CONTENTS Titlepage Copyright Dedication About the Author Introduction Part 1: Basic Projects Chapter 1: Item Frame with Diamond Sword Translating Minecraft to the Real World Building the Item Frame Summary Chapter 2: LEGO Minecraft Blocks Translating Minecraft to LEGO Building LEGO Blocks Summary Chapter 3: Minecraft Chess Set Building an In-Game Minecraft Chess Set Building a Real-World Chess Set Summary Part 2: LED Projects Chapter 4: LED-Lit Minecraft Block Making a Wooden Minecraft Block Summary Chapter 5: Redstone Lamp Build a Redstone Lamp Summary Chapter 6: Light-Up Chess Board Building a Minecraft Chess Board Summary Part 3: Arduino Projects Chapter 7: Flickering LED Jack O’Lantern Minecraft Jack O’Lantern Summary Chapter 8: Night and Day Clock Telling Time Summary Chapter 9: Robot Creeper Building the Robot Creeper Summary Arduino Crash Course Appendix A: Know Your UNO Sketches: Programs for Arduinos Next Steps Index MINECRAFT FOR MAKERS Minecraft in the Real World with LEGO, 3D Printing, Arduino, and More! 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About the Author JOHN BAICHTAL has written or edited over a dozen books, including the award-winning Cult of LEGO (No Starch Press, 2011), LEGO hacker bible Make: LEGO and Arduino Projects (Maker Media, 2012) with Adam Wolf and Matthew Beckler, as well as Robot Builder: The Beginner’s Guide to Building Robots (Que, 2013) and Hacking Your LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Kit (Que, 2015). John lives in Minneapolis with his wife and three children.