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The Fiendishly Fun Way to Master Electronic Circuits
Fully updated throughout, this wickedly inventive guide introduces electronic circuits and circuit design, both analog and digital, through a series of projects you'll complete one simple lesson at a time. The separate lessons build on each other and add up to projects you can put to practical use. You don't need to know anything about electronics to get started. A pre-assembled kit, which includes all the components and PC boards to complete the book projects, is available separately from ABRA electronics on Amazon.
Using easy-to-find components and equipment, Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius, Second Edition, provides hours of rewarding--and slightly twisted--fun. You'll gain valuable experience in circuit construction and design as you test, modify, and observe your results--skills you can put to work in other exciting circuit-building projects.
Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius Features step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations Provides tips for customizing the projects Covers the underlying electronics principles behind the projects Removes the frustration factor--all required parts are listed, along with sources
Build these and other devious devices Automatic night light Light-sensitive switch Along-to-digital converter Voltage-controlled oscillator Op amp-controlled power amplifier Burglar alarm Logic gate-based toy Two-way intercom using transistors and op amps
Each fun, inexpensive Genius project includes a detailed list of materials, sources for parts, schematics, and lots of clear, well-illustrated instructions for easy assembly. The larger workbook-style layout and convenient two-column format make following the step-by-step instructions a breeze.
Make Great Stuff
TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.
Synopsis
Packed with wickedly fun electronic circuits projects Fully updated throughout, Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius, Second Edition introduces electronic circuits and circuit design, both analog and digital, through a series of projects youll complete one simple lesson at a time. The separate lessons build on each other and add up to projects you'll be proud to display, play with, and put to practical use. You don't need to know anything about electronics to get started.
Designed to help you learn by doing, this step-by-step guide provides hours of rewarding fun. Youll gain valuable experience in circuit construction and design as test, modify, and observe resultsskills you can put to work in other exciting circuit-building projects.
Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius, Second Edition features:
- Seven new lessons, including voltage regulation and photo transistors
- An updated virtual oscilloscope with all material revised to reflect the new scope
- Complete rewrite of lesson 29 to cover the completed prototype circuit using the upgraded scope
- New reference guide to common components and symbols
- A glossary and an expanded appendix that includes instructions for making a printed circuit board, a guide to reading capacitor values, and a full set of quizzes with answer keys
Learn the ins-and-outs of electronic circuits:
Common Components and Techniques; Semiconductors; Digital Logic; The First NAnd Gate Circuit; Analog Switches for Digital Logic; The NAnd Gate Oscillator; How Do We Understand What We Can't See; Digital Logic Project; Counting Systems in Electronics; Analog to Digital Converter; The 4017 Walking Ring Counter; Remember - Binary's the Word; Design and Build Your Own Project; Amplifiers - What They Are and How To Use Them; Exploring the Op Amp; Applying the Op Amp: Building the Intercom; Prototype and Design
Synopsis
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The Fiendishly Fun Way to Master Electronic Circuits
Fully updated throughout, this wickedly inventive guide introduces electronic circuits and circuit design, both analog and digital, through a series of projects you'll complete one simple lesson at a time. The separate lessons build on each other and add up to projects you can put to practical use. You don't need to know anything about electronics to get started. A pre-assembled kit, which includes all the components and PC boards to complete the book projects, is available separately from ABRA electronics on Amazon.
Using easy-to-find components and equipment, Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius, Second Edition, provides hours of rewarding--and slightly twisted--fun. You'll gain valuable experience in circuit construction and design as you test, modify, and observe your results--skills you can put to work in other exciting circuit-building projects.
Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius
- Features step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations
- Provides tips for customizing the projects
- Covers the underlying electronics principles behind the projects
- Removes the frustration factor--all required parts are listed, along with sources
Build these and other devious devices
- Automatic night light
- Light-sensitive switch
- Along-to-digital converter
- Voltage-controlled oscillator
- Op amp-controlled power amplifier
- Burglar alarm
- Logic gate-based toy
- Two-way intercom using transistors and op amps
Each fun, inexpensive Genius project includes a detailed list of materials, sources for parts, schematics, and lots of clear, well-illustrated instructions for easy assembly. The larger workbook-style layout and convenient two-column format make following the step-by-step instructions a breeze.
Make Great Stuff
TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.
Synopsis
Fully updated throughout, this edition introduces electronic circuits and circuit design, both analog and digital, through a series of projects readers can complete one simple lesson at a time.
About the Author
Dave Cutcher is a former technology and industrial education teacher who designed his own hands-on courses, which resulted in great classroom success and became the basis of the first edition of this book. He currently writes for hobbyist publications such as MAKE Magazine.
Table of Contents
Part I: Common Components and Techniques;
Chapter 1. Components;
Chapter 2. Resist If You Must;
Chapter 3. More Components and Semiconductors;
Chapter 4. Two Projects;
Part II: Introduction to Digital;
Chapter 5. Introducing Digital Logic;
Chapter 6. The First NAnd Gate Circuit;
Chapter 7. Analog Switches for Digital Logic;
Chapter 8. The NAnd Gate Oscillator;
Chapter 9. How Do We Understand What We Can't See;
Chapter 10. Digital Logic Project;
Part III: Counting Systems in Electronics;
Chapter 11. Introducing an Analog to Digital Converter;
Chapter 12. The 4017 Walking Ring Counter;
Chapter 13. Remember - Binary's the Word;
Chapter 14. Design and Build Your Own Project;
Part IV: Amplifiers - What They Are and How To Use Them;
Chapter 15. What is an Amplifier?;
Chapter 16. Exploring the Op Amp;
Chapter 17. Applying the Op Amp: Building the Intercom;
Chapter 18. Prototype and Design - Patience Has Its Rewards;
Appendix