Electronics For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Explore the basic concepts of electronics, build your electronics workbench, and begin creating fun electronics projects right away! Circuit basics: learn what voltage is, where current flows (and doesnt flow), and how power is used in a circuit. Critical components: discover how resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, and transistors control and shape electric current. Versatile chips: find out how to use analog and digital integrated circuits to build complex projects with just a few parts. Analyze circuits: understand the rules that govern current and voltage and learn how to apply them. Safety tips: get a thorough grounding in how to protect yourself--and your electronics--from harm. Electronics For Dummies, 3rd Edition covers the latest advancements in circuitry, transmitters, hardware, robotics, microcontrollers, tools and amplifiers. It will be full color, and several new projects and breadboard projects are being developed for the book.

The content covers:

• Very brief overview of the science of electronics
• Required tools and safety
• Learning all about the multimeter
• Other test tools of the trade (oscilloscope, logic probe, etc.)
• Common electronic components (e.g. resistors, capacitors, transistors)
• Making circuits using breadboards and printed circuit boards
• Microcontrollers (implementation and programming)
• Practical circuits to try (10 minutes or less)