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  • Simple electronics with GPIO Zero

    Take control of the real world with your Raspberry Pi

    by Phil King ...
    Series series Essentials
    There are many things that distinguish Raspberry Pi from other computers. The GPIO header might just be the most significant of them all — it allows you to connect electronic components to your Raspberry Pi and control them with code you've written yourself.The most popular programming language for controlling electronics on a Raspberry Pi is Python, particularly the code in the GPIO Zero library, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius

    by Simon Monk ...
    Series series Evil Genius
    30 Ways to Have Some Computer-Controlled Evil Fun! "The steps are easy to follow...text is precise and understandable...uses very clear pictures and schematics to show what needs doing...Most importantly these projects are fun!"--Boing Boing This wickedly inventive guide shows you how to program and build a variety of projects with the Arduino microcontroller development system. Covering Windows, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Make a Mind-Controlled Arduino Robot

    Use Your Brain as a Remote

    by Tero Karvinen, Kimmo Karvinen ...
    Build a robot that responds to electrical activity in your brain—it’s easy and fun. If you’re familiar with Arduino and have basic mechanical building skills, this book will show you how to construct a robot that plays sounds, blinks lights, and reacts to signals from an affordable electroencephalography (EEG) headband. Concentrate and the robot will move. Focus more and it will go faster. Let ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • iOS Sensor Apps with Arduino

    Wiring the iPhone and iPad into the Internet of Things

    by Alasdair Allan ...
    Turn your iPhone or iPad into the hub of a distributed sensor network with the help of an Arduino microcontroller. With this concise guide, you’ll learn how to connect an external sensor to an iOS device and have them talk to each other through Arduino. You’ll also build an iOS application that will parse the sensor values it receives and plot the resulting measurements, all in real-time.iOS ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • MintDuino

    Building an Arduino-Compatible Breadboard Microcontroller

    by James Floyd Kelly, Marc de Vinck ...
    Get started with MintDuino, the Maker Shed kit that's perfect for learning or teaching the fundamentals of how microcontrollers work. This hands-on book shows you how to build a complete MintDuino project from start to finish. Learn how to assemble the microcontroller on a breadboard (no soldering required), and immediately begin programming it.You'll build the MintDuino Reflex Game in five ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Get started with MicroPython on Raspberry Pi Pico

    The Official Raspberry Pi Pico Guide

    by Gareth Halfacree, Ben Everard ...
    Create your own programmable electronic contraptions for home projects, industrial automation, or learning (or teaching!) electronics and programming.Learn how to use the beginner-friendly MicroPython language to write programs and connect up hardware to make your Raspberry Pi Pico interact with the world around it. Using these programmable connections, you can light LEDs, make noises, send text ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Getting Started with Sensors

    Measure the World with Electronics, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi

    by Kimmo Karvinen, Tero Karvinen ...
    To build electronic projects that can sense the physical world, you need to build circuits based around sensors: electronic components that react to physical phenomena by sending an electrical signal. Even with only basic electronic components, you can build useful and educational sensor projects.But if you incorporate Arduino or Raspberry Pi into your project, you can build much more ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Raspberry Pi Hardware Projects 2

    by Andrew Robinson, Mike Cook ...
    Raspberry Pi is a UK Non Profit with the goal of creating a new generation of computer programmers. Observing how the UK Tech Industry was kickstarted by the availability in the 1980s of relatively cheap, very programmable computers such as the ZX81, the Commodore and the BBC Micro, the Raspberry Pi Foundation designed a £15/$25 computer which encourages the user to play and to learn. Although ... Read more

    $8.50 USD

  • Learn Electronics with Arduino

    An Illustrated Beginner's Guide to Physical Computing

    by Jody Culkin, Eric Hagan ...
    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. With color illustrations, easy-to-follow explanations, and step-by-step instructions, the book takes the beginner from building simple circuits on a breadboard to setting up the Arduino IDE and downloading and writing ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Arduino Project Handbook

    25 Practical Projects to Get You Started

    by Mark Geddes ...
    Arduino Project Handbook is a beginner-friendly collection of electronics projects using the low-cost Arduino board. With just a handful of components, an Arduino, and a computer, you’ll learn to build and program everything from light shows to arcade games to an ultrasonic security system.First you’ll get set up with an introduction to the Arduino and valuable advice on tools and components. Then ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Arduino Project Handbook, Volume 2

    25 Simple Electronics Projects for Beginners

    by Mark Geddes ...
    This second volume of the Arduino Project Handbook delivers 25 more beginner-friendly electronics projects. Get up and running with a crash course on the Arduino, and then pick any project that sparks your interest and start making!Each project includes cost and time estimates, simple instructions, colorful photos and circuit diagrams, a troubleshooting section, and the complete code to bring your ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Raspberry Pi Projects

    by Andrew Robinson, Mike Cook ...
    Learn to build software and hardware projects featuring the Raspberry Pi!Congratulations on becoming a proud owner of a Raspberry Pi! Following primers on getting your Pi up and running and programming with Python, the authors walk you through 16 fun projects of increasing sophistication that let you develop your Raspberry Pi skills. Among other things you will:Write simple programs, including a ... Read more

    $24.99 USD