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Arduino By Example

You're reading from Arduino By Example Design and build fantastic projects and devices using the Arduino platform

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781785289088

Length 242 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Arduino

Concepts

Single Board Computers

Authors (2):

Adith Jagdish Boloor

Adith J Boloor

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with Arduino FREE CHAPTER

2. Digital Ruler

3. Converting Finger Gestures to Text

4. Burglar Alarm – Part 1

5. Burglar Alarm – Part 2

6. Home Automation – Part 1

7. Home Automation – Part 2

8. Robot Dog – Part 1

9. Robot Dog – Part 2

10. Robot Dog – Part 3

Index

What is a passive infrared sensor?

A passive infrared sensor (PIR) is an electronic sensor that uses infrared radiation to detect variations in its field of view. They are most commonly used as motion sensors; for example, they are used to minimize power consumption by switching off lights and utilities if nobody is at home. They are also used in state-of-the-art burglar alarm systems to trigger a switch when motion is detected.

What is a passive infrared sensor?

Note

If you would like to learn more about how they work, you should refer to this page (https://learn.adafruit.com/pir-passive-infrared-proximity-motion-sensor/) at Adafruit. Adafruit and Ladyada are really good resources for building Arduino projects.

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Authors (2)

Adith Jagadish Boloor

Adith Jagadish Boloor

Adith Jagadish Boloor was born in Mangalore, India. He grew up tinkering with toys and gadgets that kindled his interest in how things work. His admiration for science and technology, specifically in the fields of robotics, 3D printing, and smart systems, grew into a passion that he is working towards, nurturing it into a career. He completed his higher studies at Purdue University, USA and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China and is working towards obtaining a masters degree in robotics. Adith has experience working on robots ranging from simple obstacle—avoiding robots built at home to complex humanoid robots such as the Darwin-OP in Purdue University's research lab. He has coauthored a research paper and has two patents on his name. He enjoys traveling and grabs every opportunity he can to explore the different parts of the world. He is also an international chess player.

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Boloor

Boloor

<p>Adith Jagadish Boloor was born in Mangalore, India. He grew up tinkering with toys and gadgets that kindled his interest in how things work. His admiration for science and technology, specifically in the fields of robotics, 3D printing, and smart systems, grew into a passion that he is working towards, nurturing it into a career. He completed his higher studies at Purdue University, USA and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China and is working towards obtaining a masters degree in robotics.</p> <p>Adith has experience working on robots ranging from simple obstacleâ€”avoiding robots built at home to complex humanoid robots such as the Darwin-OP in Purdue University's research lab. He has coauthored a research paper and has two patents on his name.</p> <p>He enjoys traveling and grabs every opportunity he can to explore the different parts of the world. He is also an international chess player.</p>

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