Electronics All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition is over 800 pages with 8 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 Raspberry Pi
Book Eight: Special Effects
Updates for the third edition include additional special effects projects and more information on Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
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.
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
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