Intended Audience

This book was written for beginners,  people who want to learn to create with electronics and programming without any technology background,  therefore, it tries to explain things in a way that might drive some engineers crazy. Actually, one of them called the introductory chapters of the first edition “fluff”. That’s precisely the point. Let’s face it: being good at something and being good at explaining are two different thing. If empowering millions of people by making something understandable is fluff then let’s delve deep into the fluff.

This book is not meant to be a textbook for teaching electronics or programming, but you will learn something about electronics and programming while reading this book.

After Arduino started to become popular, I realised how experimenters, hobbyists, and hackers of all sorts were starting to use it to create beautiful and crazy objects. I realised that you’re all artists and designers in your own right, so this book is for you as well

NOTE

Arduino builds upon the thesis work Hernando Barragan did on the Wiring platform while studying under Casey Reas and Massimo at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (IDII).