboratory. Each project offers hands-on experience, allowing you to learn essential skills while building fun and innovative devices. Perfect for aspiring inventors, this book combines creativity with technology, making it an exciting resource for anyone interested in STEM.
This book reveals how to enhance your Minecraft world by creating innovative
devices and elements with Redstone. Learn how to build logic gates, advanced
mechanisms, and more. You'll also find out how to host a Minecraft server, use
the qCraft and Computer-Craft mods, and develop your own custom mods.
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Up-to-date hacks that will breathe life into your Arduino and Raspberry Pi creations! This intuitive DIY guide shows how to wire, disassemble, tweak, and re-purpose household devices and integrate them with your Raspberry Pi and Arduino inventions. Packed with full-color illustrations, photos, and diagrams, Hacking Electronics: Learning Electronics with Arduino and Raspberry Pi, Second Edition, features fun, easy-to-follow projects. You’ll discover how to build an Internet-controlled hacked electric toy, ultrasonic rangefinder, remote-controlled robotic rover, audio amp, slot car brakes and headlights—even a smart card reader! • Get up and running on both Arduino and Raspberry Pi • Safely solder, join wires, and connect switches • Identify components and read schematic diagrams • Work with LEDs, including high-power Lumileds and addressable LED strips • Use LiPo batteries, solar panels, and buck-boost power supplies • Use sensors to measure light, temperature, acceleration, sound level, and color • Build and modify audio amps, microphones, and transmitters • Repair gadgets and scavenge useful parts from dead equipment • Get the most out of cheap or free bench and software tools
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Quickly write innovative programs for your micro:bit—no experience necessary! This easy-to-follow guide shows, step-by-step, how to quickly get started with programming and creating fun applications on your micro:bit.. Written in the straightforward style that Dr. Simon Monk is famous for, Programming the BBC micro:bit: Getting Started with MicroPython begins with basic concepts and gradually progresses to more advanced techniques. You will discover how to use the micro:bit's built-in hardware, use the LED display, accept input from sensors, attach external electronics, and handle wireless communication. •Connect your micro:bit to a computer and start programming!•Learn how to use the two most popular MicroPython editors •Work with built-in functions and methods—and see how to write your own•Display text, images, and animations on the micro:bit’s LED matrix•Process data from the accelerometer, compass, and touch sensor•Control external hardware by attaching it to the edge connector•Send and receive messages via the built-in radio module•Graphically build programs with the JavaScript Blocks Editor
Go beyond the basics with this up to date Arduino programming resource Take your Arduino programming skills to the next level using the hands-on information contained in this thoroughly revised, easy to follow TAB guide. Aimed at programmers and hobbyists who have mastered the fundamentals, Programming Arduino Next Steps: Going Further with Sketches, Second Edition reveals professional programming tips and tricks. This up-to-date edition covers the Internet of Things (IoT) and features new chapters on interfacing your Arduino with other microcontrollers. You will get dozens of illustrated examples and downloadable code examples that clearly demonstrate each powerful technique. Discover how to: •Configure your Arduino IDE and develop your own sketches•Boost performance and speed by writing time-efficient sketches •Optimize power consumption and memory usage •Interface with different types of serial busses, including I2C, 1-Wire, SPI, and TTL Serial •Use Arduino with USB and UART •Incorporate Ethernet, Bluetooth, and DSP•Program Arduino for the Internet •Manage your sketches using One Process•Accomplish more than one task at a time―without multi-threading •Create your own code library and share it with other hobbyists
An up-to-date guide to Arduino programming--no experience required! This fully updated guide shows, step by step, how to quickly and easily program all Arduino models using its modified C language and the Arduino IDE. You will learn how to configure hardware and software, write your own sketches, work with built-in and custom Arduino libraries, and develop apps for the Internet of Things. This edition features new coverage of using Arduino as a framework for programming other popular boards. Electronics guru Simon Monk gets you up to speed quickly, teaching all concepts and syntax through simple language and clear instruction designed for absolute beginners. Programming Arduino: Getting Started with Sketches, Third Edition features dozens of easy-to-follow examples and high-quality illustrations. All of the sample sketches featured in the book can be used as-is or modified to suit the reader's needs. Screenshots, diagrams, and source code illustrate each technique All sample programs in the book are available for download Written by a well-known hobbyist and experienced author
Beginning with the basics and moving gradually to greater challenges, this
book takes you step-by-step through experiments and projects that show you how
to make your Arduino or Raspberry Pi create and control movement, light, and
sound. In other words: action!
