Arduino and LEGO Projects

✍ Scribed by Jon Lazar (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 202
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

We all know how awesome LEGO is, and more and more people are discovering how many amazing things you can do with Arduino. In Arduino and LEGO Projects, Jon Lazar shows you how to combine two of the coolest things on the planet to make fun gadgets like a Magic Lantern RF reader, a sensor-enabled LEGO music box, and even an Arduino-controlled LEGO train set.

• Learn that SNOT is actually cool (it means Studs Not on Top)
• See detailed explanations and images of how everything fits together
• Learn how Arduino fits into each project, including code and explanations

Whether you want to impress your friends, annoy the cat, or just kick back and bask in the awesomeness of your creations, Arduino and LEGO Projects shows you just what you need and how to put it all together.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
LEGO, Arduino, and The Ultimate Machine....Pages 1-26
Using Sensors with the Android....Pages 27-63
Twitter Pet....Pages 65-87
RFID and the Crystal Ball....Pages 89-109
Animating the TARDIS....Pages 111-147
Controlling LEGO Trains with Arduino....Pages 149-164
LEGO, Arduino, and The Ultimate Machine....Pages 165-182
Parts List....Pages 183-188
Back Matter....Pages 189-192

✦ Subjects

Computer Science, general