Arduino Robotic Projects

Richard Grimmett

• Verlag: Packt Publishing
• Jahr: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781783989829
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Computer Science
• Thema: Programming in C

Arduino is an open source microcontroller, built on a single circuit board that is capable of receiving sensory input from the environment and controlling interactive physical objects.

Arduino Robotic Projects starts with the fundamentals of turning on the basic hardware and then provides complete, step-by-step instructions that allow almost anyone to use this low-cost hardware platform. You'll build projects that can move using DC motors, walk using servo motors, and then add sensors to avoid barriers. You'll also learn how to add more complex navigational techniques such as GPRS so that your robot won't get lost.

Arduino Robotic Projects

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Table of Contents

Arduino Robotic Projects

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Powering on Arduino

Selecting the right Arduino board

A brief history of Arduino

Introducing the different versions of Arduino

Arduino Uno R3

Choosing the Arduino Uno R3

Arduino Mega 2560 R3

Choosing the Arduino Mega

Spotting a counterfeit or clone

Arduino Due

Choosing the Arduino Due

Arduino Micro

Choosing the Arduino Micro

Adafruit FLORA

Choosing the Adafruit FLORA

Adafruit Gemma

Choosing the Adafruit Gemma

Adafruit Trinket

Choosing the Adafruit Trinket

Other options with Arduino

Powering up Arduino

Unveiling your Arduino

Connecting to Arduino

Installing the FLORA IDE

Summary

2. Getting Started with the Arduino IDE

Using a Windows machine to develop with Arduino

Running the IDE for Uno

Setting the IDE to your board

Selecting the proper COM port

Opening and uploading a file to Arduino

Running the IDE for Mega

Running the IDE for the Adafruit FLORA

Installing the Adafruit drivers

Selecting the Adafruit boards

Selecting the COM port

Coding an LED flash on the FLORA

Using a Mac to develop using Arduino

Summary

3. Simple Programming Concepts Using the Arduino IDE

Creating, editing, and saving files on Arduino

Basic C programming on Arduino

Basic programming constructs on Arduino

The if statement

The for statement

Summary

4. Accessing the GPIO Pins

The GPIO capability of Arduino

The first external hardware connection

The Arduino IDE and LED code

Summary

5. Working with Displays

A simple serial display

Enabling the serial display in the IDE

Connecting a display using the SPI interface

Enabling the SPI display in the IDE

An LCD shield

Enabling the LCD display in the IDE

Summary

6. Controlling DC Motors

The basics of DC motor

Connecting a DC motor directly to Arduino

Using Arduino code to control the speed of the DC motor

Connecting a DC motor using an H-bridge and Arduino

Using Arduino code to control the direction of the DC motor

Controlling the DC motor using a shield

The Arduino code for the DC motor shield

Summary

7. Controlling Servos with Arduino

The basics of a servo motor

Connecting a servo motor directly to Arduino

Controlling the servos with a program

Connecting a servo motor shield to Arduino

Controlling the servo motor shield with a program

Summary

8. Avoiding Obstacles Using Sensors

An overview of the sensors

Sonar sensors

Infrared sensors

Connecting a sonar sensor to Arduino

Accessing the sonar sensor from the Arduino IDE

Connecting an IR sensor to Arduino

Accessing the IR sensor from the Arduino IDE

Creating a scanning sensor platform

Summary

9. Even More Useful Sensors

Connecting a digital compass to Arduino

Accessing the compass from the Arduino IDE

Connecting an accelerometer/gyro to Arduino

Accessing the accelerometer from the Arduino IDE

Connecting an altimeter/pressure sensor to Arduino

Accessing the altimeter/pressure sensor from the Arduino IDE

Summary

10. Going Truly Mobile – the Remote Control of Your Robot

Connecting a simple RF interface to Arduino

Enabling a simple RF interface in the Arduino IDE

Connecting an XBee interface to Arduino

Enabling an XBee interface in the Arduino IDE

Connecting a Bluetooth shield to Arduino

Connecting a Wi-Fi shield to Arduino

Enabling the Wi-Fi shield in the Arduino IDE

Connecting a GSM/GPRS shield to Arduino

Summary

11. Using a GPS Device with Arduino

GPS tutorial

Connecting a GPS device directly to Arduino

Accessing the GPS device from the Arduino IDE

Connecting a GPS shield to Arduino

Accessing the GPS shield from the Arduino IDE

Summary

12. Taking Your Robot to Sea

Building an automated sailing platform

Building an Arduino-powered underwater ROV

Building an ROV

Controlling brushless DC motors with Arduino

Connecting a LAN shield to Arduino

Accessing a camera for your project

Summary

13. Robots That Can Fly

Building an Arduino-operated plane

Building a quadcopter platform

Summary

14. Small Projects with Arduino

Small robots and Arduino

Wearable Arduino projects

Summary

Index

Arduino Robotic Projects

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