75 Best Sensors Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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Encyclopedia of Electronic Components, Volume 3: Sensors for Location, Presence, Proximity, Orientation, Oscillation, Force, Load, Human Input, Liquid and Gas Properties, Light, Heat, Sound, and Electricity

Charles Platt

5.0

Want to know how to use an electronic component? This third book of a three-volume set includes key information on electronics parts for your projects--complete with photographs, schematics, and diagrams. You'll learn what each one does, how it works, why it's useful, and what variants exist. No matter how much you know about electronics, you'll find fascinating details you've never come across be

2

Elements of Information Theory

Thomas M. Cover and Joy A. Thomas

5.0

The latest edition of this classic is updated with new problem sets and material

The Second Edition of this fundamental textbook maintains the book's tradition of clear, thought-provoking instruction. Readers are provided once again with an instructive mix of mathematics, physics, statistics, and information theory.

All the essential topics in information theory are covered in detail, including ent

Recommended by Eric Weinstein and Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Eric Weinstein

Managing Director/Thiel Capital

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Author

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3

Gaslight (Crossbreed, #4; Mageriverse #18)

Dannika Dark

4.9

USA TODAY BESTSELLER
Raven Black returns in another heart-pounding installment of the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series.

Vampire trafficking is a sinister business, and nobody knows that better than Keystone. After Raven discovers hidden clues in a cold case, the group sets a trap in hopes of catching an elusive criminal. But when the plan backfires, Raven’s world is thrown into chaos, and Chr

4

Ravenheart (Crossbreed #2; Mageriverse #16)

Dannika Dark, Nicole Poole, et al

4.9

“WE ALL HAVE SECRETS, RAVEN. DARK ONES. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.”

Two weeks after joining Keystone, Raven Black is ready to take on the world as a criminal hunter for hire. If only her partner wasn’t a bloodsucking Vampire with a penchant for getting under her skin. Despite her lavish surroundings, Raven misses the freedom of life without rules. And Keystone’s next assignment is about to test her

5

Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors

Charles Platt

4.9

Want to know how to use an electronic component? This first book of a three-volume set includes key information on electronics parts for your projects—complete with photographs, schematics, and diagrams. You’ll learn what each one does, how it works, why it’s useful, and what variants exist. No matter how much you know about electronics, you’ll find fascinating details you’ve never come across bef

6

Raspberry Pi Cookbook

Simon Monk

4.9

The world of Raspberry Pi is evolving quickly, with many new interface boards and software libraries becoming available all the time. In this cookbook, prolific hacker and author Simon Monk provides more than 200 practical recipes for running this tiny low-cost computer with Linux, programming it with Python, and hooking up sensors, motors, and other hardware—including Arduino.

You’ll also learn ba

7

Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 2: Leds, Lcds, Audio, Thyristors, Digital Logic, and Amplification

Charles Platt

4.8

Want to know how to use an electronic component? This second book of a three-volume set includes key information on electronics parts for your projects--complete with photographs, schematics, and diagrams. You'll learn what each one does, how it works, why it's useful, and what variants exist. No matter how much you know about electronics, you'll find fascinating details you've never come across b

8

Make: Sensors: A Hands-On Primer for Monitoring the Real World with Arduino and Raspberry Pi

Tero Karvinen

4.8

Make: Sensors is the definitive introduction and guide to the sometimes-tricky world of using sensors to monitor the physical world.

Features about this book:

Includes full color photographs that are informative, useful, and engaging
Branded with the MAKE Magazine look and feel, this book targets the MAKE core audience
A hands-on book that provides the reader with engaging experiences
Heavily illustrat

9

Practical Electronics for Inventors

Paul Scherz and Simon Monk

4.8

A Fully-Updated, No-Nonsense Guide to Electronics

Advance your electronics knowledge and gain the skills necessary to develop and construct your own functioning gadgets. Written by a pair of experienced engineers and dedicated hobbyists, Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition, lays out the essentials and provides step-by-step instructions, schematics, and illustrations. Discover how t

10

Make: More Electronics: Learning Through Discovery

Charles Platt

4.8

Want to learn even more about electronics in a fun, hands-on way? If you finished the projects in Make: Electronics, or if you're already familiar with the material in that book, you're ready for Make: More Electronics. Right away, you'll start working on real projects, and you'll explore all the key components and essential principles through the book's collection of experiments. You'll build the

11

Stochastic Processes

Robert G. Gallager

4.8

This definitive textbook provides a solid introduction to discrete and continuous stochastic processes, tackling a complex field in a way that instils a deep understanding of the relevant mathematical principles, and develops an intuitive grasp of the way these principles can be applied to modelling real-world systems. It includes a careful review of elementary probability and detailed coverage of

12

IoT and Edge Computing for Architects: Implementing edge and IoT systems from sensors to clouds with communication systems, analytics, and security, 2nd Edition

Perry Lea

4.7

13

Getting Started with Processing: A Hands-On Introduction to Making Interactive Graphics

Casey Reas

4.7

Processing opened up the world of programming to artists, designers, educators, and beginners. This short book gently introduces the core concepts of computer programming and working with Processing. Written by the co-founders of the Processing project, Reas and Fry, Getting Started with Processing shows you how easy it is to make software and systems with interactive graphics. If you're an artist

14

Getting Started with Arduino: The Open Source Electronics Prototyping Platform

Massimo Banzi

4.7

Arduino is the open source electronics prototyping platform that has taken the Maker Movement by storm. This thorough introduction, updated for the latest Arduino release, helps you start prototyping right away. From obtaining the required components to putting the final touches on your project, all the information you need is here!

Getting started with Arduino is a snap. To use the introductory ex

15

Make: AVR Programming: Get under the hood of the AVR microcontroller family

Elliot Williams

4.7

Atmel's AVR microcontrollers are the chips that power Arduino, and are the go-to chip for many hobbyist and hardware hacking projects. In this book you'll set aside the layers of abstraction provided by the Arduino environment and learn how to program AVR microcontrollers directly. In doing so, you'll get closer to the chip and you'll be able to squeeze more power and features out of it.

Each chap

16

Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art

Virginia Heffernan

4.7

Just as Susan Sontag did for photography and Marshall McLuhan did for television, Virginia Heffernan (called one of the “best living writers of English prose”) reveals the logic and aesthetics behind the Internet.

Since its inception, the Internet has morphed from merely an extension of traditional media into its own full-fledged civilization. It is among mankind’s great masterpieces—a massive work

Recommended by Diana Kimball.

17

Easy Electronics (Make: Handbook)

Charles Platt

4.7

18

Arduino Cookbook: Recipes to Begin, Expand, and Enhance Your Projects

Michael Margolis

4.7

Want to create devices that interact with the physical world? This cookbook is perfect for anyone who wants to experiment with the popular Arduino microcontroller and programming environment. You'll find more than 200 tips and techniques for building a variety of objects and prototypes such as IoT solutions, environmental monitors, location and position-aware systems, and products that can respond

19

Darkness Wanes

Susan Illene

4.7

Book 6 of the Sensor Series. Melena Sanders is locked away in Purgatory, which is no vacation, but she'll soon be returning to Alaska where troubles are mounting once again. Suspicious fires are breaking out, supernaturals are being attacked, and there's an enemy lurking out there waiting for his chance to strike. Her lover, Lucas, is managing to hold their home together during her absence, but he

20

Radiation Detection and Measurement

Glenn F. Knoll

4.7

This is the resource that engineers turn to in the study of radiation detection. The fourth edition takes into account the technical developments that continue to enhance the instruments and techniques available for the detection and spectroscopy of ionizing radiation. New coverage is presented on ROC curves, micropattern gas detectors, new sensors for scintillation light, and the excess noise fac

21

Learn Electronics with Arduino: An Illustrated Beginner's Guide to Physical Computing

Jody Culkin and Eric Hagan

4.7

22

Make: Technology on Your Time, Issue 39: Robotic Me

Mark Frauenfelder

4.7

The future is here and robots are playing a bigger role than ever! Today it's actually possible to build and program a robot that can emulate, even replace, some of the tasks that humans previously performed.

Increasingly humanoid through voice and facial recognition, the robots that makers are building can be easily controlled and communicated with, invoking images of popular Star Wars characters

23

Getting Started with Mbots: Think, Program, Create, and Construct Robots from Kit to Classroom

Andrew Carle

4.7

The mBot robotics platform is a hugely popular kit because of the quality of components and price. With hundreds of thousands of these kits out there in homes, schools and makerspaces, there is much untapped potential. Getting Started with mBots is for non-technical parents, kids and teachers who want to start with a robust robotics platform and then take it to the next level. The heart of the mBo

24

How to Do Things with Sensors

Jennifer Gabrys

4.7

An investigation of how-to guides for sensor technologies

Sensors are increasingly common within citizen-sensing and DIY projects, but these devices often require the use of a how-to guide. From online instructional videos for troubleshooting sensor installations to handbooks for using and abusing the Internet of Things, the how-to genres and formats of digital instruction continue to expand and d

25

Sensors And Transducers

D. Patranabis

4.7

26

Make: Technology on Your Time, Volume 41: Tinkering Toys

Mark Frauenfelder

4.7

A whole issue devoted to toys for makers! Toys are big players in the maker world. From educational (STEM/STEAM) to robotics and science, toys provide stimulation, simulation, and prototyping. Make: Volume 41 highlights the latest games and gadgets that have come from the maker community, and provides hands-on inspiration for making your own tech-infused toys.

In the Tinkering Toys issue:

Build a M

27

Arduino and Raspberry Pi Sensor Projects for the Evil Genius

Robert Chin

4.7

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.

Fiendishly Clever Sensor Projects for Your Arduino and Raspberry Pi

Learn to quickly build your own electronic gadgets that monitor, measure, and react to the real world--with no prior experience required! This

28

Optimal State Estimation: Kalman, H Infinity, and Nonlinear Approaches

Dan Simon

4.7

A bottom-up approach that enables readers to master and apply the latest techniques in state estimation

This book offers the best mathematical approaches to estimating the state of a general system. The author presents state estimation theory clearly and rigorously, providing the right amount of advanced material, recent research results, and references to enable the reader to apply state estimati

29

Resistive, Capacitive, Inductive, and Magnetic Sensor Technologies

Winncy Y. Du

4.7

Sensor technologies have experienced dramatic growth in recent years, making a significant impact on national security, health care, environmental improvement, energy management, food safety, construction monitoring, manufacturing and process control, and more. However, education on sensor technologies has not kept pace with this rapid development ... until now.

Resistive, Capacitive, Inductive,

30

Making Things Talk: Using Sensors, Networks, and Arduino to see, hear, and feel your world

Tom Igoe

4.6

Make microcontrollers, PCs, servers, and smartphones talk to each other.

Building electronic projects that interact with the physical world is good fun. But when the devices you've built start to talk to each other, things really get interesting. With 33 easy-to-build projects, Making Things Talk shows you how to get your gadgets to communicate with you and your environment. It’s perfect for people

31

IOS 6 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

Shawn Grimes, Colin Francis, Hans-Eric Grnlund

4.6

iOS 6 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is your code reference and guide to developing solutions on iPad, iPhone, and other iOS 6 SDK devices and platforms. This book provides in-depth code samples and discussions for scenarios that developers face every day. You'll find numerous examples of real-world cases that will enable you to build fully functional applications quickly and efficiently.

The

32

Make: Wearable Electronics: Tools and techniques for prototyping interactive wearables

Kate Hartman

4.6

Our bodies are our primary interface for the world. Interactive systems designed to be worn can be intimate, upfront, and sometimes in your face (literally). Bringing wearable electronics from concept to prototype to product can be both inspiring and challenging. This book gives you what you need to start working with these new materials, tools, and techniques. It covers popular wearable products

33

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

Shawn Wallace

4.6

What can you do with the Raspberry Pi, a $35 computer the size of a credit card? All sorts of things! If you’re learning how to program, or looking to build new electronic projects, this hands-on guide will show you just how valuable this flexible little platform can be.

This book takes you step-by-step through many fun and educational possibilities. Take advantage of several preloaded programming

34

Programmable Logic Controllers with ControlLogix

Jon Stenerson

4.6

35

Programming with MicroPython: Embedded Programming with Microcontrollers and Python

Nicholas H. Tollervey

4.6

Learn how to use MicroPython to make cool stuff with the BBC micro: bit, a simple, fun, and powerful gateway into both hardware and software development. This practical book assumes no previous knowledge of programming and takes you on a journey from first steps to advanced projects. Written by the programmer who proposed, coordinated, and contributed to getting MicroPython on the BBC micro: bit,

36

Getting Started with Sensors: Measure the World with Electronics, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi

Kimmo Karvinen, Tero Karvinen

4.6

To build electronic projects that can sense the physical world, you need to build circuits based around sensors: electronic components that react to physical phenomena by sending an electrical signal. Even with only basic electronic components, you can build useful and educational sensor projects.

But if you incorporate Arduino or Raspberry Pi into your project, you can build much more sophisticat

37

Interfacing LabVIEW and Arduino using LINX: Learn in a day

Magesh Jayakuma

4.6

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Raspberry Pi Sensors

Rushi Gajjar

4.6

39

DIY Satellite Platforms: Building a Space-Ready General Base Picosatellite for Any Mission

Sandy Antunes

4.6

Want to build your own satellite and launch it into space? It's easier than you may think. The first in a series of four books, this do-it-yourself guide shows you the essential steps needed to design a base picosatellite platform--complete with a solar-powered computer-controlled assembly--tough enough to withstand a rocket launch and survive in orbit for three months.

Whether you want to conduct

40

Internet of Things for Architects: Architecting IoT solutions by implementing sensors, communication infrastructure, edge computing, analytics, and security

Perry Le

4.6

41

Make: Action: Movement, Light, and Sound with Arduino and Raspberry Pi

Simon Monk

4.6

Beginning with the basics and moving gradually to greater challenges, this book takes you step-by-step through experiments and projects that show you how to make your Arduino or Raspberry Pi create and control movement, light, and sound. In other words: action!

The Arduino is a simple microcontroller with an easy-to-learn programming environment, while the Raspberry Pi is a tiny Linux-based compute

42

JavaScript Robotics: Building Nodebots with Johnny-Five, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Beaglebone

Backstop Media, Rick Waldron, Pawel Szymczykowski, David Resseguie, Donovan Buck, Jonathan Beri, Kassandra Perch, Lyza Danger Gardner, Raquel Velez, Julian David Duque, Emily Rose, Bryan Hughes, Sara Gorecki, Susan Hinton, Anna Gerber, Andrew Fisher

4.6

JavaScript Robotics is on the rise. Rick Waldron, the lead author of this book and creator of the Johnny-Five platform, is at the forefront of this movement. Johnny-Five is an open source JavaScript Arduino programming framework for robotics. This book brings together fifteen innovative programmers, each creating a unique Johnny-Five robot step-by-step, and offering tips and tricks along the way.

43

Remote Sensor Monitoring by Radio with Arduino: Detecting Intruders, Fires, Flammable and Toxic Gases, and Other Hazards at a Distance

David Leithauser

4.6

44

Power System Scada and Smart Grids

Mini S. Thomas

4.5

Power System SCADA and Smart Grids brings together in one concise volume the fundamentals and possible application functions of power system supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). The text begins by providing an overview of SCADA systems, evolution, and use in power systems and the data acquisition process. It then describes the components of SCADA systems, from the legacy remote termi

45

Beginning Sensor Networks with Arduino and Raspberry Pi

Charles Bel

4.5

Beginning Sensor Networks with Arduino and Raspberry Pi teaches you how to build sensor networks with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and XBee radio modules, and even shows you how to turn your Raspberry Pi into a MySQL database server to store your sensor data!First you'll learn about the different types of sensors and sensor networks, including how to build a simple XBee network. Then you'll walk through

46

Chemical Sensors and Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications

Florinel-Gabriel Banica

4.5

This is a modern introductory book on sensors, combining underlying theory with bang up to date topics such as nanotechnology. The text is suitable for graduate students and research scientists with little background in analytical chemistry. It is user-friendly, with an accessible theoretical approach of the basic principles, and references for further reading. The book covers up-to-date advances

47

Best of Make, Volume 2: 65 Projects and Skill Builders from the Pages of Make

The Editors of Make:

4.5

After ten years, Make: has become one of most celebrated magazines to hit the newsstands, and certainly one of the hottest reads. If you're just catching on to the Maker Movement and wonder what you've missed, this book contains the best projects and articles from the magazine. Find out what keeps Makers coming back to Make: with this assortment of DIY projects and articles selected by Make: 's ed

48

Atmospheric Monitoring with Arduino: Building Simple Devices to Collect Data about the Environment

Patrick Di Justo and Emily Gertz

4.5

Makers around the globe are building low-cost devices to monitor the environment, and with this hands-on guide, so can you. Through succinct tutorials, illustrations, and clear step-by-step instructions, you'll learn how to create gadgets for examining the quality of our atmosphere, using Arduino and several inexpensive sensors.

Detect harmful gases, dust particles such as smoke and smog, and upper

49

Dslr Cinema: Crafting the Film Look with Large Sensor Video Cameras

Kurt Lancaster

4.5

Large sensor video cameras (DSLRs) offer filmmakers an affordable, high-quality image previously impossible without high-end cinema cameras. These video-capable DSLR cameras have revolutionized filmmaking, documentary production, journalism, television, and even Hollywood cinema. This book empowers the filmmaker to craft visually stunning images inexpensively.

DSLR Cinema presents insight into di

50

IPhone X Manual For Seniors: The Comprehensive Guide For Seniors, For the Visually Impaired, And Includes All The Tips And Tricks To Optimize your iPhone ... IOS 12 (Iphone X Guide For Seniors Book 1)

Jonah Tucker

4.5

51

Your guide to excel in FIRST Tech Challenge: Robot Architecture, Design, Programming and Game Strategies

Sanjeev Dwivedi

4.5

52

Building Wireless Sensor Networks Using Arduino

Matthijs Kooijman

4.5

53

How to Make a Robot

Gordon McComb

4.5

Learn the basics of modern robotics while building your own intelligent robot from scratch! You'll use inexpensive household materials to make the base for your robot, then add motors, power, wheels, and electronics.

But wait, it gets better: your creation is actually five robots in one! -- build your bot in stages, and add the features you want. Vary the functions to create a robot that's uniquely

54

The Electrical Engineering Handbook

Richard C. Dorf

4.5

In 1993, the first edition of The Electrical Engineering Handbook set a new standard for breadth and depth of coverage in an engineering reference work. Now, this classic has been substantially revised and updated to include the latest information on all the important topics in electrical engineering today. Every electrical engineer should have an opportunity to expand his expertise with this defi

55

Fundamentals of Error-Correcting Codes

W. Cary Huffman, Vera Pless

4.5

Fundamentals of Error Correcting Codes is an in-depth introduction to coding theory from both an engineering and mathematical viewpoint. It reviews classical topics, and gives much coverage of recent techniques which could previously only be found in specialist publications. Numerous exercises and examples and an accessible writing style make this a lucid and effective introduction to coding theor

56

Make: Drones: Teach an Arduino to Fly

David McGriffy

4.5

Make: Drones will help the widest possible audience understand how drones work by providing several DIY drone projects based on the world's most popular robot controller--the Arduino. The information imparted in this book will show Makers how to build better drones and be better drone pilots, and incidentally it will have applications in almost any robotics project. Why Arduino? Makers know Arduin

57

Raspberry Pi Projects for the Evil Genius

Donald Norris

4.5

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.

A dozen fiendishly fun projects for the Raspberry Pi! This wickedly inventive guide shows you how to create all kinds of entertaining and practical projects with Raspberry Pi operating system and programming envi

58

Distributed Sensor Networks

S. Sitharama Iyengar, Richard R. Brooks, Clemson University

4.5

The vision of researchers to create smart environments through the deployment of thousands of sensors, each with a short range wireless communications channel and capable of detecting ambient conditions such as temperature, movement, sound, light, or the presence of certain objects is becoming a reality. With the emergence of high-speed networks and with their increased computational capabilities,

59

Making the Makerspace Workshop: Turn your School, Library or Garage Into a Space for Creation

Adam Kemp

4.5

Create a dynamic space for designing and building DIY electronic hardware, programming, and manufacturing projects. With this illustrated guide, you’ll learn the benefits of having a Makerspace—a shared space with a set of shared tools—that attracts fellow makers and gives you more resources to work with. You’ll find clear explanations of the tools, software, materials, and layout you need to get

60

Make: Bluetooth: Mobile Phone, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi Projects with Ble

Alasdair Allan, Don Coleman, et al.

4.5

This book is where your adventures with Bluetooth LE begin. You'll start your journey by getting familiar with your hardware options: Arduino, BLE modules, computers (including Raspberry Pi!), and mobile phones. From there, you'll write code and wire circuits to connect off-the-shelf sensors, and even go all the way to writing your own Bluetooth Services. Along the way you'll look at lightbulbs, l

61

Instrumentation for Process Measurement and Control

Norman A. Anderson

4.5

The perennially bestselling third edition of Norman A. Anderson's Instrumentation for Process Measurement and Control provides an outstanding and practical reference for both students and practitioners. It introduces the fields of process measurement and feedback control and bridges the gap between basic technology and more sophisticated systems. Keeping mathematics to a minimum, the material meet

62

Make a Raspberry Pi-Controlled Robot: Building a Rover with Python, Linux, Motors, and Sensors

Wolfram Donat

4.5

Make a Raspberry-Pi Controlled Robot teaches you how to build a capable and upgradeable personal robot for around $100. You'll learn how to control servos, respond to sensor input, and know where your bot is using GPS. You'll also learn many ways to connect to your robot and send it instructions, from an SSH connection to sending text messages from your phone.

63

Getting Started with Littlebits: Prototyping and Inventing with Modular Electronics

Ayah Bdeir

4.5

littleBits are electronic building blocks with over 60 modules and trillions of combinations. With littleBits, anyone can harness the power of electronics, microcontrollers, and the cloud--regardless of age, gender, technical ability, or educational background. You can combine these simple, snap-together, magnetic bricks to make simple electronic circuits, or build robots and devices that combine

64

Learn Electronics with Raspberry Pi: Physical Computing with Circuits, Sensors, Outputs, and Projects

Stewart Watkiss

4.5

Make a variety of cool projects using the Pi with programming languages like Scratch and Python, with no experience necessary. You'll learn how the Pi works, how to work with Raspbian Linux on the Pi, and how to design and create electronic circuits.

Raspberry Pi is everywhere, it's inexpensive, and it's a wonderful tool for teaching about electronics and programming. This book shows you how to cre

65

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi: An Introduction to the Fastest-Selling Computer in the World

Wallace

4.5

The Raspberry Pi is a credit card-sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It is a capable little computer which can be used in electronics projects, and for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word processing, browsing the internet, and playing games. It also plays high-definition video. This book takes you step-by-step through many fun and educational p

66

Internet of Things and Sensors Networks in 5G Wireless Communications

Lei Zhang, Guodong Zhao, et al.

4.5

67

A Wavelet Tour of Signal Processing

Stephane Mallat

4.4

This book is intended to serve as an invaluable reference for anyone concerned with the application of wavelets to signal processing. It has evolved from material used to teach wavelet signal processing courses in electrical engineering departments at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tel Aviv University, as well as applied mathematics departments at the Courant Institute of New York Unive

68

Make a Mind-Controlled Arduino Robot: Use Your Brain as a Remote

Tero Karvinen, Kimmo Karvinen

4.4

Build a robot that responds to electrical activity in your brain—it’s easy and fun. If you’re familiar with Arduino and have basic mechanical building skills, this book will show you how to construct a robot that plays sounds, blinks lights, and reacts to signals from an affordable electroencephalography (EEG) headband. Concentrate and the robot will move. Focus more and it will go faster. Let you

69

mBot for Makers: Conceive, Construct, and Code Your Own Robots at Home or in the Classroom (Make: )

Andrew Carle

4.4

70

Making Android Accessories with IOIO

Simon Monk

4.4

Create your own electronic devices with the popular IOIO ("yoyo") board, and control them with your Android phone or tablet. With this concise guide, you’ll get started by building four example projects—after that, the possibilities for making your own fun and creative accessories with Android and IOIO are endless.

To build Android/IOIO devices, you write the program on your computer, transfer it t

71

Arduino Measure Any AC Current With ACS712

Elif AVCU

4.4

72

Getting Started with the Micro: Bit

Wolfram Donat

4.4

The micro: bit, a tiny computer being distributed by the BBC to students all over the UK, is now available for anyone to purchase and play with. Its small size and low power requirements make it an ideal project platform for hobbyists and makers. You don't have to be limited by the web-based programming solutions, however: the hardware on the board is deceptively powerful, and this book will teach

73

Sensor Technologies: Healthcare, Wellness and Environmental Applications

Michael J. McGrath, Cliodhna Ni Scanaill, et al.

4.4

Sensor Technologies: Healthcare, Wellness and Environmental Applications explores the key aspects of sensor technologies, covering wired, wireless, and discrete sensors for the specific application domains of healthcare, wellness and environmental sensing. It discusses the social, regulatory, and design considerations specific to these domains. The book provides an application-based approach usi

74

Building iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects: Real-World Arduino, Sensor, and Bluetooth Low Energy Apps in techBASIC

Mike Westerfield

4.4

Why simply play music or go online when you can use your iPhone or iPad for some really fun projects, such as building a metal detector, hacking a radio control truck, or tracking a model rocket in flight? Learn how to build these and other cool things by using iOS device sensors and inexpensive hardware such as Arduino and a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Shield.

This hands-on book shows you how to wri

75

Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA: Making Wearables with an Arduino-Compatible Electronics Platform

Becky Stern

4.4