Electronics For Dummies

Explore the basic concepts of electronics, build your electronics workbench, and begin creating fun electronics projects right away! "Electronics For Dummies, 3rd Edition" is Packed with hundreds of colorful diagrams and photographs, this book provides step-by-step instructions for experiments that show you how electronic components work, advice on choosing and using essential tools, and exciting projects you can build in 30 minutes or less. You'll get charged up as you transform theory into action in chapter after chapter! - Circuit basics: learn what voltage is, where current flows (and doesn't flow), and how power is used in a circuit.- Critical components: discover how resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, and transistors control and shape electric current.- Versatile chips: find out how to use analog and digital integrated circuits to build complex projects with just a few parts.- Analyze circuits: understand the rules that govern current and voltage and learn how to apply them.- Safety tips: get a thorough grounding in how to protect yourself--and your electronics--from harm. "Electronics For Dummies, 3rd Edition" helps you explore the basic concepts of electronics with confidence -- this book will get you charged up! Electronics is fascinating - want to make something of it' This book shows you how!You can make all sorts of things, once you understand what electronics is and how it works. This book helps you out with that part, explaining the whole thing in plain English. Learn how electricity functions, how to harness it and put it to work, what tools you need to build circuits, what you can make with them, and how to do it safely. Mystery solved - understand what makes your iPod, remote control, and computer workEssential stuff - outfit your electronics lab with all the necessary tools, including some that will surprise youSchematic road maps - learn to read schematics and understand how they help your project get where it's goingSymbols of power - recognize all the identifiers for power sources, grounds, and componentsTools of the trade - discover how to use a multimeter, logic probe, oscilloscope, and solderless breadboardBreak it down - get to know the ins and outs of components such as resistors, capacitors, diodes and transistorsGetting it together - find out how integrated circuits make all the rest possible and learn to work with them; Analyze it - understand the rules that govern current and voltage and learn how to apply themOpen the book and find:The difference between electronics and electricityA list of essential toolsCool projects you can build quicklyGreat places to find partsImportant safety tipsWhat a sine wave isInteresting stuff about speakers, buzzers, and DC motorsOhm's Law and how to use it Annotation Explore the basic concepts of electronics, build your electronics workbench, and begin creating fun electronics projects right away"Electronics For Dummies, 3rd Edition" is Packed with hundreds of colorful diagrams and photographs, this book provides step-by-step instructions for experiments that show you how electronic components work, advice on choosing and using essential tools, and exciting projects you can build in 30 minutes or less. You'll get charged up as you transform theory into action in chapter after chapter- Circuit basics -- learn what voltage is, where current flows (and doesn't flow), and how power is used in a circuit- Critical components -- discover how resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, and transistors control and shape electric current- Versatile chips -- find out how to use analog and digital integrated circuits to build complex projects with just a few parts- Analyze circuits -- understand the rules that govern current and voltage and learn how to apply them- Safety tips -- get a thorough grounding in how to protect yourself--and your electronics--from harm"Electronics For Dummies, 3rd Edition" helps you explore the basic concepts of electronics with confidence -- this book will get you charged up Electronics For Dummies, 3rd Edition Will Be Fully Updated To Cover The Latest Advancements In Circuitry, Transmitters, Hardware, Robotics, Microcontrollers, Tools And Amplifiers. It Will Be Full Color, And Several New Projects And Breadboard Projects Are Being Developed For The Book. The Content Will Continue To Cover: Very Brief Overview Of The Science Of Electronics Required Tools And Safety Learning All About The Multimeter Other Test Tools Of The Trade (oscilloscope, Logic Probe, Etc.) Common Electronic Components (e.g. Resistors, Capacitors, Transistors) Making Circuits Using Breadboards And Printed Circuit Boards Microcontrollers (implementation And Programming) Practical Circuits To Try (10 Minutes Or Less) The Book Will Conclude With A Section Of Fun Projects That Can Be Done In 10 Minutes Or Less Each. "Explore the basic concepts of electronics, build your electronics workbench, and begin creating fun electronics projects right away! Packed with hundreds of colorful diagrams and photographs, this book provides step-by-step instructions for experiments that show you how electronic components work, advice on choosing and using essential tools, and exciting projects you can build in 30 minutes or less."--Adapted from back cover