Arduino Playground: Geeky Projects for the Experienced Maker

Projects:

• A reaction-time game that leverages the Arduino’s real-time capabilities
• A tool for etching your own printed circuit boards
• A regulated, variable-voltage power supply
• A kinetic wristwatch winder decked out with LEDs
• A garage parking assistant that blinks when your vehicle is perfectly parked
• A practical and colorful pH meter
• A ballistic chronograph that can measure the muzzle velocity of BB, Airsoft, and pellet guns
• A battery saver that prevents accidental discharge
• A square-wave generator
• A thermometer that tells the temperature using a sequence of colored LEDs

Table of contents:

Chapter 0: Setting Up and Useful Skills

Chapter 1: The Reaction-Time Machine

Chapter 2: An Automated Agitator for PCB Etching

Chapter 3: The Regulated Power Supply

Chapter 4: A Watch Winder

Chapter 5: The Garage Sentry Parking Assistant

Chapter 6: The Battery Saver

Chapter 7: A Custom pH Meter

Chapter 8: Two Ballistic Chronographs

Chapter 9: The Square-Wave Generator

Chapter 10: The Chromatic Thermometer

***Uses the Arduino Nano and Pro Mini boards***

Author: Warren Andrews

March 2017, 344 pp.

ISBN-13: 9781593277444