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Electronics All-In-One - 3rd Edition

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Open up a world of electronic possibilities with the easiest "how-to" guide available today
 
If you're looking for a new hobby that's tons of fun--and practical to boot--electronics might be right up your alley. And getting started has never been easier!
 
In Electronics All-in-One For Dummies, you'll find a plethora of helpful information, from tinkering with basic electronic components to more advanced subjects like working with digital electronics and Arduino microprocessors.
 
Whether you're just getting started and trying to learn the difference between a circuit board and a breadboard, or you've got a handle on the fundamentals and are looking to get to the next level of electronics mastery, this book has the tools, techniques, and step-by-step guides you need to achieve your goals--and have a blast doing it! You'll learn:
* Critical safety tips and strategies to keep yourself and your environment protected while you work
* Useful schematics for everyday devices you can put to work immediately, like animated holiday lights and animatronic prop controllers
* How to work with alternating current, direct current, analog, digital, and car electronics, as well as Raspberry Pi technologies
 
Perfect for anyone who's ever looked at a circuit board and thought to themselves, "I wonder how that works?", Electronics All-in-One For Dummies is your go-to guide to getting a grip on some of the coolest electronic technologies on the market.

List of contents

Introduction 1
 
Book 1: Getting Started with Electronics 7
 
Chapter 1: Welcome to Electronics 9
 
Chapter 2: Understanding Electricity 21
 
Chapter 3: Creating Your Mad-Scientist Lab 37
 
Chapter 4: Staying Safe 61
 
Chapter 5: Reading Schematic Diagrams 71
 
Chapter 6: Building Projects 85
 
Chapter 7: The Secrets of Successful Soldering 121
 
Chapter 8: Measuring Circuits with a Multimeter 133
 
Chapter 9: Catching Waves with an Oscilloscope 149
 
Book 2: Working with Basic Electronic Components 161
 
Chapter 1: Working with Basic Circuits 163
 
Chapter 2: Working with Resistors 203
 
Chapter 3: Working with Capacitors 235
 
Chapter 4: Working with Inductors 261
 
Chapter 5: Working with Diodes and LEDs 275
 
Chapter 6: Working with Transistors 301
 
Book 3: Working with Integrated Circuits 331
 
Chapter 1: Introducing Integrated Circuits 333
 
Chapter 2: The Fabulous 555 Timer Chip 345
 
Chapter 3: Working with Op-Amps 383
 
Book 4: Beyond Direct Current 403
 
Chapter 1: Getting into Alternating Current 405
 
Chapter 2: Building Power Supplies 429
 
Chapter 3: Understanding Radio 441
 
Chapter 4: Working with Infrared 467
 
Book 5: Doing Digital Electronics 485
 
Chapter 1: Understanding Digital Electronics 487
 
Chapter 2: Getting Logical 503
 
Chapter 3: Working with Logic Circuits 523
 
Chapter 4: Working with Flip-Flops 561
 
Chapter 5: Introducing Microcontrollers 591
 
Book 6: Working with Arduino Microprocessors 597
 
Chapter 1: Introducing Arduino 599
 
Chapter 2: Creating Arduino Sketches 615
 
Chapter 3: More Arduino Programming Tricks 647
 
Chapter 4: An Arduino Proximity Sensor 665
 
Chapter 5: Adding Sound and Motion to Your Arduino Projects 681
 
Chapter 6: Keypads and Keyboards 711
 
Book 7: Working with Raspberry Pi 735
 
Chapter 1: Introducing Raspberry Pi 737
 
Chapter 2: Programming in Python 759
 
Chapter 3: Reading Digital and Analog Input 791
 
Book 8: Special Effects 813
 
Chapter 1: Building a Color Organ 815
 
Chapter 2: Animating Holiday Lights 827
 
Chapter 3: Building an Animatronic Prop Controller 851
 
Chapter 4: Re-Creating a Retro Science-Fiction Robot Head 881
 
Index 893

About the author










Doug Lowe is the information technology director at Blair, Church & Flynn Consulting Engineers, a civil engineering firm. He has written more than 50 For Dummies books on topics ranging from Java to electronics to PowerPoint.


Summary

Open up a world of electronic possibilities with the easiest "how-to" guide available today

If you're looking for a new hobby that's tons of fun--and practical to boot--electronics might be right up your alley. And getting started has never been easier!

In Electronics All-in-One For Dummies, you'll find a plethora of helpful information, from tinkering with basic electronic components to more advanced subjects like working with digital electronics and Arduino microprocessors.

Whether you're just getting started and trying to learn the difference between a circuit board and a breadboard, or you've got a handle on the fundamentals and are looking to get to the next level of electronics mastery, this book has the tools, techniques, and step-by-step guides you need to achieve your goals--and have a blast doing it! You'll learn:
* Critical safety tips and strategies to keep yourself and your environment protected while you work
* Useful schematics for everyday devices you can put to work immediately, like animated holiday lights and animatronic prop controllers
* How to work with alternating current, direct current, analog, digital, and car electronics, as well as Raspberry Pi technologies

Perfect for anyone who's ever looked at a circuit board and thought to themselves, "I wonder how that works?", Electronics All-in-One For Dummies is your go-to guide to getting a grip on some of the coolest electronic technologies on the market.

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