Electronics All-in-One For Dummies

by Lowe, Doug

• ISBN13: 9780470147047
• ISBN10: 0470147040
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-01
• Publisher: For Dummies
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Summary

Electronics All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies is 900 pages and 8 books covering: Book 1: The Basics of Electronics Book 2: Getting your hands dirty Book 3: Designing your Projects Book 4: Digital and Analog Book 5: Electrical Environments Part 6: Troubleshooting Part 7: Communications Part 8 : The Fun Stuff

Author Biography

Doug Lowe still has the electronics experimenter's kit his dad gave him when he was 10. Although he became a programmer and has written books on various programming languages, Microsoft Office, web programming, and PCs (including 30+ For Dummies books), Doug never forgot his first love: electronics.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Getting Started in Electronics	p. 9
Welcome to Electronics	p. 11
Understanding Electricity	p. 23
Creating Your Mad-Scientist Lab	p. 39
Staying Safe	p. 61
Reading Schematic Diagrams	p. 71
Building Projects	p. 85
The Secrets of Successful Soldering	p. 123
Measuring Circuits with a Multimeter	p. 135
Catching Waves with an Oscilloscope	p. 149
Working with Basic Electronic Components	p. 161
Working with Basic Circuits	p. 163
Working with Resistors	p. 205
Working with Capacitors	p. 233
Working with Inductors	p. 257
Working with Diodes and LEDs	p. 269
Working with Transistors	p. 295
Working with Integrated Circuits	p. 323
Introducing Integrated Circuits	p. 325
The Fabulous 555 Timer Chip	p. 337
Working with Op-Amps	p. 375
Getting into Alternating Current	p. 395
Understanding Alternating Current	p. 397
Working with Line Voltage	p. 409
Building Power Supplies	p. 423
Working with Radio and Infrared	p. 435
Understanding Radio	p. 437
Building a Crystal Radio	p. 451
Working with Infrared	p. 463
Doing Digital Electronics	p. 481
Understanding Digital Electronics	p. 483
Getting Logical	p. 499
Working with Logic Circuits	p. 519
Interfacing to Your Computer's Parallel Port	p. 549
Working with Flip-Flops	p. 583
Working with BASIC Stamp Processors	p. 607
Introducing Microcontrollers and the BASIC Stamp	p. 609
Programming in PBASIC	p. 631
More PBASIC Programming Tricks	p. 655
Adding Sound and Motion to Your BASIC Stamp Projects	p. 675
Special Effects	p. 693
Building a Quiz-O-Matic!	p. 695
Building a Color Organ	p. 735
Animating Holiday Lights	p. 747
Building an Animatronic Prop Controller	p. 771
Index	p. 801
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