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Arduino for Kids

You're reading from   Arduino for Kids A cool guide to help kids develop robots and electronics

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785884818
Length 218 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar
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Priya Kuber Priya Kuber
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Vijay Varada Vijay Varada
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. The World around Us FREE CHAPTER 2. Systems and Logic 3. Components and Connections 4. The Magic Wand 5. Hello World! 6. Safety Box 7. Make a Friend 8. Save Energy 9. High 5! 10. Plant, Meet Arduino!

Say hello to my little friend!


Now we have everything we need to know to start building our project. Let's start by writing the code:

#include <NewPing.h> 
  
int ledPin=10; 
int trigPin=8; 
int echoPin=9; 
 
NewPing sonar(trigPin, echoPin); 
  
 
void setup() { 
 
pinMode(ledPin,OUTPUT); 
 
} 
 
void loop() { 
  delay(50); 
  int dist = sonar.ping_cm(); 
  if (dist < 15) 
digitalWrite(ledPin,HIGH); 
    else 
         digitalWrite(ledPin,LOW); 
          
} 

Like before, we start by storing the pin numbers in variables, so that it doesn't become confusing, and then initialize our LED pins for output. The code consists of a simple if statement that checks if an object is closer than 15cm, and if it is, lights up our LED's. If not, it turns our LED's off.

Now that our code is ready, let's build our project!

We begin by cutting out a head shape out of cardboard:

We...

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