Reddit reviews Getting Started with Arduino

Automação é um dos melhores hobbies IMO, pois é bastante útil e não precisa gastar muito dinheiro (apenas tempo).

Pra começar pelo básico existem diversos tutoriais disponíveis por aí, mas eu acho o livro do Massimo Banzi (um dos criadores do Arduino) um bom ponto de partida.

Começa com algum projeto simples pra tua casa (com sensores e relés simples dá pra fazer muita coisa) ou com um kit básico de robótica caso preferir. Evite pegar coisas prontas na internet, pois vc não vai aprender muita coisa. Vejo com bastante frequência galera pegando projeto pronto, aplicando e dizendo: "olha o que eu fiz".

Seria interessante ter mais de um microcontrolador (Arduino) e brincar com a comunicação entre eles usando transceptores. Eu utilizei bastante o nRF24L01+, que é bem simples e fácil de usar. Tem também agora o ESP8266 (como já mencionaram) que usa o protocolo WiFi.

No caso do Arduino, o modelo Uno ou os mais simples são suficientes, vc não precisa gastar dinheiro com Shields e, na minha opinião, se seu projeto chegou em um nível em que precisa de acesso à internet, um computador como RaspberryPi será mais útil.

Por fim, após brincar um pouco com o Arduino e sua biblioteca, recomendo estudar mais a fundo a arquitetura AVR e programar direto no microcontrolador. Um ÓTIMO livro pra isso é o Make: AVR Programming.

I recommend Getting Started With Arduino, it is by one of the creators on the original Arduino. It aims at someone with no programming/electronics experience and breaks down the sketches of simple programs one line at a time.

Although it only covers the basics, it is very short and can be read very quickly. I would read that as a quick introduction and then go onto using the arduino cookbook, which can be used for reference for specific projects.

I'm just planning on starting with a couple of books that are out there... starting with the real basics.

Getting Started with Arduino
30 projects for the Evil Genius
Arduino Bots and Gadgets

I plan on just getting through 3-4 books - do most of the tutorials I can find - using the books to build up the amount of materials in my collection - and go from there. If you are JUST starting - I don't think you can go wrong just looking on amazon for a few books and going through them completely.

Here is the BASIC starting book:

Getting Started


Here are the electronics for it

So for $20.77 you can get both - they qualify for super saver shipping - so you'll need like just over $4 to get the free shipping... might I recommend: THESE :)

You know tbh I received the kit and never saw the booklet mentioned :P In all honesty I'd say you might have to do a little digging around on the internet (and a bit of reading) in order to figure out how everything works. I guess I should have mentioned that in my original comment but one risk associated with the ebay kits that are just an assortment of random parts is a lack of documentation. I'm willing to bet that the official arduino kits are better documented but can't say for sure exactly.

And for your second question, the kits your looking at are great for beginners. They offer a wide assortment of basic parts that can be used to make a HUGE assortment of basic projects (check websites like MAKE.com, the official arduino website, sparkfun, and others for some really fun ideas). However, once you branch off into more specific projects your going to need to start sourcing more specific parts that just aren't offered in basic kits. There are plenty of websites for this such as digikey, mouser, pololu, sparkfun, jameco, to name a few. It'll just depend on the project your working on. Lastly check out this book HERE. The guys at MAKE are extremely helpful with DIY projects and their books are very good IMO. As far as running out of things to do, I really wouldn't worry about that. When it comes to DIY stuff like this the only real limit you have is your imagination, and perhaps your wallet :P

there's a book called "getting started with arduino" by a guy from make magazine. it's very easy to get into with a light knowledge of programming, lots of pictures and code examples.

I'm not sure how amazon availability works in the Netherlands, but here is what I bought. I should also correct myself, the book I bought was called Getting Started with Arduino. Though that kit is not as extensive as what necrolop told you to get, it has everything you need to follow the examples in this book. I think this is a great starting point, expecially if you don't have electronics or programming experience (I didn't when I read it). You could probably get through the book in a day or two of tinkering, though then you'll just be hungry for more.

Getting Started with Arduino
http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-Arduino-Massimo-Banzi/dp/1449309879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373826672&sr=8-1&keywords=getting+started+with+arduino

Arduino Cookbook
http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Cookbook-Michael-Margolis/dp/1449313876/ref=sr_ob_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1373826622&sr=8-2

Getting Started with Arduino: A great little book written by one of the founders of the Arduino project. Concise & informative.

And, if you want to get into more complex electronic circuitry, you're going to want to get something like:

Getting Started in Electronics: All about electronics and how they work, written by one of the most bad-ass engineers that ever existed.