Make: Electronics: Learning Through Discovery
by Charles Platt

Want to learn the fundamentals of electronics in a fun, hands-on way? With Make: Electronics, you'll start working on real projects as soon as you crack open the book. Explore all of the key components and essential principles through a series of fascinating experiments. You'll build the circuits first, then learn the theory behind them!

Build working devices, from simple to complex You'll start with the basics and then move on to more complicated projects. Go from switching circuits to integrated circuits, and from simple alarms to programmable microcontrollers. Step-by-step instructions and more than 500 full-color photographs and illustrations will help you use -- and understand -- electronics concepts and techniques.

Discover by breaking things: experiment with components and learn from failure

Set up a tricked-out project space: make a work area at home, equipped with the tools and parts you'll need

Learn about key electronic components and their functions within a circuit

Create an intrusion alarm, holiday lights, wearable electronic jewelry, audio processors, a reflex tester, and a combination lock

Build an autonomous robot cart that can sense its environment and avoid obstacles

Get clear, easy-to-understand explanations of what you're doing and why

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Publisher: O'Reilly
Page Count (est.): 334
ISBN10: 0596153740
ISBN13: 9780596153748
Cover: Paperback
Pub Date: 12/18/2009