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Exploring Arduino

You're reading from Exploring Arduino Tools and Techniques for Engineering Wizardry

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2019

Publisher Wiley

ISBN-13 9781119405375

Length 512 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Arduino

Concepts

Microcontroller

Author (1):

Jeremy Blum

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

1. Cover

2. Introduction FREE CHAPTER

3. I: Arduino Engineering Basics

4. II: Interfacing with Your Environment

5. III: Communication Interfaces

6. IV: Digging Deeper and Combining Functions

7. V: Going Wireless

8. Index

9. About the Author

About the Technical Editor

10. Acknowledgments

11. Figure Credits

12. End User License Agreement

Appendix A: Deciphering Datasheets and Schematics

4
Using Transistors and Driving DC Motors

Parts You'll Need for This Chapter:

Arduino Uno or Adafruit METRO 328
USB cable (Type A to B for Uno, Type A to Micro-B for METRO)
Half-size breadboard
Assorted jumper wires
1kΩ resistor
10kΩ resistors (×2)
10kΩ trim potentiometer
Photoresistors (×2)
9V battery
9V battery clip
L7805CV 5V voltage regulator
10μF 50V electrolytic capacitors (×2)
0.1μF ceramic capacitor
1N4001 diode
PN2222 NPN bipolar junction transistor (BJT)
Roving robot chassis kit with wheels and DC motors
9V DC motor
TI L293D dual H-bridge motor driver
- CODE AND DIGITAL CONTENT FOR THIS CHAPTER
- Code downloads, videos, and other digital content for this chapter can be found at:
- exploringarduino.com/content2/ch4
- Code for this chapter can also be obtained from the Downloads tab on this book's Wiley web page:
- wiley.com/go/exploringarduino2e

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Authors (1)

Jeremy Blum

Jeremy Blum

Jeremy Blum is an electrical engineer known for his series of educational YouTube videos that have taught engineering concepts to millions of people around the world. Previously as a hardware engineer at Google [X] and currently as director of engineering at Shaper Tools, he spends every day creating complex electromechanical products. He has designed and built solar trackers, prosthetic arms, truss-traversing robots, musical theremins, gesture controllers, home automation systems, augmented reality hardware, and more.

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