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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