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MAKE: Electronics: Learning Through Discovery |  | Author: Charles Platt
Publisher: Make
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0596153740
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.381
EAN: 9780596153748
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Product Description
Want to learn the fundamentals of electronics in a fun, hands-on way? With Make: Electronics, you'll start working on real projects as soon as you crack open the book. Explore all of the key components and essential principles through a series of fascinating experiments. You'll build the circuits first, then learn the theory behind them! Build working devices, from simple to complex You'll start with the basics and then move on to more complicated projects. Go from switching circuits to integrated circuits, and from simple alarms to programmable microcontrollers. Step-by-step instructions and more than 500 full-color photographs and illustrations will help you use -- and understand -- electronics concepts and techniques. - Discover by breaking things: experiment with components and learn from failure
- Set up a tricked-out project space: make a work area at home, equipped with the tools and parts you'll need
- Learn about key electronic components and their functions within a circuit
- Create an intrusion alarm, holiday lights, wearable electronic jewelry, audio processors, a reflex tester, and a combination lock
- Build an autonomous robot cart that can sense its environment and avoid obstacles
- Get clear, easy-to-understand explanations of what you're doing and why
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Excellent Beginner Book for Hobbyists/Beginners/Makers December 17, 2009
R. Severson (USA)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
I recommend this book strongly for anyone just starting out in electronics. Many other books introduce the subject of electronics by talking about the early discoveries concerning amber rods, Leyden jars, and static electricity. This book dives right in using parts that you can pick up at a local Radio Shack, or can easily order on-line. And it uses a fun almost playful approach to experimentation. Your first experiment involves touching a battery to your tongue! Man, that will either annoy you into quitting or completely intrigue you into learning more. My bet is it will spark (pun intended) your interest and excitement as it leaves you with a funny metallic taste.
This is exactly the hands-on approach that I was looking for to teach my son. Something that he can read on his own, or read with me. Easy experimentation, clear steps, good photography. No wondering if any of the experiments will fail because they were written only/mainly to think about. These were all written to be DONE by the reader. Getting into the nitty-gritty of learning is easy when you can actively experiment as you learn.
Highly recommended as a modern first book for electronics.
An Excellent Experimenter's Guide To Modern Electronics December 15, 2009
Ira Laefsky (Philadelphia, PA)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Charles Platt is a widely published science fiction author, electronics and bioscience consultant and superior educator. This is a guidebook to Electronics worthy of Heathkit in its glory days. It offers a completely hands-on and hands dirty approach including examining and pushing components beyond their limits, and assembling and testing all of the topics you study in the handbook. The pedagogy is clear and succinct. Beautiful full-color illustrations show you how to do "it" and to fully know what to expect on your workbench. Because all concepts are conveyed in this excellent hands-on experimental approach some topics are presented in a different order than that experienced with a conventional introductory electronics textbook. For example, wave shaping based upon 555-timer pulses is fully illustrated, as well as the digital electronics necessary to construct electronic dice, and to experiment with microcontrollers, but operational amplifiers and active filters are omitted in this experimental handbook.
This is a superb introduction to electronics, which will provide the conceptual and experimental bench skills to yield a lifetime of enjoyment.
Finally - an electronics primer that is understandable and practical! January 5, 2010
D. Thomas (Bay Area, California)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I can't say enough good things about this book! I learned more in the first 20 minutes with this book than I did after pouring through several other "electronics basics" books for countless hours.
Instead of starting with math and theory and circuit analysis, this book uses hands on exercises and explains the theories in very easy to understand language and metaphors. But, it still does then circle back to explain the math and theory upon which the practical examples are based.
I'm only about 1/3rd of the way through the book and projects, but I'm excited to get to the point of using IC's. I've browsed ahead enough to be confident that I'm going to be able to put execute on these projects and then put this knowledge to good use.
I highly recommend this for anyone who wants to do some tinkering with electronics of any sort. Personally, I'm experimenting with data acquisition systems in a race car, and I'd like to be able to create and wire up my own sensors instead of being limited to the plug-and-play variety that are very expensive. I believe that this book will get me enough of the basics so that I can tackle these projects. Or, at the very least, I'll be able to intelligently engage my EE friends for help!
Beginners / Hobbyist like me NEED this book! January 12, 2010
M. Rogne
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're thinking about dabbling with electronics, maybe have had an interest in the past, but could never quite find the right resource to get started--congratulations, you've just found it.
I'm definitely just a hobbyist, and some things were somewhat cloudy in my mind... just couldn't quite grasp some concepts. This book cleared up EVERYTHING and made it all delightfully easy to comprehend and put to good use.
Learning by discovery is absolutely a fantastic way to learn, especially using such a direct hands-on approach like this book does. Tools are pretty inexpensive (avoid Radioshack if you can, otherwise that statement isn't quite so valid)..... parts are cheap (see prior statement)... and the book itself is well worth it.
I highly recommend you buy the book if you're a beginner/hobbyist. It's fantastic. If you're more experienced and consider yourself more than a beginner, I probably would avoid it unless you just want to brush up on it again.. or buy a copy for a friend that may be pestering you to teach him/her about electronics :).
Excellent primer for the new or returning electronics enthusiast January 26, 2010
G. Kuyat (Danville, CA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the electroncs primer I always wanted but could never find. Forget those 150-in-1 kits, with their hard wired components. Charles Platt starts off by letting us burn things out and mess things up... and it's okay! All the worry that I might burn out something is gone. Platt shows us that you ARE going to burn stuff out - and learn by the experience.
Theorey, Fundamental, Essentials and Background are all broken out of an easy to understand narative describing 36 experiments that build upon each other. Circuit layout, schematic diagrams and close-ups of components and assemblies are all presented in beautiful color. Sources for parts are included.
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