Arduino for Kids: A cool guide to help kids develop robots and electronics

Kuber

Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar

Varada

€29.99

1 (4 Ratings)

Paperback Mar 2017 218 pages 1st Edition

Kuber

Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar

Varada

€29.99

1 (4 Ratings)

Paperback Mar 2017 218 pages 1st Edition

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Get clearly-written code with descriptions and comments that explain each code section
The book comes with separate code files, one entire program at a time, as well as many diagrams and separate downloadable files that contain colored photos explaining steps in the book
Kids can build multiple projects during the course of the book; by the end, they will have working projects of their own

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The mission of this book is to integrate technology with the tools that children already use for crafts so that they feel that the technology is an extension of their playtime. We use coding, sensors, and micro-controllers integrated with art and craft supplies, origami, and Playdough. There are 10 fun-filled chapters that talk to children directly, and give clear instructions for non-technical parents too. We use Arduino as the controller of choice due to its easy availability and large community. By the end of the book, children will comfortably be able to set up their Arduino, read and understand code, manipulate code, and ultimately write their own code for projects. They will also be able to use basic sensors and know how components connect to each other. All the learning takes place with lots of colorful pictures and the circuits are neatly presented using wiring.

Who is this book for?

This book is for children aged 9 and up, and their parents, who may or may not have a technical background. This book is tailored around the central idea of introducing electronics as a fun and a curiosity-inducing exercise. This book can act as a bonding exercise between parent and child over a single weekend.

What you will learn

Write simple programs using variables, functions, loops, arrays, and libraries
Set up the Arduino and understand its internal functioning
Get to grips with connections in electronics and arrive at ways to connect various components yourself
Delve into various sensors and their selection and build your own sensor
Unravel the concept of resistors and capacitors along with understanding the physics of electronics
Become an inventor through interactive exercises (such as making a friend happy with a proximity sensor, and giving "life" to a plant)

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Amazon Customer Aug 28, 2018

I was hoping to see a page of content to ensure if this is something my kid would understand. But the Look Inside feature simply showed the table of contents which is as good as cover and did not help my buy this book.

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Sreekanth Oct 29, 2017

High price with low quality printing. Sees every page is a photocopy.The material representation is too not good. Better to learn from arduino help than buying this book. Packt, please see how MAKE books are made.

Sunita Maurya Jun 22, 2018

Waste of time and money

CD Jan 07, 2020

I was looking for a beginner Arduino book for my two long distance middle school nieces who have expressed interest in building small electronics projects. I've built a few Arduino projects and thought I would send them each a decent kit and a book. I have an O'Riley web account and was able to review this book online prior to buying it. I am glad I did!This book is basically just like an adult book with a handful of bad cartoon drawings. It looks like it covers the topics but I'm not sure what makes this for kids. Frankly, I can't think of a better way to make a kid lose interest in something, than reading through four chapters before they see something happen. The book should start with the Arduino IDE setup and loading an example blink sketch ("hello world program" in Arduino language) and then gradually build on that as they walk the child through adding more functionality and application logic, explaining it as they go. Instead, this "9 and up" book goes into such engaging topics as "What is an algorithm" and "Physics behind sensors" before they take the Arduino out of the box. See the first half of the ToC I've added if you don't believe me, LOL.This was so traumatic, I'm giving up on buying a book. There is a lot of good stuff online which is where kids are learning everything anyway. I'll probably setup a private slack channel so I can help them with the harder stuff. I know that dosen't help, sorry. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Someone mentioned pages lacked crispness, like it was done with a copy machine, welcome to Packt Publishing, this is common for their print books.

Arduino for Kids: A cool guide to help kids develop robots and electronics

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Arduino for Kids

Chapter 2. Systems and Logic

What is a system?

What is code?

Note

What is an algorithm?

Logic

How does a control structure work?

What is a system?

What is code?

Note

What is an algorithm?

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