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Author: Simon Monk
ISBN : 007177596X
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TEAM ARDUINO UP WITH ANDROID FOR SOME MISCHIEVOUS FUN!
Filled with practical, do-it-yourself gadgets, Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius shows you how to create Arduino devices and control them with Android smartphones and tablets. Easy-to-find equipment and components are used for all the projects in the book.
This wickedly inventive guide covers the Android Open Application Development Kit (ADK) and USB interface and explains how to use them with the basic Arduino platform. Methods of communication between Android and Arduino that don't require the ADK--including sound, Bluetooth, and WiFi/Ethernet are also discussed. An Arduino ADK programming tutorial helps you get started right away.
Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius:
- Contains step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations
- Provides tips for customizing the projects
- Covers the underlying principles behind the projects
- Removes the frustration factor--all required parts are listed
- Provides all source code on the book's website
Build these and other devious devices:
- Bluetooth robot
- Android Geiger counter
- Android-controlled light show
- TV remote
- Temperature logger
- Ultrasonic range finder
- Home automation controller
- Remote power and lighting control
- Smart thermostat
- RFID door lock
- Signaling flags
- Delay timer
Books with free ebook downloads available Free Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius: Control Arduino with Your Smartphone or Tablet [Paperback]
- Series: Evil Genius
- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics; 1 edition (November 15, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 007177596X
- ISBN-13: 978-0071775960
- Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.3 x 10.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Free Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius: Control Arduino with Your Smartphone or Tablet
PROS
Interesting projects
Four ways to interface Android to Arduino
Good step-by-step instructions for building hardware
CONS
No explanation for Android app code
Three of four interface styles require a wire connection between Arduino and Android
Inadequate explanation of workings of the overall project
HIGHLIGHTS
The projects in this book are more interesting than the predecessor, 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius. Part 1 of the book has an assortment of interesting Android+Arduino projects on a variety of subjects. Part 2 is dedicated to home automation. I have the sense that the book was originally going to be dedicated to home automation, because one of the chapters in the home automation section refers to Chapter 7 as Chapter 1. For a full list of projects with a brief description, visit the book's site at [...] (change "spot" to "." and don't forget the www or it won't work).
The most valuable thing about this book is four useful interfaces that allow an Android device to control an Arduino. They are: bluetooth, wired USB, wired sound port (you don't actually hear it), and wired ethernet. Realistically, Android as a controller is best in wireless form, and only the bluetooth interface does that. A TV Remote design that requires plugging the Arduino into the Android via a USB cable is just clunky. The author could have presented Wifi and Zigbee, both of which are wireless and should work with most Android tablets and Arduinos with additional hardware; Zigbee requires an IOIO plug-in for the Android.
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