Top Arduino books recommended by experts

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Fundamentals of Arduino

Understanding the concepts of Arduino starts with understanding the fundamentals. On your way to mastery, it's crucial for you to understand how certain concepts were derived, and why things work like they do. Starting with these resources is the best way to do so.

Arduino Cookbook

Create your own toys, remote controllers, alarms, detectors, robots, and many other projects with the Arduino device. This simple microcontroller board lets artists and designers build a variety of amazing objects and prototypes that interact with the physical world. ...

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Learn Electronics with Arduino: An Illustrated Beginner's Guide to Physical Computing

This book is your introduction to to physical computing with the Arduino microcontroller platform. No prior experience is required, not even an understanding of basic electronics. ...

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Programming Arduino: Getting Started with Sketches

A fully updated guide to quickly and easily programming Arduino Thoroughly revised for the new Arduino Uno R3, this bestselling guide explains how to write well-crafted sketches using Arduino’s modified C language. ...

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Exploring Arduino: Tools and Techniques for Engineering Wizardry

Learn to easily build gadgets, gizmos, robots, and more using Arduino Written by Arduino expert Jeremy Blum, this unique book uses the popular Arduino microcontroller platform as an instrument to teach you about topics in electrical engineering, programming, and human-computer interaction. ...

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Getting Started with Arduino: The Open Source Electronics Prototyping Platform

Arduino is the hot open source prototyping platform for artists, hobbyists, students, and anyone who wants to create interactive physical environments. Getting Started with Arduino is co-authored by Arduino co-founder Massimo Banzi, and incorporates his experience in teaching, using, and creating Arduino.--

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Programming Arduino: Getting Started with Sketches, Third Edition

An up-to-date Arduino programming guide—no prior programming experience required! This fully updated guide shows, step by step, how to quickly and easily program all Arduino models using its modified C language and the Arduino IDE. ...

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Additional Arduino Reading

These books are not required for you to learn Arduino, but they are highly recommended for you to deepen your knowledge.

Arduino Programming in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Arduino Programming in 24 Hours teaches you C programmingon Arduino, so you can start creating inspired "DIY" hardwareprojects of your own! ...

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Arduino Workshop: A Hands-On Introduction with 65 Projects

The Arduino is a cheap, flexible, open source microcontroller platform designed to make it easy for hobbyists to use electronics in homemade projects. ...

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Beginning Arduino Nano 33 IoT

Develop Internet of Things projects with Sketch to build your Arduino programs. This book is a quick reference guide to getting started with Nano 33 IoT, Arduino’s popular IoT board. You’ll learn how to access the Arduino I/O, understand the WiFi and BLE networks, and optimize your board by connecting it to the Arduino IoT Cloud. Arduino Nano 33 IoT is designed to build IoT solutions with sup…

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