Arduino Projects with Tinkercad | Part 2: Design & program advanced Arduino-based electronics projects with Tinkercad

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Foreword

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Attention: This book is the sequel to the book Arduino Projects with Tinkercad, as well as to the beginner book Arduino | Step by Step. This book is aimed at advanced Arduino users and therefore requires some basic knowledge. It is best to work through the two books mentioned above before starting with this book.

In this book we will create together and step by step a few complex and great projects with the microcontroller Arduino Uno. As in the previous book, we will use the easy-to-use and free online software Tinkercad from Autodesk to simulate and program the projects. In Tinkercad, we will create - together and step by step - the schematic for each project, create the programming using the block-based programming method, and simulate how it works. In each of the projects we will use sensors, e.g. a force sensor, a tilt sensor, a soil moisture sensor or an ambient light sensor and other components. In addition, we will integrate actuators (servo motor, piezo ...) that will perform a specific programmed action.

I am an engineer (M.Eng.) and would like to introduce you to the topics of electronics, Arduino and block-based programming with Tinkercad, application-oriented, playful and simply explained using DIY projects. Therefore you will find in this book in the first two chapters a very short refresher about the Arduino and the program Tinkercad (about 5 pages). If you need a more detailed introduction, you should take a look at the previous books in this series. After that, five more complex projects will follow, which we will implement together and step by step (components, schematic, wiring, programming). Let's go!

1 Scope of learning

What you can expect in this book and what you will learn

In this guide you will find five exciting and great projects that we will implement together and step by step. These projects are a bit more complex, as this book is intended for advanced users. For the electronic projects we use the microcontroller Arduino, as well as the software Tinkercad from Autodesk. In the first two chapters you will find a very short refresher on the Arduino and the Tinkercad program (about 5 pages). If you need a more detailed introduction, you should take a look at the previous books in this series, whose titles are mentioned in the preface.

In this book, you will also be asked in places to carry out individual steps or even an entire project on your own. The solution will follow on the following pages. Try to implement these prompts, then you learn best!

This book includes the following projects:

-DIY project 1: car folding headlight with automatic low beam

- DIY project 2: Complex alarm system with various sensors

- DIY project 3: Plant monitoring and supply

- DIY project 4: Parking aid and garage air