Dozens of FREE Stand-Alone Apps with Complete Source Code for accessing Sensors, Electronics, Science, Math and Graphics from the iPhone and iPad, and is also the Companion App for the new O’Reilly Book “Building iPhone & iPad Electronics Projects.”
VIDEO – BUILDING IPHONE & IPAD ELECTRONICS PROJECTS
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn_VqZMfoMY
VIDEO -- CLASSROOM LEARNING
See http://www.byteworks.us/Byte_Works/Classroom.html
QUICK START GUIDES FOR THE IPHONE AND IPAD
See http://www.byteworks.us/Byte_Works/Documentation.html
SAMPLE APPS
techBASIC Sampler Includes Apps Written in techBASIC for
◆ Electronics projects
◆ Data collection
◆ Creating interactive graphics
◆ Cool programming controls
◆ Connecting to the latest sensor technology
◆ Using Bluetooth low energy and Arduino
O’REILLY BOOK -- BUILDING IPHONE & IPAD ELECTRONICS PROJECTS
Real World Arduino, Sensor and Bluetooth LE Apps with techBASIC.
techBASIC Sampler is the companion app to this new book and includes
◆ Executable versions of each project
◆ Complete source code
Check out the Early Release of the Ebook at
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920029281.do
PROGRAMMING
Use techBASIC Sampler to
◆ View the complete source code for every example
◆ Check out the built-in help system
◆ Run the step-and-trace debugger
◆ Explore the powerful, and easy to use world of programming with techBASIC
IN-APP PURCHASE
An in-app purchase unlocks the editing capabilities, giving you the full version of techBASIC so you can customize these programs or write your own.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATH {STEM)
SCIENCE CLASS
Engage Students in Scientific Inquiry as they
◆ Understand physics from real data, like zero G on a swing
◆ Collect data from the built-in sensors on the iPhone & iPad
◆ Study the earth’s magnetic field
◆ See the Stars rotate around the sun
Check out these apps for science class lesson ideas:
• Accelerometer, Magnetometer and Gyroscope
• E-M Field
• G-Force
• Metal Detector
• Stars
MATH CLASS
Bring Math Class to Life as Students
◆ Quickly plot functions to understand coordinate systems
◆ Interact with equations using swipe and pinch gestures
◆ Watch a torus degenerate into a sphere
◆ Use numeric integration for calculus
◆ Fit curves to data with polynomial and linear regression
◆ Solve simultaneous equations with matrix math like LU decomposition
◆ Use techBASIC as the power-user’s graphing calculator (see our tutorial blog)
Check Out These Apps for Math Class Lesson Ideas:
• Sin_x and Ball
• Torus Geometry
• Integration
• Regression
PROGRAMMING CLASS
◆ Engage students with beautiful interactive graph using just a few lines of code
◆ Clear error messages and step-and-trace debugger make programming easy
◆ Write a program to collect data from the accelerometer in one class period
◆ Learn problem solving skills
◆ Write powerful programs to control and interact with the world around them
◆ BASIC programming language is easy to learn and widely used
◆ Built-in help system answers questions right in the app
ELECTRONICS & SENSORS
The techBASIC website has numerous tutorials you can modify
◆ Turn an iPhone into a magnetometer
◆ Build Bluetooth low energy based circuits
◆ Turn an iPhone into a Plant Moisture Meter using HiJack
◆ Hack a Remote Control car with an Arduino and Bluetooth LE
◆ Connect to Bluetooth low energy devices from the iPhone and iPad
◆ Collect Data from a model rocket iPhone flight using the TI SensorTag
◆ Access data real-time from the built-in accelerometer, magnetometer and gyroscope sensors
FREE DOCUMENTATION
QUICK START GUIDES FOR THE IPHONE AND IPAD
See http://www.byteworks.us/Byte_Works/Documentation.html
◆ Learn how to quickly access the main features of techBASIC
◆ Get information on the examples included with techBASIC Sampler
REFERENCE MANUAL FOR techBASIC
◆ Over 300 pages of documentation
◆ Dozens of sample programs and images