Become A Mad (Tech) Scientist With Arduino, Hack The Planet

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If you love taking things apart and then reassembling them into a hodgepodge of calamity like Sid from Toy Story, then you might be interested in this Arduino Enthusiast E-Book Bundle. Arduino is an opportunity to take your inner Frankensteinian tendencies into the electrical realm, and this collection will guide you through that process.

What Is Arduino?

Arduino is a microcontroller, which is just another term for a simplified computer on a single integrated circuit. Think of it like a digital brain that you can program. It takes a variety of electrical inputs through an array of digital and analog pins, so you can make use of optical sensors, buttons, motors, and other electrical components. Writing code to process input data and control mechanical parts is done with a simple free editor, and compiling it onto the device is as easy as plugging in a USB cable and hitting play. Becoming the hero AND the villain of your own science fiction film has never been so easy.

Why is it so popular in the maker community?

Arduino is hardly the only single-board microcontroller out there, but what makes it stand out is its accessibility. Arduino assumes that you aren't trapped in a time vortex in 1996 and that you already own a computer. This allows it to stay cheap and avoid a complex operating system setup. Arduino also lends itself well to larger-scale projects needing multiple interfaces, which would be otherwise infeasible with more expensive boards. That said, we do apologize to all of those poor souls who were accidentally trapped in the Portal of Ceaseless Screams and No Computers on their way to see Space Jam. You are not forgotten.

What can you build with it?

What CAN'T you build with it, you jock?

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With such an open-ended platform, you're really only limited by your imagination. You can take sensor input from almost anything to create interactive systems with real-time data monitoring, mechanical movement, and wireless communication, or just keep it simple with hobby electronics projects.

The Arduino Enthusiast E-Book Bundle includes eight comprehensive books filled with interesting projects that tackle topics like wearable's, robotics, and smartphone communication. Here's the full reading list:

-- Arduino Wearable Projects - $35.99 Value

-- Arduino Electronics Blueprints - $35.99 Value

-- Arduino Development Cookbook - $35.99 Value

-- Internet of Things with Arduino Blueprints - $31.99 Value

-- Arduino by Example - $31.99 Value

-- Arduino iOS Blueprints - $27.99 Value

-- Arduino Robotic Projects - $26.99 Value

-- Arduino Android Blueprints - $26.99 Value

So go pick it up. You'll be building ROBOTS. The most we can do is put together a hot dog that doesn't fall apart when you pick it up. The Arduino Enthusiast E-Book Bundle is available in our store for 88 percent off the usual cost, just $29.

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