You will require the following basic things in order to build all the projects that are included in the book:

• A laptop computer with any OS
• Raspberry Pi3
• Micro SD card (atleast 8 GB)
• Breadboard and wires
• Adafruit DC and Stepper Motor HAT for Raspberry Pi - Mini Kit
• Raspberry Pi 3 T-Cobbler
• GPIO expander board
• LCD hooked up to your Pi 
• DC Toy / Hobby Motor - 130 Size
• 4 x AA Battery Holder with On/Off Switch

For more details on requirements, the setup of hardware and software is explained in each chapter of the book under the Technical requirements section.

You can download the example code files for this book from your account at www.packtpub.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit www.packtpub.com/support and register to have the files emailed directly to you.

You can download the code files by following these steps:

1. Log in or register at www.packtpub.com.
2. Select the SUPPORT tab.
3. Click on Code Downloads & Errata.
4. Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

Once the file is downloaded, please make sure that you unzip or extract the folder using the latest version of:

• WinRAR/7-Zip for Windows
• Zipeg/iZip/UnRarX for Mac
• 7-Zip/PeaZip for Linux

The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Hands-On-Robotics-with-JavaScript. In case there's an update to the code, it will be updated on the existing GitHub repository.

We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/HandsOnRoboticswithJavaScript_ColorImages.pdf.

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Mount the downloaded WebStorm-10*.dmg disk image file as another disk in your system."

A block of code is set as follows:

board.on("ready", function() {
  // Everything else goes in here!
});

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

sudo node implicit-animations.js

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "To set up a feed, select Feeds in the left menu."