"Start from wherever you are and with whatever you have got."
- Jim Rohn
The second chapter of this book is dedicated to laying down a strong technical foundation for the years to come in your Arduino based device development. To start off, we will see what the Arduino platform is all about. Then there will be quick introductory topics regarding fundamentals for getting started. This will be followed by a quick but in-depth look at the first Arduino program (known as a Sketch in the Arduino world).
Things you will learn in this chapter :
- Explanation of the Arduino platform
- Basic parts of an Arduino board
- Procedure to setup an Arduino board
- Writing a basic C sketch (program) for Arduino
- Blinking the onboard LED (via pin 13)
- Setting pin modes for peripheral devices
- Logical HIGH/LOW voltage values
- Arduino current supply limits
- Flash Memory (EEPROM...
