Beginning with the basics and moving gradually to greater challenges, this book takes you step-by-step through experiments and projects that show you how to make your Arduino or Raspberry Pi create and control movement, light, and sound. Simon Monk clearly explains the differences between the Arduino and Raspberry Pi, when to use them, and to which purposes each are best suited.

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Working with solderless breadboards, you'll get up and running quickly, learning how to make projects that are as fun as they are informative. 

• Build a can crusher using a linear actuator with your Arduino
• Have an Arduino water your plants
• Build a personal traffic signal using LEDs
• Make a random balloon popper with Arduino
• Cool down your beverages with a thermostatic drink cooler you build yourself
• Understand and use the PID control algorithm
• Use Raspberry Pi to create a puppet dance party that moves to your tweets!

Author: Simon Monk

Publisher: Maker Media 

Date: January 25, 2016
Pages: 373

ISBN: 978-1457187797
Print: 1457187795
Kindle: B01BHBUEOC

See our full reviews of Raspberry Pi Cookbook and Getting Started with .NET Gadgeteer also by Simon Monk. His The Maker's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (No Starch Press) is also included in Book Watch.

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