Electronics All-in-One For Dummies

by Doug Lowe

Overview

Electronics All-In-One For Dummies 2^nd Edition is 900 pages with 9 books covering:

Book One: Getting Started in Electronics

Book Two: Working with Basic Electronic Components

Book Three: Working with Integrated Circuits

Book Four: Beyond Direct Current

Book Five: Doing Digital Electronics

Book Six: Working with Arduino Microprocessors

Book Seven: Working with BASIC Stamp Processors

Book Eight: Working with Raspberry Pi – NEW!

Book Nine: Special Effects

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119320791
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/06/2017
Series:	For Dummies Books
Pages:	960
Sales rank:	1,133,590
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Doug Lowe is the information technology director at Blair, Church & Flynn Consulting Engineers, a civil engineering firm. He has written more than 50 For Dummies books on topics ranging from Java to electronics to PowerPoint.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

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