Culkin Jody - Make: learn electronics with Arduino: an illustrated beginners guide to physical computing / Jody Culkin and Eric Hagan

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This book wouldnt have been possible without the help of many people, more than we can mention here. Wed like to thank our tech editor, Anna Pinkas, for her tireless and thorough review of this text. An earlier version of this book also benefited from tech editing by Michael Colombo and Sharon Cichelli. Roger Stewart, our publisher and editor, has been supportive and helpful throughout the process of getting this book into print. Our production team from Happenstance Type-O-Rama has been a delight to work with, particularly Liz Welch and Maureen Forys. We met at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University, and we will always be grateful to Tom Igoe for suggesting we work together on a project there. In fact, wed like to thank all of the faculty and staff at ITP, especially Dan OSullivan and Marianne Petit.

Eric would like to thank his wife Marie for her endless support, without which this book would not be possible. He would also like to thank his parents, David and Tracey, who have always had so much faith in his work.

Jody would like to thank her husband Calvin Reid, who seems to think she can do anything and has done whatever he can to make that possible. And she would like to acknowledge the memory of her parents, Florence and Hosmer Culkin, who would be startled but proud that she has co-authored a book on technology.

Jody Culkin is an artist and teacher. She has shown her sculptures, photographs, and installations at museums and galleries throughout this country and internationally. She illustrated How to Use a Breadboard, written by Sean Ragan, for Maker Media (2017). Her comic Arduino! has been translated into 12 languages. She has received grants and awards from the National Science Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and many other organizations. She is currently a professor at City University of New York's Borough of Manhattan Community College in the Media Arts and Technology Department. She has a BA from Harvard University in visual studies and an MPS from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

Eric Hagan is an interactive and kinetic artist and professor based out of Astoria, New York. He has written articles for publications, including Make: magazine and Popular Science. He has also worked on several art installation projects around New York City, including the annual holiday windows on 5th Avenue and Kara Walkers A Subtlety. He is currently an assistant professor at SUNY Old Westbury in the Visual Arts Department. He has a BA from Duke University in philosophy and an MPS from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Eric enjoys showing projects at the annual New York City World Maker Faire.

We conceived of this book as an introduction to electronics and the Arduino platform for the complete beginner. We have written and illustrated it assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of either electronics or programming. As the reader progresses through the book, electronics and programming concepts are thoroughly explained, in text and with images. After the reader has completed the book, they will be able to use it as a reference for basic electronics and Arduino programming.