You're reading from DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists The ultimate project-based guide to building real-world embedded applications in C and C++ programming

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800564138

Length 320 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

ARM Cortex

Concepts

Microcontroller

Authors (2):

Miguel Angel Garcia-Ruiz

Pedro Cesar Santana Mancilla

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Microcontrollers and Microcontroller Boards

2. Chapter 2: Software Setup and C Programming for Microcontroller Boards FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Turning an LED On or Off Using a Push Button

4. Chapter 4: Measuring the Amount of Light with a Photoresistor

5. Chapter 5: Humidity and Temperature Measurement

6. Chapter 6: Morse Code SOS Visual Alarm with a Bright LED

7. Chapter 7: Creating a Clap Switch

8. Chapter 8: Gas Sensor

9. Chapter 9: IoT Temperature-Logging System

10. Chapter 10: IoT Plant Pot Moisture Sensor

11. Chapter 11: IoT Solar Energy (Voltage) Measurement

12. Chapter 12: COVID-19 Digital Body Temperature Measurement (Thermometer)

13. Chapter 13: COVID-19 Social-Distancing Alert

14. Chapter 14: COVID-19 20-Second Hand Washing Timer

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Technical requirements

The software tool that you will be using in this chapter is the Arduino IDE for editing and uploading your programs to the Blue Pill microcontroller board.

The code used in this chapter can be found in the book's GitHub repository:

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/DIY-Microcontroller-Projects-for-Hobbyists/tree/master/Chapter14

The Code in Action video for this chapter can be found here: https://bit.ly/3gQZdPf

In this chapter, we will use the following pieces of hardware:

One solderless breadboard.
One Blue Pill microcontroller board.
One micro-USB cable for connecting your microcontroller board to a computer and a power bank.
One USB power bank.
One ST-INK/V2 electronic interface, needed for uploading the compiled code to the Blue Pill. Bear in mind that the ST-LINK/V2 requires four female-to-female DuPont wires.
One HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor.
One 1602 16x2 LCD.
One 2.2k ohm resistor, 1/4 watt. This is for...