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Pros
This book is a great resource for experienced arduino users as well as new users. It's about making the arduino work for you, but it's not about making you into a super c programmer. Only problem is that in a number of examples references are made to ... Read More
The structure of the book is like a resource book for the arduino ide. Previewing the table of contents of the index will give you a feel for the book's scope. It's great to have a compendium on hand to refer to instead of mindlessly googling things.
Cons
This is a very rushed book as can be seen by simply looking at the errata. Also this voltage divider example is very poor. Because the code is far too convoluted for such a basic concept.
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Quality
I was favorably impressed by the range of uses the quality of explanation and the quality of writing which is easy to read and... Read More
The more i fool with arduinos the better i like it
Every document dealt with the raw device with 3 pins and no support devices
They also have a zip file with the code examples
Competitiveness
A great resource for learning about the arduino world
There is even a recipe for hacking a wii nunchuck that doesnt require external libraries
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Some have complained about bugs in the examples but i have yet to come across one
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Speaking of oreilly you can register your book purchase at their site and get an additional electronic copy for 5
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You can take pieces of a program to build another program
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Also the source code for the sketches arduino source code is available for download at the oreilly site
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I am not a programmer and was able to get several of the sketches working
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Most programmers know little about electronics and most people knowledgeable in electronics are not skilled programmers
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No one who has ever programmed on other platforms would expect to start a cc program with any name other than main
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Every document dealt with the raw device with 3 pins and no support devices
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