Arduino for Kids

A cool guide to help kids develop robots and electronics

About This Book

• Get clearly-written code with descriptions and comments that explain each code section
• The book comes with separate code files, one entire program at a time, as well as many diagrams and separate downloadable files that contain colored photos explaining steps in the book
• Kids can build multiple projects during the course of the book; by the end, they will have working projects of their own

Who This Book Is For

This book is for children aged 9 and up, and their parents, who may or may not have a technical background. This book is tailored around the central idea of introducing electronics as a fun and a curiosity-inducing exercise. This book can act as a bonding exercise between parent and child over a single weekend.

What You Will Learn

• Write simple programs using variables, functions, loops, arrays, and libraries
• Set up the Arduino and understand its internal functioning
• Get to grips with connections in electronics and arrive at ways to connect various components yourself
• Delve into various sensors and their selection and build your own sensor
• Unravel the concept of resistors and capacitors along with understanding the physics of electronics
• Become an inventor through interactive exercises (such as making a friend happy with a proximity sensor, and giving "life" to a plant)

In Detail

The mission of this book is to integrate technology with the tools that children already use for crafts so that they feel that the technology is an extension of their playtime. We use coding, sensors,