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Arduino Adventures: Escape from Gemini Station
Arduino Adventures Escape from Gemini Station Author:James Floyd Kelly, Harold Timmis Escape from Gemini Station: An Arduino Hands-On Adventure provides a complete introduction to the Arduino microcontroller by putting you into space. You?ll find yourself aboard Gemini Station ? an orbiting outpost filled with scientists, teachers, families, and you. Trouble ensues. The station is evacuated. You and your friends don?t make it and... more » are trapped as the last transport departs without you. Using some old hardware from the dusty reaches of long-unused storeroom, it is up to you to protect your friends and make your way to a safe part of the station.
The hardware is Arduino. Each new challenge opens a new area of Arduino and basic electronics knowledge. You?ll be taken incrementally from a simple task such as turning on a light through to a complex combination of microcontroller, electronic components, and software programming. By the end of the book you?ll be well on your way towards being able to create and implement any sort of electronically controlled device you can imagine, using the stunningly popular Arduino microcontroller.
Provides eight challenges, each challenge increasing in complexity Builds around a fictional storyline that keeps the learning fun Leaves you on a solid foundation of electronic skills and knowledge What you?ll learn Install and configure Arduino?s development environment Build understanding of LEDs, Resisters, capacitors, and other basic components Build and test electronic circuits involving breadboarding and basic wiring Program behavior using the Arduino Programming Language Interface and influence the physical world through motors and sensors Who this book is for Escape from Gemini Station: An Arduino Hands-On Adventure is suitable for ages 8 and up. No experience is required, and complete instructions are provided on using the Arduino microcontroller. Teachers will find the book useful for the discussion questions and downloadable teacher handouts. The book is perfect for anyone learning Arduino, or preparing to teach it to first-time users.« less