Adafruit now stocks Arduino & Electronics books! – PLUS 10% off today only!
We’re pleased to announce that we now have two books available in our store and for today only for you Sunday makers who are reading our site you can get 10% off either (or both) books. Just use the code “book10” (no quotes) on checkout and 10% off these great Arduino and Electronics books. The 10% off deal is for today, Sunday 1/31/2010 only.
Practical Arduino (Jon Oxer & Hugh Blemings) – 1st print
This book is best used for people who’ve gone through our tutorials and want more! Please note that the book does not come with any electronic parts or hardware. You’ll probably want an Arduino starter pack or similar so that you have the Arduino, USB cable, power adapter, wires, and a protoshield. Read more…
Make: Electronics (Charles Platt) – 1st print
We checked out this book before putting it in the shop, its geared towards ultimate-beginners and teaches electronics starting from basic core of analog to some digital to microcontrollers. You’ll learn tools, prototyping soldering techniques, transistors, 555’s, etc. while completing useful projects. A nice and tidy intro! This book is a good accompaniment to learning microcontrollers/Arduino in that it fills the necessary electronics theory and background. Read more…
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Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
These are great additions to the store. I’m sure you’re well aware of others in case you’re thinking about expanding the offerings, but here’s a list of some favorites sitting on my bookshelf:
Getting Started With Arduino, Banzi
Tinkering With Arduino, Weldin (e-book)
Electrical Engineering 101, Ashby
Practical Electronics for Inventors, Scherz
Physical Computing, O’Sullivan & Igoe
Programming Interactivity, Noble
Making Things Talk, Igoe
Fashioning Technology, Pakhchyan
These are great additions to the store. I’m sure you’re well aware of others in case you’re thinking about expanding the offerings, but here’s a list of some favorites sitting on my bookshelf:
Getting Started With Arduino, Banzi
Tinkering With Arduino, Weldin (e-book)
Electrical Engineering 101, Ashby
Practical Electronics for Inventors, Scherz
Physical Computing, O’Sullivan & Igoe
Programming Interactivity, Noble
Making Things Talk, Igoe
Fashioning Technology, Pakhchyan
.andy
It would be great if Adafruit offered kits containing supplies and components for the experiments.