Arduino Internals (Technology in Action)

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Apress
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 15, 2011
• Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st ed.
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 412 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1430238828
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 29
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.52 x 0.89 x 9.25 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #4,519,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #978 in Single Board Computers (Books) #2,092 in Computer Hacking #2,232 in Handheld & Mobile Devices

Arduino Internals guides you to the heart of the Arduino board. Author DaleWheat shares his intimate knowledge of the Arduino board—its secrets, itsstrengths and possible alternatives to its constituent parts are laid open toscrutiny in this book. You\'ll learn to build new, improved Arduino boards andperipherals, while conforming to the Arduino reference design.ArduinoInternals begins by reviewing the current Arduino hardware and softwarelandscape. In particular, it offers a clear analysis of how the ATmega8 boardworks and when and where to use its derivatives. The chapter on the \"hardwareheart\" is vital for the rest of the book and should be studied in some detail.Furthermore, Arduino Internals offers important information about the CPUrunning the Arduino board, the memory contained within it and the peripheralsmounted on it. To be able to write software that runs optimally on what is afairly small embedded board, one must understand how the different partsinteract. Later in the book, you\'ll learn how to replace certain parts withmore powerful alternatives and how to design Arduino peripherals and shields.Since Arduino Internals addresses both sides of the Arduino hardware-softwareboundary, the author analyzes the compiler toolchain and again providessuggestions on how to replace it with something more suitable for your ownpurposes. You\'ll also learn about how libraries enable you to change the wayArduino and software interact, and how to write your own library implementingalgorithms you\'ve devised yourself. Arduino Internals also suggestsalternative programming environments, since many Arduino hackers have abackground language other than C or Java. Of course, it is possible tooptimize the way in which hardware and software interact—an entire chapter isdedicated to this field.Arduino Internals doesn\'t just focus on the differentparts of Arduino architecture, but also on the ways in which example projectscan take advantage of the new and improved Arduino board. Wheat employsexample projects to exemplify the hacks and algorithms taught throughout thebook. Arduino projects straddling the hardware-software boundary often requirecollaboration between people of different talents and skills which cannot betaken for granted. For this reason, Arduino Internals contains a whole chapterdedicated to collaboration and open source cooperation to make those tools andskills explicit. One of the crowning achievements of an Arduino hacker is todesign a shield or peripheral residing on the Arduino board, which is thefocus of the following chapter. A later chapter takes specialization furtherby examining Arduino protocols and communications, a field immediatelyrelevant to shields and the communication between peripherals and the board.Finally, Arduino Internals integrates different skills and design techniquesby presenting several projects that challenge you to put your newly-acquiredskills to the test!Please note: the print version of this title is black &white; the eBook is full color. Read more