Offers a thorough introduction to the open-source electronics prototyping platform thats taking the design & hobbyist world by storm Gives you lots of ideas for Arduino projects & helps you get going on them right away Lean about the following areas related to Arduino project design & construction Interaction design & physical computing The Arduino hardware & software development environment Basics of electricity & electronics Prototyping on a solderless breadboard Drawing a schematic diagram With inexpensive hardware & open-source software components that you can download free getting started with Arduino is a snap. To use the introductory examples in this book all you need is a USB (Universal Serial Bus) Arduino USB (Universal Serial Bus) A-B cable & an LED.brbr Join the tens of thousands of hobbyists who have discovered this incredible & educational platform. Written by the co-founder of the Arduino project with illustrations by Elisa Canducci Getting Started with Arduino gets you in on the fun This 128-page book is a greatly expanded follow-up to the authors original short PDF thats available on the Arduino website.