Probably more advanced than I am ready for. Was hoping this was something I could use with my students.

Have you wanted to learn about the Arduino microcontroller but feel overwhelmed by the wealth of information out there? Do you get excited AND intimidated by the idea of programmable circuitry for wearable projects that light up, play sounds, or move? This book is a fantastic introduction!

In a series of progressively more challenging projects, the author (an engineer and grade school teacher) explains in clear concise terms how you can write the programs to power cool things like light-up disco shoes and a robotic undulating shark tail mounted on a belt!

As a theatrical costumer, I knew immediately how the topics covered in this book could be adapted and modified for applications in my industry. Highly recommended title for makers across the age range. I think a precocious 12-year-old could do most of these projects with adult supervision, but the book isn't "just for kids." I would recommend it to my own graduate students, and in fact, were I teaching our course entitled "Digital Technologies for Costume Production" I might use it as a supplementary text for an Arduino project.

I received an advance copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Super Arduino is a beginner accessible guide to coding projects in Arduino, an open source platform for creators. Released 17th Dec 2019 by Callisto on their Rockridge imprint, it's 174 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. The book also includes a short author bio, and a metric conversion chart. There is no index. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.

This book is appealing and kid/adult friendly; full of projects (a flag waver, disco shoes, animatronic baby shark (do do do do do do) and more) and clear step by step tutorials. Although ostensibly aimed at younger readers (and their facilitators/adults), I found it interesting and full of info. I think the projects would be great for weekend family activities as well as a superlative choice for a library activity makers' group, classroom unit on programming or appropriate in a similar group setting.

The book starts with a good explanation of Arduino boards, what they are, how they came to be, what they do, and how to acquire one which will do what you want it to do for the later projects in the book. The projects themselves are arranged in roughly ascending order of intricacy. All the project tutorials contain a materials list in a colored header bar at the beginning, an introduction with explanations (and sometimes links to materials and other info), as well as step-by-step illustrated tutorials with clearly illustrated photos, necessary screenshots, and additional information to complete each project. Accompanying each tutorial are the author's pithy, often entertaining instructions and background. His explanations are upbeat, funny, encouraging, patient, and crystal clear. It's obvious that he's a gifted and enthusiastic teacher. There are 2 introductory chapters designed to get the reader comfortable with handling and using Arduino basics. The next 9 chapters contain projects with alternative suggestions included which are designed to get readers creating their own unique items from their imagination.

This is a useful guide for kids to adults. Five stars.