Introduction |
IoT and Electricity Basics / Part I: |
IoT and Electronics / Chapter 1: |
IoT in a Nutshell |
Parts of an IoT System |
Devices |
Sensors |
Circuits, Software, and Microprocessors |
Communication |
Levels |
Protocols and Standards |
Data Analytics and Management |
The User Experience |
Challenges in Implementing IoT |
IoT into the Future |
Electricity: Its Good and Bad Behavior / Chapter 2: |
Try This: Creating Some Static |
Levitate a Styrofoam Plate |
Bend Water |
Creating Light with Static |
Magically Move a Styrofoam Ball |
Electricity at an Atomic Level |
Conductors and Insulators |
Characteristics of Electricity |
Current |
Voltage |
Resistance |
Induction and Conduction |
Try This: Creating a Simple Breadboard Circuit |
Light-Emitting Diodes |
Jumper Wires |
Building the Circuit |
The Basic Circuit |
Ohm's Law |
Resistor Values and Voltage Dividers |
Opens and Shorts |
Circuit Protection Devices |
Fuses |
Circuit Breakers |
Bigger Is Not Better |
Symbols and Diagrams / Chapter 3: |
Types of Diagrams |
Schematic Symbols |
So Many Switches! |
Drawing Your Circuit |
Try This: Adding a Switch and Creating a Schematic |
Introduction to the Arduino Uno / Chapter 4: |
What Is Arduino? |
The Arduino Board |
Analog vs. Digital |
The Arduino IDE |
Try This: Creating a Simple Arduino-Controlled Circuit |
What Went Wrong? |
What Does the Code Mean? |
Setup |
Void |
Try This: Changing Pins |
Try This: Creating Arduino Running Lights |
Try This: Adding a Switch to Your Circuit |
Try This: Using the Serial Monitor |
Dim the Lights / Chapter 5: |
Using a Multimeter |
Try This: Repurposing a Power Supply |
Measuring Voltage, Current, and Resistance |
Measuring Voltage |
Measuring Current |
Measuring Resistance |
Continuity |
Try This: Dimming the Lights |
Try This: Measuring Circuit Values |
Using Arduino to Measure Electricity |
Try This: Using an Arduino Voltmeter |
Try This: Using an Arduino Ohmmeter |
Try This: Using an Arduino Ammeter |
Try This: Using an Arduino Continuity Tester |
Try This: Building a Dimmable Arduino Camp Light |
Soldering, Perfboards, and Shrink Tubing |
Soldering |
Perfboards |
Shrink Tubing |
Feel the Power / Chapter 6: |
Watt's Law and the Power Wheel |
Datasheets |
The Power Wheel |
Watts and Horsepower |
Horsepower |
Efficiency |
Battery Power |
The Other Resistor Value |
Wattmeters |
Wattmeter |
Power Distribution |
Try This: Using an Arduino Wattmeter |
Setting Up the LCD Screen |
Component Connections |
The Test Sketch |
Troubleshooting |
Building the Wattmeter |
Building the Test Circuit |
Configuring the LCD |
Programming the Meter |
Series and Parallel Circuits / Chapter 7: |
Series, Parallel, and Complex Circuits |
Try This: Testing Series and Parallel Configurations |
Calculating Values in Series and in Parallel |
Power |
Resistance of a Conductor |
Sources in Series and Parallel |
Sources in Series |
Sources in Parallel |
Aiding and Opposing Sources |
Try This: Calculating Circuit Values |
Calculating the Series Circuit |
What Went Wrong |
Calculating the Parallel Circuit |
What Size Resistor Is Needed? |
Calculating the Complex Circuit |
Using Common Components / Part II: |
Diodes: The One-Way Street Sign / Chapter 8: |
Try This: Creating a Simple Polarity Tester |
Determining Polarity Tester Maximum Voltage |
Determining Resistor Needs |
Typical LED Voltages |
Putting It on a Perfbord |
LED Features |
The Inner Workings of Diodes |
Determining Anode and Cathode |
Types of Diodes |
Diode Uses |
Try This: Using a Seven-Segment LED |
Seven-Segment LED |
Bar LED |
Transistors / Chapter 9: |
Try This: Using a Transistor as an Amplifier |
The Purpose of Transistors |
Types of Transistors |
Distinguishing Transistor Types |
Determining Transistor Connections |
Bipolar Junction Transistors |
Field Effect Transistors |
Try This: Using a Transistor as a Switch |
Verifying the Data |
Capacitors / Chapter 10: |
A Quick Look at Capacitors |
Try This: Creating a Time Delay Circuit |
Capacitor Uses |
Try This: Creating an Astable Multivibrator |
Try This: Using Capacitors in Series and Parallel |
Capacitors in Parallel |
Capacitors in Series |
The Magic of Magnetism / Chapter 11: |
The Electricity/Magnetism Relationship |
Magnetism |
Magnetism's Relationship with Electricity |
Try This: Building an Electromagnet |
Magnetism in Circuits |
Motors and Generators |
Inductors |
Doorbells |
Relays |
Parts of a Relay |
Try This: Building a Relay Oscillator |
Connecting the Coil |
Connecting the Controlled Circuit |
Try This: Setting Up an Emergency Lighting System |
Connecting the Mains Circuit |
Connecting the Backup Circuit |
Electricity's Changing Forms / Chapter 12: |
Try This: Creating a Water Alarm |
Common Transducers |
Speakers and Microphones |
Light |
Light-Controlled Devices |
Light Output Devices |
Laser Light |
Other Transducers |
Try This: Creating a Night-Light Circuit |
Try This: Creating an Arduino Laser Security System |
How the Voltage Divider Works |
Other Considerations |
Integrated Circuits and Digital Logic / Chapter 13: |
Integrated Circuits |
Determining Circuit Timing |
Examining the IC |
Operational Amplifiers |
Digital Logic |
Logic Chip Construction |
The Binary Number System |
Logic Gates |
Try This: Exploring AND and OR Gates |
The AND Gate |
The OR Gate |
Logic Probes and Oscilloscopes |
More Please / Part III: |
Pulse Width Modulation / Chapter 14: |
Pulse Width Modulation Explained |
Try This: Using a PWM LED Dimmer |
PWM vs. Potentiometer |
Observing the Changing Duty Cycle |
Try This: Using a PWM Motor Control |
Try This: Trying PWM and an Arduino |
Sources of Electricity / Chapter 15: |
Chemical Reactions |
Simple Experiment: Making a Voltaic Cell |
Types of Batteries |
Try This: Making a Thermocouple |
Try This: Displaying PV Output on an Arduino |
Friction |
Pressure |
Wrapping It Up |
Transformers and Power Distribution / Chapter 16: |
What Is a Transformer? |
Phase Relationships |
Power and Turns Ratio |
Transformer Losses |
Taps, Autotransformers, and Variacs |
Try This: Verifying Transformer Output |
Alternating Current Values |
Power Distribution Using Transformers |
Inverters and Rectifiers / Chapter 17: |
Inverters vs. Rectifiers and Their Uses |
Inverters and PV Systems |
Other Inverter Uses |
Rectifier Uses |
Construction of Inverters |
Try This: Filtering a Circuit |
Setting Up the Circuit |
Filtering the Circuit |
Construction of Rectifiers |
Single-Phase vs. Three-Phase Power |
Try This: Building a Small Variable Power Supply |
Radio Waves and Tuned Circuits / Chapter 18: |
Radio Waves |
Try This: Building a Radio Receiver |
Making Waves |
Transmitting Radio Waves |
Receiving Radio Waves |
AM vs. FM |
Try This: Building an Arduino FM Radio |
The Shield |
The Libraries |
Verifying the Radio Works |
Adding Station Tuning |
Tuned Circuits |
Putting the I in IoT / Part IV: |
Connecting Your Circuits to the Cloud / Chapter 19: |
The Arduino IoT Cloud |
Try This: Setting Up Your Device |
Try This: Using Things, Properties, and Widgets |
Just for Fun / Chapter 20: |
Electronic Fabrics and Wearables |
Try This: Lighting Up a Teddy Bear |
Paper Circuits |
Try This: Creating a Conductive Paint Circuit |
Try This: Creating a Copper Tape Circuit |
Try This: Building Squishy Circuits |
What's Next? / Chapter 21: |
The World Is Your Oyster |
Recommended Reading and Resources |
Words of Encouragement |
Index |
Introduction |
IoT and Electricity Basics / Part I: |
IoT and Electronics / Chapter 1: |
IoT in a Nutshell |
Parts of an IoT System |
Devices |