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Electronics for beginners : a practical introduction to schematics, circuits, and microcontrollers / Jonathan Bartlett

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Bartlett, Jonathan, 1977-
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[Berkeley, Calif.?] : Apress, [2020]
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Working the Examples -- 1.2 Initial Tools and Supplies -- 1.3 Safety Guidelines -- 1.4 Electrostatic Discharge -- 1.5 Using Your Multimeter Correctly -- Chapter 2: Dealing with Units -- 2.1 SI Units -- 2.2 Scaling Units -- 2.3 Using Abbreviations -- 2.4 Significant Figures -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Part I: Basic Concepts -- Chapter 3: What Is Electricity? -- 3.1 Charge -- 3.2 Measuring Charge and Current -- 3.3 AC vs. DC, 3.4 Which Way Does Current Flow? -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 4: Voltage and Resistance -- 4.1 Picturing Voltage -- 4.2 Volts Are Relative -- 4.3 Relative Voltages and Ground Potential -- 4.4 Resistance -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 5: Your First Circuit -- 5.1 Circuit Requirements -- 5.2 Basic Components -- 5.3 Creating Your First Circuit -- 5.4 Adding Wires -- 5.5 Drawing Circuits -- 5.6 Drawing the Ground -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 6: Constructing and Testing Circuits -- 6.1 The Solderless Breadboard, 6.2 Putting a Circuit onto a Breadboard -- 6.3 Using Fewer Wires -- 6.4 Testing Circuits with a Multimeter -- 6.5 Using a Multimeter with a Breadboard -- 6.6 Measuring Current with a Multimeter -- 6.7 Using a Power Regulator -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 7: Analyzing Series and Parallel Circuits -- 7.1 Series Circuits -- 7.2 Parallel Circuits -- 7.2.1 Kirchhoff's Current Law -- 7.2.2 Kirchhoff's Voltage Law -- 7.3 Equivalent Parallel Resistance -- 7.4 Wires in a Circuit -- 7.5 Wiring Parallel Circuits onto a Breadboard -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned, Chapter 8: Diodes and How to Use Them -- 8.1 Basic Diode Behavior -- 8.2 Circuit Calculations with Diodes in Series -- 8.3 Circuit Calculations with Diodes in Parallel -- 8.4 Diode Short Circuits -- 8.5 Nonconducting Diodes -- 8.6 Usage of Diodes -- 8.7 Other Types of Diode Protection -- 8.8 Zener Diodes -- 8.9 Schottky Diode -- 8.10 Diode-Like Behavior in Other Components -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 9: Basic Resistor Circuit Patterns -- 9.1 Switches and Buttons -- 9.2 Current-Limiting Resistor Pattern -- 9.3 Voltage Divider Pattern -- 9.3.1 Calculating the Voltages, and 9.3.2 Finding Resistor Ratios -- 9.3.3 Finding Resistor Values -- 9.3.4 General Considerations -- 9.4 The Pull-Up Resistor -- 9.5 Pull-Down Resistors -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 10: Understanding Power -- 10.1 Important Terms Related to Power -- 10.2 Power in Electronics -- 10.3 Component Power Limitations -- 10.4 Handling Power Dissipation with Heatsinks -- 10.5 Transforming Power -- 10.6 Amplifying Low-Power Signals -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 11: Integrated Circuits and Resistive Sensors -- 11.1 The Parts of an Integrated Circuit
Summary
Jump start your journey with electronics! If youve thought about getting into electronics, but dont know where to start, this book gives you the information you need. Starting with the basics of electricity and circuits, you'll be introduced to digital electronics and microcontrollers, capacitors and inductors, and amplification circuits - all while gaining the basic tools and information you need to start working with low-power electronics. Electronics for Beginners walks the fine line of focusing on projects-based learning, while still keeping electronics front and center. You'll learn the mathematics of circuits in an uncomplicated fashion and see how schematics map on to actual breadboards. Written for the absolute beginner, this book steers clear of being too math heavy, giving readers the key information they need to get started on their electronics journey. You will: Review the basic "patterns" of resistor usage--pull up, pull down, voltage divider, and current limiter Understand the requirements for circuits and how they are put together Read and differentiate what various parts of the schematics do Decide what considerations to take when choosing components Use all battery-powered circuits, so projects are safe
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1484259793 (electronic book)
9781484259795 (electronic bk.)
1484259785
9781484259788
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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