Getting Started with Arduino
Massimo Banzi · first published 2008 · ISBN 9780596155513
A practical introduction to the Arduino microcontroller platform written by one of its founders, showing how to move from simple LED circuits to interactive projects that sense and respond to the world. The book covers the fundamentals of physical computing, schematic reading, and how to write code that makes hardware move and respond. Projects include light-sensing systems, motion detection, and communication between Arduino and computers.
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