The campaign is on Indiegogo here.
Beautiful diagrams on every page
The campaign has already met it's goal and will make the book larger if they meet higher targets. If you like building circuits but Making Things, this will help immensely.
Showing posts with label Arduino Basic Connections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arduino Basic Connections. Show all posts
Sunday, September 22, 2013
ABC Arduino Basic Connections the Book!
I have gushed over the circuit diagrams published by Alberto "Pighixxx" Piganti over the past few months. He decided to collect them into a laminated bound book!
The campaign is on Indiegogo here.
Beautiful diagrams on every page
The campaign is on Indiegogo here.
Beautiful diagrams on every page
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Latest Arduino Due Pinout Diagram Released
Rob Gray aka the GRAYnomad released an updated color pinout of the Arduino Due.
Go to the Arduino forum to get copies in various formats.
I had informed Rob of a minor issue, possibly others had too. This version would appear perfect. Rob is the original diagram creator with Alberto "Pighixxx" running with the concept to extend the diagram count to most other Arduino platforms and many other circuits.
Personal rant: I still consider the Due a beta/experimental platform. The software support is no where near what it needs to be to be up to the level of the Uno, Mega, Teensy, and other platforms. The software errata is also rather high and the development environment is not well polished. If this chip represents a new plateau in the Arduino, the effort must be made to fully bake it, then let the community put the frosting on. Going half way then releasing to the community has caused a fair amount of problems and slowed adoption considerably. My rule of thumb - if Adafruit has not supported the ecosystem in some way, the system may be more of a pain than it should be. That may be simplistic but Limor Fried is a saavy engineer and businesswoman so her opinions go a long way in hobby design.
Shields: It would be very good to get some reference shields out that detect the IOREF voltage and adjust accordingly (3.3 volt or 5 volt). I do not count the wifi shield, it is too complex to be used as a reference for designers to build shields with I/O voltage adjustment capability. And the GSM shield is also very complex and does not have official Due compatibility (possibly due to software issues).
Current ecosystem: With the release of the Beaglebone Black at the $45 mark, the pressure is back up. The old Beaglebone was a bit expensive to challenge the Arduino clan. But the BB Black has a great deal of capability and undercuts the Due by $5. The lower-end Arduino clones like the Teensy 3.0 use ARM Cortex chips at Uno like prices (~$25-$30) often with extended software support out of the gate (see Kickstarter). The choices are harder (or better) than ever.
Go to the Arduino forum to get copies in various formats.
I had informed Rob of a minor issue, possibly others had too. This version would appear perfect. Rob is the original diagram creator with Alberto "Pighixxx" running with the concept to extend the diagram count to most other Arduino platforms and many other circuits.
Personal rant: I still consider the Due a beta/experimental platform. The software support is no where near what it needs to be to be up to the level of the Uno, Mega, Teensy, and other platforms. The software errata is also rather high and the development environment is not well polished. If this chip represents a new plateau in the Arduino, the effort must be made to fully bake it, then let the community put the frosting on. Going half way then releasing to the community has caused a fair amount of problems and slowed adoption considerably. My rule of thumb - if Adafruit has not supported the ecosystem in some way, the system may be more of a pain than it should be. That may be simplistic but Limor Fried is a saavy engineer and businesswoman so her opinions go a long way in hobby design.
Shields: It would be very good to get some reference shields out that detect the IOREF voltage and adjust accordingly (3.3 volt or 5 volt). I do not count the wifi shield, it is too complex to be used as a reference for designers to build shields with I/O voltage adjustment capability. And the GSM shield is also very complex and does not have official Due compatibility (possibly due to software issues).
Current ecosystem: With the release of the Beaglebone Black at the $45 mark, the pressure is back up. The old Beaglebone was a bit expensive to challenge the Arduino clan. But the BB Black has a great deal of capability and undercuts the Due by $5. The lower-end Arduino clones like the Teensy 3.0 use ARM Cortex chips at Uno like prices (~$25-$30) often with extended software support out of the gate (see Kickstarter). The choices are harder (or better) than ever.
Monday, April 22, 2013
New Arduino Interface Circuit Diagrams
Alberto Piganti (Pighixxx on the Arduino.cc forums) has created additional circuit diagrams for his Arduino Basic Connections (ABC).
He's up to 34 pages of useful circuits, in color, using commonly available parts. These mesh perfectly with the Maker movement - you don't always have to be an engineer to make circuitry for cool projects. To be honest, most engineers keep a notebook of basic, helpful circuits. Alberto is just kind enough to share his in such beautiful drawings. For clarity, select the PDF versions. Or go to his Flickr site for pictures.
He is most receptive to comments and revision suggestions on his blog.
While you are there, also pick up his wonderful Arduino pinout diagrams. (Use the menu to find all of the others).
He's up to 34 pages of useful circuits, in color, using commonly available parts. These mesh perfectly with the Maker movement - you don't always have to be an engineer to make circuitry for cool projects. To be honest, most engineers keep a notebook of basic, helpful circuits. Alberto is just kind enough to share his in such beautiful drawings. For clarity, select the PDF versions. Or go to his Flickr site for pictures.
He is most receptive to comments and revision suggestions on his blog.
While you are there, also pick up his wonderful Arduino pinout diagrams. (Use the menu to find all of the others).
Monday, February 18, 2013
Excellent Arduino Pinout Diagrams
Several high quality color pinout diagrams have been posted to the Arduino forums. These are very helpful for knowing the basic and advanced functions of Arduino boards.
The first to be posted was for the complex Arduino Due (above) by user Graynomad. Then user Pighixxx used similar layout to do diagrams for the Uno, Mega, Esplora and more.
For readers, I link to the forum posts for various diagrams. This allows you to get the latest version in case of revisions (the forum is keen on spotting any problems which keeps the quality of the diagrams very high).
The first to be posted was for the complex Arduino Due (above) by user Graynomad. Then user Pighixxx used similar layout to do diagrams for the Uno, Mega, Esplora and more.
For readers, I link to the forum posts for various diagrams. This allows you to get the latest version in case of revisions (the forum is keen on spotting any problems which keeps the quality of the diagrams very high).
- Arduino Uno with additional diagrams on the ATmega 328 and ATTiny chips
- Arduino Mega
- Arduino Leonardo with Mega 32U4 chip diagram
- Arduino Due
- Arduino Esplora
- Arduino Nano
- Arduino Mini
Also with the Uno, Pighixxx laminated a printout and mounted it on a plate and mounted a real Uno which makes a great prototyping plate (probably more detailed than a beginner might want, I would say a great target would be for technical or college level classes).
One doesn't need this level of detail for their first Arduino project but for midlevel to advanced work, these are wonderful and bring together information it could take hours to research. Thus you have more time for actual experimenting (and debugging).
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