Maker Media Inc: 119 books
Getting Started with Processing
A Hands-On Introduction to Making Interactive Graphics
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
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...
Getting Started with Processing.py
Making Interactive Graphics with Processing's Python Mode
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Processing opened up the world of programming to artists, designers, educators, and beginners. The Processing.py Python implementation of Processing reinterprets it for today's web. This short book gently introduces the core concepts of computer programming and working with Processing. Written by...
Getting Started with p5.js
Making Interactive Graphics in JavaScript and Processing
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
With p5.js, you can think of your entire Web browser as your canvas for sketching with code!
Learn programming the fun way--by sketching with interactive computer graphics! Getting Started with p5.js contains techniques that can be applied to creating games, animations, and interfaces. p5.js...
Make: Bluetooth
Bluetooth LE Projects with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Smartphones
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
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...
Make: Analog Synthesizers
Make Electronic Sounds the Synth-DIY Way
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Dive hands-on into the tools, techniques, and information for making your own analog synthesizer. If you’re a musician or a hobbyist with experience in building electronic projects from kits or schematics, this do-it-yourself guide will walk you through the parts and schematics you need, and how...
Getting Started with littleBits
Prototyping and Inventing with Modular Electronics
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
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,...
by Frauenfelder
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2007
DIY Coffee collects five hot MAKE magazine projects to supercharge your java: Home-Built Coffee Roaster Bottomless Espresso Portafilter Toaster Tea Popper Perfect Espresso Temperature Hack Web-Fired Coffee with X10 AutomationGot a jones for caffeine and technology? Mod your espresso machine to...
Make: Drones
Teach an Arduino to Fly
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
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...
by Wolfram Donat
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
All Make Jumpstart books provide a quick way for makers to "jumpstart" their knowledge of a certain topic.Jumpstarting C takes the reader on a 50-page journey, from installing C on a Raspberry Pi, to creating their first "Hello World" program in C, to building and programming a handheld 4-color memory game using C, pushbuttons and LEDs.
Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 2
LEDs, LCDs, Audio, Thyristors, Digital Logic, and Amplification
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
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...
Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders
From Novice to Master Observer
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2007
With the advent of inexpensive, high-power telescopes priced at under $250, amateur astronomy is now within the reach of anyone, and this is the ideal book to get you started. The Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders offers you a guide to the equipment you need, and shows you how and where to...
Make: Bicycle Projects
Upgrade, Accessorize, and Customize with Electronics, Mechanics, and Metalwork
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
What is a bicycle? The answer is a little trickier than you might think. More than just a form of transportation, your bike is a framework on which you can explore and display your own inventiveness.With a full history of the bicycle and information about commercial mods such as adding baby seats...
Modern Leatherwork for Makers
Traditional Craft Techniques Meet CNC and 3D Printing
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
Take leather crafting into the 21st century with this complete guide that marries traditional skills to the latest CNC and 3D printing technologies. Learn how to start making your own leather creations with traditional tools, and then take them to incredible new levels with digital design techniques....
Musical Inventions
DIY Instruments to Toot, Tap, Crank, Strum, Pluck, and Switch On
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
People have been playing music on homemade instruments for thousands of years. But creating new instruments is much more than an art form. When you want to make a note sound higher or lower, you have to change the sound waves coming out of the instrument. That's science! When you explore the way different...