Massimo Banzi: Getting Started with Arduino (2008)
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This valuable little book offers a thorough introduction to the open-source electronics prototyping platform that’s taking the design and hobbyist world by storm. Getting Started with Arduino gives you lots of ideas for projects and helps you get going on them right away. To use the introductory examples in this book, all you need is a USB Arduino, USB A-B cable, and an LED. This 128-page book is a greatly expanded follow-up to the author’s original short PDF that’s available on the Arduino website.
Publisher O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2008
Series: Make: Projects
ISBN 0596155514, 9780596155513
Length 118 pages
PDF (CHM)
Comment (0)Mike McRoberts: Arduino Starter Kit Manual. A Complete Beginners Guide to the Arduino (2009)
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Note: The book is a work in progress and is being added to all the time. However, this will not stop you using it as there are 17 great projects so far and all the information you need to keep you busy for days or weeks with your Arduino. Keep checking back to see if there have been any additions.
For the code click HERE.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
Publisher: Earthshine Design, 2009
First Edition – May 2009
Revision 3 – March 2010
John Emerson: Visualizing Information for Advocacy: An Introduction to Information Design (2008) [English, Russian]
Filed under manual | Tags: · activism, data visualisation, graphic design, information design, mapping
Modern life is saturated with ever increasing amounts of information, advertising and media with little time to digest what is being said. Against this background, NGOs and advocates too often find the information they want to communicate, either buried in long reports full of professional jargon and statistics, or overlooked in an endless stream of media releases. Whether communicating to the public, staff, donors or government officials, information design can help NGOs communicate with more impact, increase accessibility, and present issues powerfully.
Visualizing Information for Advocacy: An Introduction to Information Design is a manual aimed at helping NGOs and advocates strengthen their campaigns and projects through communicating vital information with greater impact. This project aims to raise awareness, introduce concepts, and promote good practice in information design – a powerful tool for advocacy, outreach, research, organization and education.
The manual was designed and produced as a collaboration between Tactical Tech and John Emerson of Backspace – a design consultancy dedicated to research, development and promotion of design in the public interest. John’s work portfolio includes print, internet, and broadcast television work for NGOs, not-for-profit corporations, and activist groups.
Written and designed by John Emerson, Principal at Apperceptive LLC
Produced by the Tactical Technology Collective
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License
PDF (English, updated on 2014-8-29)
PDF (Russian, updated on 2014-8-29)