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Mastering Arduino

You're reading from   Mastering Arduino A project-based approach to electronics, circuits, and programming

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788830584
Length 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jon Hoffman Jon Hoffman
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface The Arduino FREE CHAPTER Basic Electronics Circuit Diagrams Basic Prototyping Arduino IDE Programming the Arduino - The Basics Programming the Arduino - Beyond the Basics Motion Sensor Environment Sensors Obstacle Avoidance and Collision Detection Fun with Lights Fun with Sound Using LCD Displays Speech Recognition and Voice Synthesizing DC Motors and Motor Controllers Servo Motors Using a Relay Remotely Controlling the Arduino Creating a Robot Bluetooth LE Bluetooth Classic Another Book You May Enjoy

Comments

There are two types of comments that can be used to within our Arduino code. These are block comments and line comments. Block comments are used when the text of the comment will span multiple lines and are usually used before function calls to let the reader know what a function does. The line comments are used when a short one-line comment is needed and are usually used within function blocks to let the reader know what a specific line of code is doing.

A block comment begins with /* and ends with */. The following code shows what a block comment would look like:

/* This is a block comment
   This comment can span multiple lines
   This type of comment is usually found outside function calls
*/

A line comment starts with // and goes until the end of the line. The line comment can start at the beginning of the line or it may be after a statement ends. The following examples...

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