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Building iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects
Real-World Arduino, Sensor, and Bluetooth Low Energy Apps in techBASIC
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REVIEW SNAPSHOT® by PowerReviewsoreillyBuilding iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects (based on 8 reviews)  Ratings Distribution 86% of respondents would recommend this to a friend. Pros
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Comments about oreilly Building iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects: I have read through the book. As a result I upgraded to an iPad Mini to have Bluetooth 4 access. I am looking forward to spending hours exploring the ideas presented in this book. Pros
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Comments about oreilly Building iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects: In this book you find a new way to consider iphone and ipad: not only devices to make a phone call or to see videos or play music, but devices to do a lot of new interesting applications. And you also can understand how are working many of the strange features these devices have, like accelerometer, gyroscope or magnetometer. Pros
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Comments about oreilly Building iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects: It is a usefull and clear book. Every one that wants to start with iOS sensors must read! Pros
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Comments about oreilly Building iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects: I am a software person by trade, but was immediately impressed with this book and its ability to break down some complex items and show real world examples on using an iPhone to create interesting projects. I just received the book a couple weeks ago and am half way through it already. Looking forward to the rest of it. Special thanks to the author for writing this book for all of us. Comments about oreilly Building iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects: The excellent guide for anyone who loves iPhone, DIY applications and gadgets  Pros
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Comments about oreilly Building iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects: This is a Software manual. There are no electronic projects. Putting an iPhone or a Sensor Tag in a rocket does not constitute an electronic project. Pros
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Comments about oreilly Building iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects: This book reveals two topics of major interest: First, there is the TechBasic programming environment, which allows users to construct professional-looking mobile apps without investing in specialized systems or knowledge bases. Second, the book introduces Blutooth Low Energy (BLE), an enabling technology for wirelessly connecting your smartphone to just about anything. Pros
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Comments about oreilly Building iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects: Started reading this with a sense of excitement and anticipation that continues to grow as I realise how much is possible with techBasic. The book directs you to a wealth of support material and provides a tantalising view of the possibilities that lie ahead. I've got so engaged I've taken everything with me on holiday so I can get my head around the language - a bit sad but true! Displaying reviews 1-8 |
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Merchant response: Thank you for your review. The author wrote the following response:
For the most part, I'd say your review is spot-on, and in the one area where I might quibble, we're trying very hard to change things so you are right!
First, this is certainly a book about software. Every chapter has some sort of software. That's needed, since the only way to interface to electronics with an iPhone or iPad is to write software. To be fair, though, it's also a book about electronics and construction. Chapter 4 shows how to use HiJack, and how to build a power supply for it. You build a moisture meter in Chapter 5. The SensorTag interface and rockets from Chapters 6 and 7 show how to use existing Bluetooth LE devices--and there are a lot of pre-built Bluetooth LE devices to choose from!
Certainly hacking the radio control truck is electronics, although there's a lot of robotics in Chapter 8, too, as you see how to use H bridges and an Arduino to take control of a radio control truck.
Chapters 9 and 10 are not in the early release book, but they will be all software, as you learn how to create a BLE device with your iPhone and communicate with other iPhones.
Chapters 11 and 12 have electronics and mechanics, showing how to access devices using WiFi. The chapters use servos as an example.
You mentioned that all of the software is free. That's where I disagree, although we're trying hard to make you right! Most of the software is only available in techBASIC or in the book at the moment, and you do have to pay for techBASIC. We're trying hard to get techBASIC Sampler through the App Store review process, though, and that will give you a way to get all of the software for free.
Perhaps you meant that the projects were available for free. Some definitely are. A few of the chapters first appeared on the Byte Works blog section; you can find those and more at http://www.byteworks.us/Byte_Works/Blog/Blog.html. The moisture meter first appeared in another great source for electronics projects: Nuts & Volts magazine. See the June 2012 issue.
Still, you're not happy with the book. I'd suggest two things.
First, both O'Reilly and I want you to be happy. They will give you a refund.
Second, I'd like to know what would have made this a great book for you. Can you drop me a note at the email address on my author profile telling me what I could change to improve the book?