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!
Introduction
Part I : Let's Get Started!
Chapter 1 : Setting up Your Workbench
Chapter 2 : The Four Main Electronic Building Blocks
Part II : Can You Hear Me Now : Phone Experiments
Chapter 3 : Getting Charged Up! Make an LED Illuminate
Chapter 4 : You Have a Message! Make an LED Flash
Chapter 5 : How Do Screens Show Colors? Experiment with an RGB LED
Chapter 6 : Can We Talk : Build a Working Telephone
Part III : Behind the Wheel : Dashboard Experiments
Chapter 7 : Which Way Now : Create Indicator Lights
Chapter 8 : Is It Hot in Here? Build a Temperature Sensor
Chapter 9 : Beep! Beep! Make an Electronic Horn
Chapter 10 : Is It Raining Outside? Set Up a Water Sensor
Part IV : Spy Vs Spy! Security Experiments
Chapter 11 : Intruder Alert! Design a Basic Alarm Circuit
Chapter 12 : Step Inside! Make a Pressure-Sensitive Mat
Chapter 13 : Careful What You Reach For! Create a Touch-Activated Alarm
Chapter 14 : You'll Never Get In! Build an Electronic Security Keypad
Chapter 15 : Let there be Light! Build a reading light that operates when it goes dark
Part V : Electronic Game Experiments
Chapter 16 : Pick a Number! Create a Random Number Generator
Chapter 17 : Heads or Tails : Flip an Electronic Coin
Chapter 18 : Read, Aim, Fire! Get ready for Infra-Red Target Practice
Chapter 19 : Let's Make Some Noise!
Appendix
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