Make: Electronics
Charles Platt is a Make: magazine contributing editor and regular columnist who writes about electronics and tools. Platt worked as a senior writer for Wired magazine, wrote several computer books, and has been fascinated by electronics since he built a telephone answering machine out of a tape recorder and military surplus relays when he was 15 years old. He resides in a remote location of Northern Arizona, where he has his own workshop for prototyping and working on projects for Make: magazine.
Make: Electronics' initial edition set a new standard for introductory texts. The second edition improved on that experience, and the third edition has all-new schematics, pictures, and text that has been totally redone.
Charles Platt created the Learning by Discovery approach to provide a fascinating, enjoyable, and memorable experience. You learn by constructing your own circuits and making your own errors.
In fact, mistakes are a vital part of the learning process. Make: Electronics urges you to "burn things out and muck things up" in order to discover the limits of electronic components for yourself. You'll blow a fuse and observe an overloaded LED, and you'll be able to open a relay to examine how it works on the inside. Throughout, full-color illustrations show you precisely what you need and how to utilize it.
While Make: Electronics reduces the amount of theory required, it does show you how to calculate the time constant of a capacitor using Ohm's Law and easy algebra.
A purchase guide displays basic items such as pliers and a low-cost voltmeter. How transistors switch or amplify current is demonstrated by a simple "finger test." If you want to make a permanent circuit, you can solder wires together, however soldering is not required for all of the circuits in the book.
You'll learn how to use integrated circuit chips to build a simple circuit that tests your reflexes. Other circuits include a computer combination lock and a game in which participants race to be the first to press a button.
All of the fundamental concepts are demonstrated fast and easily using inexpensive components. Resistance, capacitance, voltage, amperage, inductance, and the link between electricity and magnetism will all be covered.
This book is written with the assumption that you have no prior knowledge. It teaches each idea in great detail and is polite, patient, and entertaining. Readers ranging in age from 8 to 84 have sent positive responses. If you only buy one book about electronics, make it this one.
Author: Charles Platt
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Electronics-hands-electronics-enthusiast/dp/1680456873/
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