Arduino Programming Notebook

This notebook serves as a convenient, easy to use programming reference for the command structure and basic syntax of the Arduino microcontroller. To keep it simple, certain exclusions were made that make this a beginner’s reference best used as a secondary source alongside other websites, books, workshops, or classes. This decision has lead to a slight emphasis on using the Arduino for standalone purposes and, for example, excludes the more complex uses of arrays or advanced forms of serial communication.

Beginning with the basic structure of Arduino’s C derived programming language, this notebook continues on to describe the syntax of the most common elements of the language and illustrates their usage with examples and code fragments. This includes many functions of the core library followed by an appendix with sample schematics and starter programs. The overall format compliments O’Sullivan and Igoe‘s Physical Computing where possible.

For an introduction to the Arduino and interactive design, refer to Banzi’s Getting Started with Arduino, aka the Arduino Booklet. For the brave few interested in the intricacies of programming in C, Kernighan and Ritchie’s The C Programming Language, second edition, as well as Prinz and Crawford’s C in a Nutshell, provide some insight into the original programming syntax.

Above all else, this notebook would not have been possible without the great community of makers and shear mass of original material to be found at the Arduino website, playground, and forum at http://www.arduino.cc .