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 workUseful schematics for everyday devices you can put to work immediately, like animated holiday lights and animatronic prop controllersHow 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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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
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Become a master of machines Electronics All-in-One For Dummies introduces you to the basics of electricity, stands by as you attempt your first solder, and sticks around while you learn the ropes of Arduino® and Raspberry Pi®>. Hobbyists and students rejoice—this new edition features even more projects to play around with, plus the latest on where to pick up the supplies you’ll need to become an electronics whiz. Want your holiday lights to blink in time to some festive tunes? Ready to build a working radio from scratch? Dummies explains it all, and we mean all. 8 Books Inside… Getting Started with ElectronicsWorking with Basic Electronic ComponentsWorking with Integrated CircuitsBeyond Direct CurrentDoing Digital ElectronicsWorking with Arduino® MicroprocessorsWorking with Raspberry Pi®Special Effects
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781119822110
Publisert
2022-06-13
Utgave
3. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
For Dummies
Vekt
1247 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
191 mm
Dybde
58 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
960
Forfatter
Biographical note
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.