Electronics All-in-One For Dummies
3. Auflage Juni 2022
960 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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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.
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
