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DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists
DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists

DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists: The ultimate project-based guide to building real-world embedded applications in C and C++ programming

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Profile Icon Miguel Angel Garcia-Ruiz Profile Icon Pedro Cesar Santana Mancilla
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Key benefits

  • Discover how to apply microcontroller boards in real life to create interesting IoT projects
  • Create innovative solutions to help improve the lives of people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Design, build, program, and test microcontroller-based projects with the C and C++ programming language

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We live in a world surrounded by electronic devices, and microcontrollers are the brains of these devices. Microcontroller programming is an essential skill in the era of the Internet of Things (IoT), and this book helps you to get up to speed with it by working through projects for designing and developing embedded apps with microcontroller boards. DIY Microcontroller Projects for Hobbyists are filled with microcontroller programming C and C++ language constructs. You'll discover how to use the Blue Pill (containing a type of STM32 microcontroller) and Curiosity Nano (containing a type of PIC microcontroller) boards for executing your projects as PIC is a beginner-level board and STM-32 is an ARM Cortex-based board. Later, you'll explore the fundamentals of digital electronics and microcontroller board programming. The book uses examples such as measuring humidity and temperature in an environment to help you gain hands-on project experience. You'll build on your knowledge as you create IoT projects by applying more complex sensors. Finally, you'll find out how to plan for a microcontroller-based project and troubleshoot it. By the end of this book, you'll have developed a firm foundation in electronics and practical PIC and STM32 microcontroller programming and interfacing, adding valuable skills to your professional portfolio.

Who is this book for?

This STM32 PIC microcontroller book is for students, hobbyists, and engineers who want to explore the world of embedded systems and microcontroller programming. Beginners, as well as more experienced users of digital electronics and microcontrollers, will also find this book useful. Basic knowledge of digital circuits and C and C++ programming will be helpful but not necessary.

What you will learn

  • Get to grips with the basics of digital and analog electronics
  • Design, build, program, and test a microcontroller-based system
  • Understand the importance and applications of STM32 and PIC microcontrollers
  • Discover how to connect sensors to microcontroller boards
  • Find out how to obtain sensor data via coding
  • Use microcontroller boards in real life and practical projects

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Jesus Aug 15, 2021
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As someone who had to dust out his C++ skills, this book made it very easy to start coding swiftly. Starting is pretty straightforward, but if you do not have much coding experience, I recommend getting the kindle version, as you can access the links and complementary materials more smoothly.This book truly lives to my expectations as a "soon to be" hardware hobbyist. But, as a data scientist, I'm obsessed with logging everything around me to make data-driven decisions. So the chapter on data logging and the previous one on different sensors and how to set them up lowered the entry barrier.One of the things that I appreciate is social responsibility and how the authors show us how we can put our skills to the betterment of others. The Covid-19 projects were interesting. In particular, the hands washing one, as an Apple watch user, I got obsessed with always completing the 20 seconds, and I see how this easy-to-set timer can encourage more people to wash their hands for the appropriate time.
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Daniel Jul 30, 2021
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They have a series of project and explain how to complete them with examples and theory. Entry level theory is discussed. Perfect to get your feet wet with the science.
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Xudong@SF Oct 03, 2021
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This book is a great resource for anyone who wants to learn micro-controller programming using C/C++ programming languages. It is also a great resource for engineers with basic electrical engineering backgrounds who wish to build fast prototypes of sensors and controllers.The book contains many hands-on projects. What I particularly like about this book is that each chapter contains a hands-on project with all the information you need to try the project at your own desk, for example, the technical requirements, the coding snippets, and even which sensor modules to buy and the sensor manufacturer info, etc.The book is well written, all the technical details are explained very clearly. I like the many figures in the book as the figures help me to understand the technical concepts quickly. And I find that the color versions of the figures are more helpful, which can be downloaded from the provided link.Overall, as a hobbyist and an engineer prototyping things myself, I enjoyed this book very much. If you are someone like me, I would recommend this book to you.
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L. Castro Aug 09, 2021
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This book is a good way to start coding microcontroller projects. If you are an enthusiast and get excited about hands-on projects, this book may be just for you.One of the things I liked about the book is the writing. It is streamlined and concise, focused on an entry level. Another aspect that I liked is that it provides several actual examples that can be implemented using two types of boards.On the flipside, some of the things that could be enhanced throughout the book is documenting and explaining the code. The snippets are shown, and explain what they do, but it took me some time to understand what each line of code did. The first two chapters (the basics on electronics and C programming language) may not be sufficient to implement some of the projects if you have no previous knowledge of electronics or low-level programming languages such as the C programming languages. Finally, a troubleshooting section could be of help to those who are really starting to implement these types of projects.Overall: I recommend this book to those who want to get hands-on experience on implementing simple microcontroller projects but be aware that you may need to invest additional time to learn some of the concepts presented in this book, if you do not have previous experience in implementing such projects.
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Adolfo Alvarez González Jul 31, 2021
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This book is an excellent opportunity for introduction into microcontroller programming in an enthusiastic way using basic C and C++ programming.It is made up of 14 chapters, of which 12 are diverse projects that may be caried out, the first two chapters give us an introduction to the microcontrollers which are recommended for the elaboration of these projects and that, also, provide a basic introduction to the programming languages which are suggested.Each program is extremely well explained in every necessary component, its connection, the parameters to maintain, and the code necessary for the correct use and interpretation.Projects range from the most basic concepts such as turning on and off an LED, to systems which are added to Internet of Things (IoT), passing to Sensors of Gas, Sound, Light, Humidity and Temperature, Ultrasonic Sensors, etc.Undoubtedly, this is a necessary guide for anyone who wants to have an introduction to the use of microcontrollers and not die in the process. This is a book which is very well made, well explained, with easy, and most importantly, stimulating projects in order to not stop there and to continue developing one’s creativity.In my opinion, it deserves 5 stars, since I will soon start to immerse myself in this world and I didn’t know where to start. It is a book that one must get and have as the basis for further projects.
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