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Now is the time !!
Just a shameless plug.
IF you have any friends, loved ones or relatives that are stepping into the wonderful world of Microcontrollers, electronics or the Internet Of Things please consider buying one of my books. And now is the time so it will arrive in time before Christmas
And by ordering these books you also support this weblog which allows me to buy new sensors etc. to build new projects and write about them.
These books are aimed at beginners to this hobby and are clearly written with many examples and projects that get you started right away.
This book was written several years ago and is still a bestseller.
It explains working with a breadboard, the C++ (Arduino) language and explains the workings of many sensors. Next to that the book shows how to work with cloud based services. It also shows how to build a simple webserver that allows to get sensor (like your home temperature etc) data from anywhere in the world.
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The Raspberry Pi Pico was the first microcontroller from the Raspberry Pi Org. that is well known for its small Linux computers. The Pico took the IOT world by storm because of it's low price, worldwide availability, many IO pins, great speed and the availability of the MicroPython language that makes programming this chip really easy. This book shows how to install MicroPython, and covers the basic syntax of this easy to learn language. Next to that the book shows how to work with all kinds of sensors, motor, buttons etc. etc. All projects are well documented and breadboard based so no soldering !! The projects in this book will also work on the Pico2.
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The Raspberry Pi Pico W is the successor of the Pico and adds Wifi to its capabilities. The book shows how to install the MicroPython language and the basic syntax. Then it focus on working with many sensors, motors, buttons etc. The book shows how to use wifi to get access to internet services. And a lot of attention is paid to building webservers in MicroPythoin that allow you to read sensors (like your home temperature) and set lights on or off from anywhere in the world. The projects in this book will also work on the Pico 2W
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Javascript is without a doubt the most used computer language in the world. Anytime you click a button on a webpage or see some interactive action on a webpage Javascript is involved.
This book does not learn how to program in Javascript but gives you hundreds of tips while programming in this language. It covers topics like sorting of data, date manipulation like calculating the number of days between days, rounding figures, hding and showing hidden elements on a webpage, acting on key presses etc. etc. etc. There are hundreds of tips covering almost any aspect of building interactive webpages and working with the data on these pages.
This book might also be a valuable asset when building webservers with microcontrollers like the ESP32 and Raspberry Pi Pico series.
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Have a good Christmas
and have fun
Luc Volders
