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C Programming for Arduino
C Programming for Arduino

C Programming for Arduino: Building your own electronic devices is fascinating fun and this book helps you enter the world of autonomous but connected devices. After an introduction to the Arduino board, you'll end up learning some skills to surprise yourself.

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C Programming for Arduino

Chapter 2. First Contact with C

In my life as a programmer, I encountered a lot of compiler-based as well as scripting languages. One of the lowest common denominators has always been the C language.

In our case, this is embedded system programming, which is another name for hardware programming; this first statement is also true.

Let's check what C programming really is and let's enter into a new world, that is, the realm of Arduino programming. We'll also use a very necessary feature called serial monitoring. This will help us a lot in our C learning, and you'll understand that this feature is also used in real-life projects.

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  • Use Arduino boards in your own electronic hardware and software projects
  • Sense the world by using several sensory components with your Arduino boards
  • Create tangible and reactive interfaces with your computer
  • Discover a world of creative wiring and coding fun!

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Physical computing allows us to build interactive physical systems by using software & hardware in order to sense and respond to the real world. C Programming for Arduino will show you how to harness powerful capabilities like sensing, feedbacks, programming and even wiring and developing your own autonomous systems. C Programming for Arduino contains everything you need to directly start wiring and coding your own electronic project. You'll learn C and how to code several types of firmware for your Arduino, and then move on to design small typical systems to understand how handling buttons, leds, LCD, network modules and much more. After running through C/C++ for the Arduino, you'll learn how to control your software by using real buttons and distance sensors and even discover how you can use your Arduino with the Processing framework so that they work in unison. Advanced coverage includes using Wi-Fi networks and batteries to make your Arduino-based hardware more mobile and flexible without wires. If you want to learn how to build your own electronic devices with powerful open-source technology, then this book is for you.

Who is this book for?

This book is great for people who want to learn how to design & build their own electronic devices. From interaction design art school students to the do-it-yourself hobbyist, or even simply people who want to learn electronics, this book will help by adding a new way to design autonomous but connected devices.

What you will learn

  • Understand what an Arduino board is
  • Sense the world through a variety of digital inputs
  • Feel the world with analog sensors
  • Design a visual output feedback system
  • Use Max6 and Processing with Arduino
  • Connect your Arduino to wired and wireless networks
  • Add GPS localisation modules to your Arduino
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Table of Contents

13 Chapters
Let's Plug Things Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
First Contact with C Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
C Basics – Making You Stronger Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Improve Programming with Functions, Math, and Timing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Sensing with Digital Inputs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Sensing the World – Feeling with Analog Inputs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Talking over Serial Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Designing Visual Output Feedback Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Making Things Move and Creating Sounds Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Some Advanced Techniques Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Networking Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Playing with Max 6 Framework Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Improving your C Programming and Creating Libraries Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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Bloomington Bookworm Jun 24, 2014
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This is a great resource for Arduino users. It provides users with in depth information about the Arduino. Unlike most books on programming, Julien provides us the rationale for why many of the things are done the way they are. He starts with simple concepts, and takes them to a moderately complex level.The final chapters cover some adanced ground, though not so much as to overwhelm. Here is a nice tidbit that I don't think is documented in the Arduino reference: you can address the ports directly using the Arduino IDE. For example, pins 8-15 are in port B. They can be set by putting in a line like:PORTB=B00111111 (p 486).This will make pins 8-13 outputs, using just a single line of code, instead of a for loop.There are many other useful tips as well as explanations.The example files can be downloaded from packpub.com.I found this book very enjoyable to read. I had no trouble understanding the English. Occasionally, the grammar comes across as odd. But this is first and foremost a technical book. And we are fortunate that the Arduino is part of a great International community.
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val m Apr 01, 2014
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I found this "big book" really useful, it teaches you the basics to wire, code and develop projects; it explains concepts, gives examples and helps understand C programming. Also very interesting the part dedicated to Max6.Personally, I carry it with me and used it as a reference when I'm working on my own projects.Julien is very professional, his method is very comprehensive and his approach is friendly and funny.In my opinion, this book is highly recommended to anyone interested in physical computing, C programming, Arduino, Interaction Design...
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Dannobe Jul 20, 2014
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No Problems whatever....good Product !
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DamionWaltermeyer Aug 27, 2013
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I received a copy in exchange for a review.I'm not sure what the big deal is in a lot of the reviews I've seen. The grammar is no worse than many technical books I've read. It's like talking to someone who is really good at English, but not a native speaker; Occasionally you find yourself catching on a word or phrase, but usually you can figure it out pretty easily.I'm only a little more than halfway through it's 512 pages, but skimming to the end, I see it's much more in-depth than many of the Arduino books I've read. Simon Monk's intro to arduino is actually harder to read to my eyes(Though still a good book). The author spells out many things that are often glossed over and goes much farther than any of the introductory level Arduino books I've seen so far.Summary: A good book to dive into if you can handle some language issues and minor typos.
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Kevin Partridge Mar 03, 2015
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I'm not going to quibble about grammar. What annoyed me was the lack of focus on C. In a booked entitled "C Programming for Arduino." I'm actually surprised no one else mentioned this.There isn't really a discussion of C per se. Programming the Arduino requires you to write in C/C++ so all books about Arduino discuss programming in C. A book that specifies it is about programming in C should emphasize actually learning C. The reader is left with a broken understanding of C. There's no mention of what the full C would look like coming out of the IDE - where's my main()? Can I alter memory addresses directly? Why might I do that?. How do I program the Arduino with a typical C toolset? This page supplies more of that information in 6 steps: http://www.wikihow.com/Write-Arduino-Software-in-C This is also a nice page: https://balau82.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/programming-arduino-uno-in-pure-c/ Both of these references were found with a quick google search. I expected a discussion of C and how it is used to program an Arduino. What I got was a general discussion of programming an Arduino.I would not have any real issue with this book if the title were something more general like, "Rapid Programming for Arduino from the Ground Up." The content is useful. The author covers material not discussed in the pages I noted above. He leads the newcomer through the Arduino world. Although he does so in a somewhat muddled way. There is good material here and if you are ok with a very informal approach then the book is fine. It just isn't a book on programming an Arduino in C. It's a fairly nice book about programming an Arduino in general. I really hope the author wasn't mislead by Packt into using a title that is incomplete at best and purposefully misleading in the worst case.The author should have included some discussion of topics such as that discussed in the previously mentioned links. If he had then most of the material could have remained the same. Leave out the other languages and frameworks. I'd give bonus points for showing how to implement code from Processing using C instead. Use QT or some other GUI framework for visualization.Other quibbles:Leave out the very brief summary of electricity. If the reader needs that then they really need more than is provided. There are other books for that. That section should have maybe been a glossary or appendix if that.
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