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Arduino Cookbook

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Want to create devices that interact with the physical world? This cookbook is perfect for anyone who wants to experiment with the popular Arduino microcontroller and programming environment. You'll find more than 200 tips and techniques for building a va

752 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2010

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3 reviews1 follower
May 29, 2012
Really useful ideas for arduino projects. Not for reading straight through, but definitely gives me LOTS of fodder for experimentation. May human created intelligence supersede that of their creators! Hooray! :D
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October 28, 2024
The book provides a quick introduction to Arduino (which I needed because I have long since forgotten the details) and then jumps into providing a long list of C code snippets to solve specific issues such as reading from this or that sensor or basic programming problems like converting strings to integers and vice versa. This is supposed to help non-programmers get started with Arduino, and I guess it can work as long as people don't get intimidated by C. I can read C well enough so for me it was ok to just read the code right away. The general advice on how to read the components specs to figure out the appropriate voltage parameters etc. seems helpful to provide initial directions for someone who is completely lost. Definitely not a complete walk-through for a total beginner in all of those things though.
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53 reviews2 followers
February 5, 2023
If you are already a software engineer most of the book is common sense.
If that's the case then the books acts mostly as a guide to key concepts such as digital/analog inputs, different kinds of electronic parts to achieve your goal, a refresher for some computer science concepts
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6 reviews
August 26, 2025
A good book if you want to start working with the Arduino platform, I only find the layout a little lame. You could find all info online, of course, but in the heat of making stuff it's always nice to have this comprehensive reference next to your workbench. (4.5/5)
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207 reviews
March 19, 2018
지금껏 읽은 아두이노 책은 너무 입문자용이었는데 이 책은 깊이가 있다. 필요한 부분만 추려서 나중에 다시 봐야지.
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2,729 reviews225 followers
March 21, 2022
A tome of knowledge.

This was a huge book, but a huge help!

I have been coding Arduino as a hobby project over the past few months, and this was an excellent guide!

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186 reviews9 followers
February 15, 2014
Good starting point for exploration of the Arduino and its capabilities. The book includes numerous examples - code that will no doubt be useful in a wide variety of projects.

It also includes a bit of the more 'hard code' technical details for those wanting to understand more of what happens under the hood - i.e., how the Aruino IDE compiles the code and how it's uploaded to the Arduino - plus more details on how the arduino works at a hardware level.
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12 reviews22 followers
July 20, 2016
I read this because my lecture recommend this book to the students. Sooo many arduino projects you can try, along with clear descriptions and explanations. The projects also varied from the super easy ones to the hard ones. However, there are some mistake, or maybe misprint, in this book. But it's no big deal because as soon as you find something wrong, you can immediately notice the cause. From my experience, this book is really good to help us get used to many kinds of arduino projects.
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17 reviews8 followers
September 15, 2012
This book is a great resource to have on the shelf while you're working through problems. Many of the 'recipes' have helped me through difficult problems and allowed me to extract good bits of code to use in my own projects.
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24 reviews
April 17, 2012
Pretty good. Lots of concise examples covering everything I might want to do.
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November 25, 2012
Great resource for all sorts of Arduino based projects! Highly recommended for the Arduino tinkerer.
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1 review
March 24, 2013
this is more of a reference book... I didn't read it cover to cover... but it has some fun projects in it and useful routines.
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88 reviews5 followers
July 23, 2013
awesome. great desk reference. out of the handful of projects i've worked on, this has come in handy in every one.
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24 reviews2 followers
August 29, 2016
The recipes in this book are very helpful in learning the arduino life cycle.
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