Practical Arduino: Cool Projects for Open Source Hardware (Technology in Action)

Jonathan Oxer, Hugh Blemings

Create your own Arduino-based designs, gain in-depth knowledge of the architecture of Arduino, and learn the user-friendly Arduino language all in the context of practical projects that you can build yourself at home. Get hands-on experience using a variety of projects and recipes for everything from home automation to test equipment.

Arduino has taken off as an incredibly popular building block among ubicomp (ubiquitous computing) enthusiasts, robotics hobbyists, and DIY home automation developers. Authors Jonathan Oxer and Hugh Blemings provide detailed instructions for building a wide range of both practical and fun Arduino-related projects, covering areas such as hobbies, automotive, communications, home automation, and instrumentation.

Take Arduino beyond "blink" to a wide variety of projects from simple to challenging Hands-on recipes for everything from home automation to interfacing with your car engine management system Explanations of techniques and references to handy resources for ubiquitous computing projects

Supplementary material includes a circuit schematic reference, introductions to a range of electronic engineering principles and general hints & tips. These combine with the projects themselves to make Practical Arduino: Cool Projects for Open Source Hardware an invaluable reference for Arduino users of all levels. You'll learn a wide variety of techniques that can be applied to your own projects.

I've been playing around with the Arduino for about a year now and bought this book to look for some new projects. I found the book to be quite readable with excellent discussions of all aspects of the various projects and well commented sketches. I found the extensive discussion of each sketch really helpful, probably as programming isn't my strong point. Although I probably won't build any of the projects as shown in the book I did learn a lot of great tips and ideas for current and future projects. I would definitely recommend this book to novice users but probably not complete neophytes. I also found the associated website quite useful.