The Lego Arduino Cookbook: Expanding the Realm of Mindstorms Ev3 Invention

Push into new fields of technology using LEGO and Arduino with the projects in this Cookbook. MINDSTORMS EV3 inventions don't have to be confined to LEGO factory-made sensors. Incorporate a wide range of sensors, displays, LED arrays, actuators, and even a smartphone into your creations.
Add amazing capabilities to your LEGOs by building things such as a metal detector, long-range lidar, audio spectrum analyzer, weather station, and a smartphone. Step-by-step instructions bring these new devices to life. You'll work with the reliable and inexpensive Arduino UNO to take your projects even further and make them truly smart. Learn to set up and program your Arduino UNO. Then learn data communications protocols (I2C, SPI, and PWM) to link sensors to the Arduino. A variety of data communications techniques are also demonstrated on passing data between the Arduino and the MINDSTORMS EV3 Intelligent Brick.
Equipped with these new tools, LEGO inventors can build vast new capabilities into their designs.
What You'll Learn

• Interface new sensors, devices, and communications with LEGO Mindstorms EV3
  
• Work with communication protocols of pulse width modulation (PWM), I2c, and SPI
  
• Convert pulse width modulation to analog voltage with resistor and capacitor components
  

Who This Book Is For
Tech savvy fans of LEGO projects and hardware hackers. Also coaches or students involved in a school science/technology project or design competition.

在這本食譜書中，使用LEGO和Arduino來推進科技的新領域。MINDSTORMS EV3的創新不必局限於LEGO工廠製造的傳感器。將各種傳感器、顯示器、LED陣列、致動器甚至智慧型手機融入你的創作中，為你的LEGO增添驚人的功能。透過逐步的指示，讓這些新設備活躍起來。你將使用可靠且價格實惠的Arduino UNO來進一步發展你的專案，使其變得真正智慧。學習如何設置和編程你的Arduino UNO，然後學習數據通訊協議（I2C、SPI和PWM）來連接傳感器和Arduino。書中還演示了多種數據通訊技術，用於在Arduino和MINDSTORMS EV3智能積木之間傳遞數據。擁有這些新工具，LEGO發明家可以在他們的設計中加入廣闊的新功能。

你將學到什麼

• 與LEGO Mindstorms EV3介面新的傳感器、設備和通訊


• 使用脈衝寬度調製（PWM）、I2C和SPI通訊協議


• 使用電阻和電容元件將脈衝寬度調製轉換為類比電壓

適合閱讀對象

熱愛LEGO專案和硬體駭客的科技迷。同時也適合參與學校科學/技術專案或設計競賽的教練或學生。

Grady Koch emphasizes building things from LEGO that can be applied to practical use in science, engineering, or security. He is the author of LEGO Optics: Projects in Optical and Laser Science with LEGO, High-Tech LEGO: Projects in Science, Engineering, and Spycraft with Technic and Mindstorms EV3, and Secrets of Eli's LEGO Collection. He also writes for and runs hightechlego.com, which features various LEGO technology projects. His day job since 1987 has been as a research engineer with NASA Langley Research Center. There he works with technology for remote sensing atmospheric phenomena. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering. And he holds three patents in the field of wind measurements with lidar.

Grady Koch強調使用LEGO建造能夠應用於科學、工程或安全領域的實用物品。他是《LEGO Optics: Projects in Optical and Laser Science with LEGO》、《High-Tech LEGO: Projects in Science, Engineering, and Spycraft with Technic and Mindstorms EV3》和《Secrets of Eli's LEGO Collection》的作者。他還為hightechlego.com撰寫並運營該網站，該網站展示各種LEGO技術項目。自1987年以來，他的日常工作一直是作為NASA Langley Research Center的研究工程師。在那裡，他致力於遙感大氣現象的技術研究。他擁有電氣工程博士學位，並在風速測量與激光雷達領域擁有三項專利。