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Getting Started with .NET Gadgeteer (Make: Projects)

Make Books, 2012

.NET Gadgeteer is a wonderful system for constructing prototypes of electronic gadgets. It is supported by a range of modules that are connected to a Mainboard with plug-in cables.

This book will lead you through the process of installing the necessary software onto your computer and then take...

Getting Started with Arduino (Make: Projects)

Make Books, 2008

This valuable little book offers a thorough introduction to the open-source electronics prototyping platform that's taking the design and hobbyist world by storm. Getting Started with Arduino gives you lots of ideas for Arduino projects and helps you get going on them right away. From getting organized to putting the final...

Make: LEGO and Arduino Projects: Projects for extending MINDSTORMS NXT with open-source electronics

Make Books, 2012

Make amazing robots and gadgets with two of today’s hottest DIY technologies. With this easy-to-follow guide, you’ll learn how to build devices with Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0, the Arduino prototyping platform, and some add-on components to bridge the two. Mindstorms alone lets you create incredible gadgets. Bring in Arduino...

Making Things See: 3D vision with Kinect, Processing, Arduino, and MakerBot (Make: Books)

Make Books, 2012

This detailed, hands-on guide provides the technical and conceptual information you need to build cool applications with Microsoft’s Kinect, the amazing motion-sensing device that enables computers to see. Through half a dozen meaty projects, you’ll learn how to create gestural interfaces for software, use motion capture...

Make an Arduino-Controlled Robot (Make: Projects)

Make Books, 2012

Building robots that sense and interact with their environment used to be tricky. Now, Arduino makes it easy. With this book and an Arduino microcontroller and software creation environment, you’ll learn how to build and program a robot that can roam around, sense its environment, and perform a wide variety of tasks. All you to...

Environmental Monitoring with Arduino: Building Simple Devices to Collect Data About the World Around Us

Make Books, 2012

After the devastating tsunami in 2011, DYIers in Japan built their own devices to detect radiation levels, then posted their finding on the Internet. Right now, thousands of people worldwide are tracking environmental conditions with monitoring devices they’ve built themselves. You can do it too!

This inspiring...

MintDuino: Building an Arduino-compatible Breadboard Microcontroller

Make Books, 2011

The MintDuino is deceiving—this little tin of electronics is capable of providing the brains for an unlimited number of devices limited only by your imagination… and, of course, your bank account.

While the MintDuino is certainly capable of being used during a moment of inspiration,...

Atmospheric Monitoring With Arduino: Building Simple Devices to Collect Data About the Environment

Make Books, 2012

We as a species are probably a little bit smarter than fish: at least we know that we spend our lives “swimming” at the bottom of an ocean of air. About 4/5th of that ocean is the relatively harmless gas nitrogen. Around another 1/5 of it is the highly reactive and slightly toxic gas oxygen. The...

Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing

Make Books, 2012

The 3D printing revolution is well upon us, with new machines appearing at an amazing rate. With the abundance of information and options out there, how are makers to choose the 3D printer that's right for them? MAKE is here to help, with our Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing. We brought 16 of the top printers to our...

Google Apps Hacks

Make Books, 2008

0.15 seconds. That's the time it just took Google to return 100 search results from the Web for a random word.
Google searches through billions of documents, and it has masses of people using it every second.

13 minutes, 48 seconds. That's the time it just took Microsoft Windows to return 100 search results on this PC for the same...

Make a Mind-Controlled Arduino Robot: Use Your Brain as a Remote (Creating With Microcontrollers Eeg, Sensors, and Motors)

Make Books, 2011

Shortly, you will build your own mind-controlled robot. But that’s just the beginning of what you’ll be able to do. As you follow the explanations for components and codes, you will thoroughly understand how your robot works. You can keep applying the knowledge to your own robots and EEGbased...

Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets: Six Embedded Projects with Open Source Hardware and Software

Make Books, 2011

In the early days, embedded systems were built primarily by engineers in a pretty exclusive club. Embedded devices and software tools were expensive, and building a functional prototype required significant software engineering and electrical engineering experience.

With the arrival of Arduino, the open source electronics...

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