Arduino: A Technical Reference: A Handbook for Technicians, Engineers, and Makers

This is an excellent and extensive reference book about HARDWARE, about the chip variations, the vast variety of boards you can buy, and how to wire things up. Although the software tool chain is mentioned and a few programs and flowcharts are listed, this book is NOT about programming; it is about what is available and how to design and hook things up electrically. You will also need a book about programming as this does not even give you the machine instruction set for the various microprocessors. This is the hardware book you need if you are building things; but you also need a software book to be able to program them.

This technical reference manual is critical for the serious developer or engineer that wants to know the ins and outs of the Arduino platform. The handbook is not only full of technical knowledge but full of other resources as well. Although it contains important information which one can use to refer, when necessary, it's not a bad read from cover to cover, which I'm glad I did since it offered critical knowledge which I would otherwise miss if I hadn't.

I'm a seasoned (not old!) engineer with a few decades of software and electronics experience. I work as a pure software engineer these days, but still enjoy the world of electronic gizmos: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP8266, and all those wonderful sensors and interfaces! So this review is from that perspective. Here are some random thoughts, in no particular order:This not a bad book. Rated 4 stars for "I like it". Although at times I admit I had considered returning it. I think the title is a bit misleading - but emphasize "in a Nutshell" and perhaps that justifies it. A better title would be: "A complete reference for the beginner". I have a hard time accepting the "for Technicians, Engineers" part. Perhaps I should simply encourage newbies on this book: don't be intimidated by the title!The book presents some relatively good ideas of "what's out there"... but sadly does not really go into the specifics that I'd expect a "for engineers" book to have. At times it reads like a detailed catalog. Not necessarily a bad thing, I suppose.What I was looking for: something all in one place so I don't have to keep scouring the internet for a technical detail. For that, this book is close, but seriously lacking in some places. For instance, I really would have liked to see more on SPI, ICSP, I2C, JTAG, etc. Yes, this is all on the internet. For instance the "AVR910: In-System Programming" pdf from Atmel covers ICSP quite well of course.There are a LOT of embedded links. We'll see in a few years how cool that might be, but for now - it works well for the most part. Ok, some of the Atmel links take you to the search page at Atmel (perhaps direct links broken already?). It would be interesting to see how the real-world printed book looks with all those links (obviously this is a review for the kindle version). I don't really like the links being a mystery as to exactly where they go, but it makes reading a little less messy with crazy-long URLs.Overall - the editing is rather good - as expected from a real publisher - although the overall organization leaves a bit to be desired. One of the things I find incredibly annoying for those cheap-o, self-publish books is this poor grammar and spelling, This is obviously not the first technical O'Reilly book! Clearly they know how to use a spell checker! Regarding the organization, for instance: I found the chapter on "Arduino Technical Details" a bit annoying: First all of the board dimensions are listed for all the various flavors (Uno, Pro, Mega, etc.).. and THEN the boards are re-listed with their pinouts. Really? Why not put all the technical details for a specific board together in one continuous section?At times the depth of technical details is impressively weak. There's one section that I really grimaced: it says "[for]..Arduino boards the reset button must be pressed as soon as the IDE starts to upload the compiled program in order to detect the upload. You may need to do this a few times to get the timing just right." Remember this is a book for engineers! That's it? No mention of the possible use of DTR? If not available, how about instead better instructions:1) Hold down reset button2) Select Upload (while still holding reset)3) When IDE says Uploading, release the reset buttonThe author acknowledges the disarray at one point on page 156: "This chapter has been a whirlwind tour through multiple topics". imho - those topics could have been organized into something logical. Perhaps the editors rushed the author.Ok - some of these complaints are petty. Overall the book is not bad, really. :)I've seen some really bad kindle versions of books. This one does pretty well for the most part. Ok, there are some schematics that are pretty much useless, at least on a kindle. There's no ability to zoom, and the text is so small, only about one pixel high! I really like being able to highlight, and create my own pseudo index. This is more of a compliment to amazon. This one however does a pretty good job overall on the kindle.For a more complete preview of the book, be sure to check amazon on the web... there's way more for the "look inside" than there is for the download preview.So overall - ya, I'd say this is a good book. Certainly if you are just starting out, this might be a good choice rather than buying numerous other books that will likely end up repeating information between each of them.Other books to seriously consider:  Exploring Arduino: Tools and Techniques for Engineering Wizardry  - that's a really great book and the author has done a good job supplementing the book with free youtube videos. For more on the programming side, consider also  AVR Programming: Learning to Write Software for Hardware .

If you really want to know what your Arduino really is and how it works, you need this book, especially if you plan on using your Arduino to control other things. There may be more detail here than you need to know, but better too much technical information than not enough. But if you are thinking of using an Arduino as a "super component", then you probably will also want the downloadable AVR manuals from Atmel in addition to this book. But this book is a good place to start for understanding your Arduino (or Arduino clone) hardware.

As a former electrical engineer turned physician, this book is just what I wanted in the way of a little more meat. The author is clear that this book IS NOT a register by register breakdown of Atmel AVR microcontrollers or a comprehensive datasheet. It is an excellent overview of Arduino and similar boards. There is enough circuitry and software info to get you started on the road. It is a must have for anyone engaging in designing Arduino based products.

I am just getting into Arduino development & needed more than just a programming book. This book provides the details needed to acquire the Arduino IDE, verify the environment & get into development work without spending too much time wheel spinning. There are many chapters dedicated to descriptions of the language API's & families of senors, which I don't need right now, but anticipate using @ a later date.

Presentation varies between very technical and cursory.

If you want to learn Arduino and interfacing IOT devices to it, this is the book to own. Whether you are a beginner or expert, this book will be one of the most important reference books to have on your shelf!

good explanation in the abilities of using an arduino

Diferente dos livros de Arduino, com muitos projetos, este foca mais em conceitos teóricos, para referências. Explica datasheets, detalhes de programação dentre outras coisas. Recomendo para usuários avançados.

This book is a "must have", if you want to go deeper into Arduino advanced programming.

While it is not a beginners book it puts the data in an ordered manner. Of course, the datasheet of the devices used in the different Arduino boards has to be an important part of the book. But in the same ordered and informative way it deals with the Arduino software, its IDE and libraries.

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