Make : electronics / Charles Platt.

"A hands-on primer for the new electronics enthusiast"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index.

The basics. Taste the power! -- Let's abuse a battery! -- Your first circuit -- Variable resistance -- Let's make a battery -- Switching. Very simple switching -- Investigating a relay -- A relay oscillator -- Time and capacitors -- Transistor switching -- Light and sound -- Getting somewhat more serious. Joining two wires together -- Roasting an LED -- A wearable pulsing glow -- Intrusion alarm, part one -- Chips, ahoy! Emitting a pulse -- Set your tone -- Intrusion alarm (almost) completed -- Reflex tester -- Learning logic -- A powerful combination -- Race to place -- Flipping and bouncing -- Nice dice -- What next? Tools, equipment, components, and supplies -- Customizing your work area -- Labeling -- On the bench -- Reference sources online -- Books -- Magnetism -- Tabletop power generation -- Loudspeaker destruction -- Making a coil react -- Filtering frequencies -- Make it fuzzy -- One radio, no solder, no power -- Hardware meets software -- Checking the real world -- Nicer dice -- Tools, equipment, components, and supplies. Kits -- Searching and shopping online -- Checklists of supplies and components -- Buying tools and equipment -- Suppliers.

Want to learn the fundamentals of electronics in a hands-on way? With this book, you'll start working on real projects as soon as you crack open the book. Explore all the key components and essential principles through a series of experiments. You'll build the circuits first, then learn the theory behind them! 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. With step-by-step instructions and more than 500 full-color photographs and illustrations, this book will help you use and understand electronics concepts and techniques.