Basic Electronics for Tomorrow's Inventors / Dossis, Nick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dossis, Nick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronics--Experiments.

Electronics.

Electricity--Experiments.

Electricity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

McGraw-Hill Education TAB, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Learn about electronics with fun experiments and projects Created in partnership with Thames & Kosmos, Basic Electronics for Tomorrow's Inventors introduces you to essential electronics concepts through fun, do-it-yourself projects. You'll get tips for setting up your home workbench, safely handling materials, and creating a variety of entertaining gadgets. All of the projects and experiments use inexpensive, readily available electronic components and different types of breadboard, which creates a plug-and-play environment for you to build electronic circuits—no soldering required! Inside you'll find: Things You'll Need --lists of all the electronic components and equipment required for each experiment A Circuit Diagram --shows how each of the electronic components are connected to produce the experiment How the Circuit Works --identifies the building blocks used to make the circuit and helps you read circuit diagrams Breadboard Layout --close-up photographs that guide you in building each electronic circuit Time to Experiment --explains how to get your experiment working Step-by-step projects include: Phone experiments Make an LED light up Make an LED flash Create colors with an RGB LED Build a working telephone Dashboard experiments Create indicator lights Build a temperature sensor Make an electronic horn Set up a water sensor Security experiments Design a basic alarm circuit Make a pressure-sensitive mat Create a touch-activated alarm Build an electronic security keypad Make a reading light that switches on when it goes dark Electronic game experiments Create a random number generator Flip an electronic coin Get ready for infrared target practice Build a sound-effects generator

Contents:

Setting up your workbench

Zooming into electronics : electronic building blocks

Examining some key electronic components

Getting charged up! Make an LED illuminate

You have a message! Make an LED flash

How do screens show colors? Experiment with a RGB LED

Can we talk? Build a working telephone

Which way now? Create indicator lights

Is it hot in here? Build a temperature sensor

Beep! beep! Make an electronic horn

Is it raining outside? Set up a water sensor

Intruder alert! Design a basic alarm circuit

Step inside! Make a pressure-sensitive mat

Careful what you reach for! Create a touch-activated alarm

You'll never get in! Build an electronic security keypad

Let there be light! Build a reading light that switches on when it gets dark

Pick a number! Create a random number generator

Heads or tails? Flip an electronic coin

Ready, aim, fire! Get ready for infrared target practice

Let's make some noise! Build a sound effects generator

Electronic components and suppliers.

Notes:

Online resource; Title from title page (viewed December 14, 2012)

"A Thames & Kosmos book."

"Do-it-yourself projects that bring science to life"--Cover.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780071794701

0071794700

OCLC:

1021308113