Read my Book on C for Arduinos online

 My two books:

“Practical Arduino C” and “Learn To Program with Games and JavaScript”

Are now out of print but can be read online as follows

Practical Arduino C

Learn to Program with Games and JavaScript 

Both books have support pages that include code downloads and additional notes. These can be located at:

Practical Arduino C support pages 

Learn to Program with Games and JavaScript 

The following book specific web sites are now deprecated and will be discontinued over the next weeks and months (from Feb. 2025)

practicalarduinoc.co.uk

practicalarduinoc.com

programmingjavascriptbook.com

Please bookmark and use https://adit.co.uk to access all resources for these books.


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