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 tools that you will be using in this chapter are the Arduino IDE and the MPLAB-X for editing and uploading your programs to the Blue Pill and the Curiosity Nano boards, respectively.

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

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/DIY-Microcontroller-Projects-for-Hobbyists/tree/master/Chapter04

The Code in Action video for this chapter can be found here: https://bit.ly/3gNY4bt

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

A solderless breadboard.
The Blue Pill and Curiosity Nano microcontroller boards.
A micro-USB cable for connecting your microcontroller boards to a computer.
The ST-Link/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.
A green, yellow, and red LED.
Three 220-ohm resistors rated at one-quarter...