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Getting Started with Sensors

Measure the World with Electronics, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi

By Tero Karvinen, Kimmo Karvinen

Publisher: Maker Media, Inc

Release Date: August 2014

Pages: 148

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To build electronic projects that can sense the physical world, you need to build circuits based around sensors: electronic components that react to physical phenomena by sending an electrical signal. Even with only basic electronic components, you can build useful and educational sensor projects.

But if you incorporate Arduino or Raspberry Pi into your project, you can build much more sophisticated projects that can react in interesting ways and even connect to the Internet. This book starts by teaching you the basic electronic circuits to read and react to a sensor. It then goes on to show how to use Arduino to develop sensor systems, and wraps up by teaching you how to build sensor projects with the Linux-powered Raspberry Pi.

Chapter 1 Sensors
1. Project 1: Photoresistor to Measure Light
2. Interactive Sensor Control
3. Going Forward
Chapter 2 Basic Sensors
1. Project 2: A Simple Switch
2. An LED Needs a Resistor
3. Project 3: Buzzer Volume Control
4. Project 4: Hall Effect
5. Project 5: Firefly
Chapter 5 Sensors and Arduino
1. Project 6: Momentary Push-Button and Pull-Up Resistors
2. Project 7: Infrared Proximity to Detect Objects
3. Project 8: Rotation (Pot)
4. Project 9: Photoresistor to Measure Light
5. Project 10: FlexiForce to Measure Pressure
6. Project 11: Measuring Temperature (LM35)
7. Project 12: Ultrasonic Distance Measuring (HC-SR04)
8. Conclusion
Chapter 6 Sensors and the Raspberry Pi
1. Project 13: Momentary Push Button
2. Hello, Python World
3. Project 14: Blink an LED with Python
4. Project 15: Adjustable Infrared Switch
5. Analog Resistance Sensors
6. Project 16: Potentiometer to Measure Rotation
7. Project 17: Photoresistor
8. Project 18: FlexiForce
9. Project 19: Temperature Measurements (LM35)
10. Project 20: Ultrasonic Distance
Appendix Troubleshooting Tactics
Appendix Arduino IDE Setup
1. Ubuntu Linux
2. Windows 7 and 8
3. OS X
4. Hello, World
Appendix Setting Up Raspberry Pi
1. Parts
2. Set It Up
3. Using Raspberry Pi
4. Take Over an Onboard LED
5. Hello, GPIO: Connecting an External LED
Appendix Bill of Materials
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4

Books & Videos

Getting Started with Sensors

Measure the World with Electronics, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi

Read on O'Reilly Online Learning with a 10-day trial

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Sensors

Project 1: Photoresistor to Measure Light

Interactive Sensor Control

Going Forward

Chapter 2 Basic Sensors

Project 2: A Simple Switch

An LED Needs a Resistor

Project 3: Buzzer Volume Control

Project 4: Hall Effect

Project 5: Firefly

Chapter 5 Sensors and Arduino

Project 6: Momentary Push-Button and Pull-Up Resistors

Project 7: Infrared Proximity to Detect Objects

Project 8: Rotation (Pot)

Project 9: Photoresistor to Measure Light

Project 10: FlexiForce to Measure Pressure

Project 11: Measuring Temperature (LM35)

Project 12: Ultrasonic Distance Measuring (HC-SR04)

Conclusion

Chapter 6 Sensors and the Raspberry Pi

Project 13: Momentary Push Button

Hello, Python World

Project 14: Blink an LED with Python

Project 15: Adjustable Infrared Switch

Analog Resistance Sensors

Project 16: Potentiometer to Measure Rotation

Project 17: Photoresistor

Project 18: FlexiForce

Project 19: Temperature Measurements (LM35)

Project 20: Ultrasonic Distance

Appendix Troubleshooting Tactics

Appendix Arduino IDE Setup

Ubuntu Linux

Windows 7 and 8

OS X

Hello, World

Appendix Setting Up Raspberry Pi

Parts

Set It Up

Using Raspberry Pi

Take Over an Onboard LED

Hello, GPIO: Connecting an External LED

Appendix Bill of Materials

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4