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Arduino Robotic Projects

You're reading from   Arduino Robotic Projects Build awesome and complex robots with the power of Arduino.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783989829
Length 240 pages
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Arduino Robotic Projects
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
1. Powering on Arduino FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with the Arduino IDE 3. Simple Programming Concepts Using the Arduino IDE 4. Accessing the GPIO Pins 5. Working with Displays 6. Controlling DC Motors 7. Controlling Servos with Arduino 8. Avoiding Obstacles Using Sensors 9. Even More Useful Sensors 10. Going Truly Mobile – the Remote Control of Your Robot 11. Using a GPS Device with Arduino 12. Taking Your Robot to Sea 13. Robots That Can Fly 14. Small Projects with Arduino Index

Chapter 3. Simple Programming Concepts Using the Arduino IDE

Now that you have downloaded, installed, and initiated the Arduino IDE, in this chapter, you'll learn some basic programming concepts. If you are already comfortable with programming, especially the C programming language, you can skip this chapter. If you're not, or need a quick review, this chapter discusses some simple programming examples on how to program Arduino. At the end of the chapter, I'll cover additional important programming constructs.

To get started, open your Arduino IDE and make sure your Arduino is connected to your development environment via its USB cable. You may want to open and run the Blink example from Chapter 2, Getting Started with the Arduino IDE. When you have uploaded the file successfully, the IDE should tell you by displaying Done uploading in the lower-left corner of the IDE.

The program should also be running on Arduino and the orange LED blinking. If all of this seems clear and natural, you may...

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