Pro Arduino

So, you've created a few projects with Arduino, and now it's time to kick it up a notch. Where do you go next? With Pro Arduino, you'll learn about new tools, techniques, and frameworks to make even more ground-breaking, eye-popping projects.

You'll discover how to make Arduino-based gadgets and robots interact with your mobile phone. You'll learn all about the changes in Arduino 1.0, you'll create amazing output with openFrameworks, and you'll learn how to make games with the Gameduino. You'll also learn advanced topics, such as modifying the Arduino to work with non-standard Atmel chips and Microchip's PIC32.

Rick Anderson, an experienced Arduino developer and instructor, and Dan Cervo, an experienced Arduino gadgeteer, will give you a guided tour of advanced Arduino capabilities. If it can be done with an Arduino, you'll learn about it here.

What you’ll learn

• How to modify the Arduino to work with other chips
• How to simulate sensors for testing and debugging
• How to set up advanced XBee networks
• How to write Arduino libraries and share them with the Arduino community
• How to get started with the Android accessory development kit
• How to create games with hardware or with Gameduino
• How to connect your Android phone to an Arduino sensor network

Who this book is for

Arduino fans, technogeeks, and electronic artists who want to take their skills to the next level.

About the Authors

Rick Anderson is Director of Virtual Worlds for Rutgers University, Co-Director NJ Makerspaces, and Trustee of Fair Use Building and Research Labs. He's also a sponsor, and judge at Hardware Hacking Hackathons, and a featured speaker at TedX Rutgers 2013. Teaches basic electronics, Minecraft Circuits in real life, Arduino, and soldering for people of all ages. He designed the original Arduino Test Suite, and is co-designer of the ChipKit Fubarino. His multiplatform code for Arduino 1.5, co-written with Mark Sproul, won the Bue Ribbon Editor's Choice Makerfaire 2011. Rick is currently working on Morse's Secret Technology, a series of steampunk robotics and Arduino projects.

Dan Cervo (Servo) is a project development director at MAD Fellows LLC, a research and development company started by Doug Bebb and Dan. MAD Fellows has embraced the Arduino and its culture as an essential cornerstone for scientific development and rapid proofs of concept. Dan has worked in ballet, jewelry, and commercial flight management systems. Dan is currently working on research in metamaterials, computational science, iso geometrics, and robotic control theory.