Learn the fundamentals of PLCs and how to control them using Arduino software to create your first Arduino PLC. You will learn how to draw Ladder Logic diagrams to represent PLC designs for a wide variety of automated applications and to convert the diagrams to Arduino sketches.

PIC Microcontrollers are a favorite in industry and with hobbyists. These microcontrollers are versatile, simple, and low cost making them perfect for many different applications. The 8-bit PIC is widely used in consumer electronic goods, office automation, and personal projects. Author, Dogan Ibrahim, author of several PIC books has now written a book using the PIC18 family of microcontrollers to create projects with SD cards.

The PICAXE microcontroller is an inexpensive tiny computer sitting in a microchip. It can be programmed by you to control gadgets, your inventions or your creations and the list of these are endless. Your ideas or imagination is your only limiting factor. Alarm systems, keypad entry systems, electronic dice, games and colour sensors are but a few. These are easily achievable within the PICAXE environment.

MATLAB provides APIs to access BeagleBone Black board. This book helps you to get started with BeagleBone Black Programming using Matlab.

The following the highlight:

* Preparing Development Environment

* Setting up BeagleBone Black Development for MATLAB

* Working with GPIO

* Working with PWM and ADC

* Working with I2C

* Working with SPI

* Working with Serial Port

* Working with Web Camera

* Working with BeagleBone Black Linux Command

* Measuring and Plotting Sensor Data in Real-Time

MATLAB has a feature to enable Arduino development via MATLAB Support Package for Arduino Hardware since MATLAB 2014a. This book helps you to develop Arduino program using MATLAB.

The following is highlight topics:

* Preparing Development Environment

* Setting Arduino Development for MATLAB

* Working with Digital I/O

* Working with PWM and Analog Input

* Working with I2C

* Working with SPI

* Working with Servo Motor

* Measuring and Plotting Sensor Data in Real-Time

The Arduino IDE is a cross-platform application written in Java, and is derived from the IDE for the Processing programming language and the Wiring project. It is designed to introduce programming to artists and other newcomers unfamiliar with software development.

This book is different than many Arduino books in that it expects no previous knowledge in electronics or programming. Instead of going into depth teaching those topics, it teaches only enough so that you can make things.

Bluno Beetle is another milestone in wearable electronics device area based Arduino platform, which makes DIY users have more options in the project design. This book helps you to get started with Bluno Beetle development.

The SparkFun ESP8266 Thing is the cheap breakout and development board for the ESP8266 WiFi SoC. This book helps you to get started with SparkFun ESP8266 Thing board development using Arduino software.

The following is the highlight topics:

* Preparing development environment

* Setting up SparkFun ESP8266 Thing

* GPIO programming

* UART

* PWM and Analog Input

* Working with I2C

* Working with SPI

* Connecting to a network

* Building a simple Internet of Things app

Arduino and Genuino MKR1000 are IoT development board which is based on the Atmel ATSAMW25 SoC. This book helps you to get started with Arduino and Genuino MKR1000 development.

The following is highlight topics in this book:

Setting up Development Environment

Sketch Programming

Working with SPI

Working with I2C

Arduino WiFi Networking

Building IoT Application

Working with Internal RTC and Sleep Mode

Controlling Arduino through Firmata Protocol

Working with Firmata Protocol over WiFi

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