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Playing with electronics. Illustrated guide for inventors and enthusiasts - Simon Monk

Fun with electronics. Illustrated guide for inventors and enthusiasts - Simon Monk

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Translation: Krzysztof Sawka. Publisher: Helion. The book explains the principles of creating electronic circuits from scratch. The exemplary projects contained in it are based on the Arduino platform.

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Product description: Playing with electronics. Illustrated guide for inventors and enthusiasts - Simon Monk

Are you fascinated by electronics? Would you like to make your first project, but don't know where to start?

The book is an excellent position for people starting their adventure with electronics. It explains the basic principles of creating electronic circuits, such as wafer design or soldering. Thanks to this item, the reader learns how to power his project, how to use LEDs in it, and also learns about the popular Arduino platform.

The book describes exemplary projects, thanks to which the reader will be able to build himself: infrared motion detector, intelligent temperature sensor, toxic gas sensor or colour measurement of objects.

Thanks to the information contained in the book:

You will learn to read electronic diagrams
You will identify the basic electronic components
You will learn the basic laws of the world of electronics
You will use the Arduino platform
You'll build your first advanced electronics

In our offer there are used in the book:Arduino sets,LED setsandtemperature sensors.

Sample projects used in the book are available fordownload.

About the author (15)

Introduction (17)

Chapter 1 First steps (21)

Shopping time (21)
- Purchase of electronic components (22)
- Donor search (23)
- Basic tools (23)
Removing insulation from the cable (25)
- What will be needed (26)
Connecting cables by twisting (28)
- What will be needed (28)
Connecting cables by soldering (29)
- Safety (29)
- What will be needed (30)
- Soldering (31)
- Cable connection (32)
Connection testing (33)
- What will be needed (33)
Computer fan as toxic gas discharge fan (35)
- What will be needed (35)
- Construction (36)
- Stage 1: Removing insulation from power supply wires (37)
- Stage 2: Identification of the polarity of power supply lines (37)
- Stage 3: Connecting the ground wires (38)
- Stage 4: Connecting the current cable to the switch (39)
- Stage 5: Testing (40)
Summary (40)

Chapter 2 Theory and practice (41)

Collection of the initial set of elements (41)
- What will be needed (42)
Identification of electronic components (43)
- Resistors (resistors) (43)
- Capacitors (45)
- Diodes (47)
- LEDs (47)
- Transistors (49)
- Integrated circuits (49)
- Other elements (50)
- Surface Mounting Components (50)
Voltage, resistance, voltage (51)
- Intensity (51)
- Resistance (51)
- Voltage (52)
- Ohm Law (52)
Power (54)
Reading diagrams (55)
- First rule of the schemes: Positive voltage is at the top (56)
- Second rule of the schemes: Everything happens to the right (56)
- Names and values (56)
- Component symbols (57)
Summary (58)

Chapter 3 Basic tricks (59)

Resistor heating up (59)
- What will be needed (59)
- Experiment (60)
Resistors as voltage dividers (61)
- What will be needed (61)
Transforming resistance into voltage (and creating a light meter) (64)
- What will be needed (64)
Conversion of a push-in lamp into a light sensor (66)
- What will be needed (67)
- Mounting plate (68)
- Construction (70)
Bipolar transistor selection (75)
- Data sheets (75)
- MOSFET transistors (76)
- PNP and N-type channel transistors (77)
- Popular transistor models (78)
MOSFET power transistor as motor controller (78)
- What will be needed (79)
- Mounting plate (79)
Choosing the right switch (81)
- Push-button switches (82)
- Microswitches (83)
- Two-stable switches (83)
Summary (85)

Chapter 4 LEDs (87)

LED burnout protection (87)
- What will be needed (88)
- Diodes (88)
- LEDs (89)
- Testing (91)
Choosing the right LED to operate (92)
- What will be needed (92)
- Brightness and angle of light (93)
- Multicolouring (93)
- Infrared and ultraviolet light emitting diodes (94)
- LEDs for lighting (95)
LM317 as a direct current controller (96)
- What will be needed (96)
- Project (97)
- Mounting plate (98)
- Construction (99)
Measurement of the conduction voltage of the LED (100)
- What will be needed (102)
Power supply for more LEDs (102)
Flashing LEDs (103)
- What will be needed (104)
- Mounting plate (104)
Use of a perforated plate with the example of a flash transmitter (106)
- Arrangement of components on a perforated panel (107)
- What will be needed (109)
- Construction (109)
- Problem solving (113)
Using the laser diode module (114)
Modification of a remote-controlled racing car (115)
- What will be needed (115)
- Storage of cargo in a capacitor (116)
- Project (117)
- Construction (118)
- Testing (119)
Summary (119)

Chapter 5 Batteries and power supply (121)

Choosing the right battery (121)
- Battery capacity (121)
- Maximum discharge value (122)
- Disposable batteries (122)
- Batteries (125)
Battery charging (general rules) (127)
- C (128)
- Overload (overcharged) (128)
- Overload (too full discharge) (128)
- Battery life (128)
NiMH cell charging (129)
- Easy loading (129)
- Fast charging (130)
Charging a closed lead-acid battery (130)
- Charging with a programmable power source (131)
Charging the Li-Po battery (132)
Modifying the battery to a mobile phone (133)
Battery voltage adjustment (134)
- What will be needed (136)
- Mounting plate (136)
Voltage increase (137)
Calculating the battery life (138)
Battery Emergency Power Design (139)
- Diodes (139)
- Supporting charge (141)
Use of solar cells (142)
- Solar panel testing (143)
- Supporting charge with solar panel (144)
- Reducing power consumption (145)
Summary (146)

Chapter 6: Arduino games (147)

Arduino configuration (and LED flicker) (148)
- What will be needed (149)
- Arduino configuration (149)
- Sketch modification Blink (152)
Arduino as relay controller (154)
- Relays (155)
- Arduino outputs (155)
- What will be needed (156)
- Construction (157)
- Software (158)
Operation of the toy with Arduino (159)
- What will you need (160)
- Construction (160)
- Serial port monitor (160)
- Software (162)
Voltage measurement with Arduino (163)
- What will be needed (164)
- Construction (164)
- Software (165)
Arduino as LED regulator (166)
- What will be needed (167)
- Construction (167)
- Software (flickering) (168)
- Software (brightness) (169)
Audio playback with Arduino (170)
- What will be needed (171)
- Construction (171)
- Software (171)
Applications for Arduino expansion modules (173)
Controlling the relay from the website (174)
- What will be needed (175)
- Construction (176)
- Network configuration (177)
- Testing (177)
- Software (178)
Alphanumeric LCD module support (182)
- What will be needed (183)
- Construction (183)
- Software (183)
Servomotor drive with Arduino (185)
- What will be needed (185)
- Construction (186)
- Software (186)
Charlieplexing of LEDs (187)
- What will be needed (189)
- Construction (189)
- Software (190)
Automatic entry of passwords (192)
- What will be needed (192)
- Construction (193)
- Software (193)
Summary (194)

Chapter 7: Playing with modules (195)

Infrared motion detector module (196)
- What will be needed (motion sensor and LED) (196)
- Mounting plate (196)
- What will you need? (PIR and Arduino sensor) (198)
- Construction (198)
- Software (199)
Ultrasonic distance meter modules (200)
- What will be needed (202)
- Distance meter HC-SR04 (202)
- Distance meter MaxBotix LV-EZ1 (205)
Wireless remote control module (207)
- What will be needed (208)
- Mounting plate (208)
Wireless remote control module and Arduino (209)
- What will be needed (209)
- Software (210)
Motor speed control with MOSFET power transistor (212)
- What will you need (212)
- Mounting plate (213)
- Software (213)
DC motor control with bridge module H (215)
- What will be needed (219)
- Mounting plate (219)
- Use of control legs (220)
Stepper motor control with bridge module H (221)
- What will be needed (223)
- Construction (223)
- Software (223)
Simple electronic rover (226)
- What will be needed (227)
- Construction (227)
- Testing (230)
- Software (230)
Seven-segment LED display module (232)
- What will be needed (234)
- Construction (234)
- Software (234)
Real time clock module (236)
- What will be needed (237)
- Construction (238)
- Software (239)
Summary (240)

Chapter 8 - Playing with sensors (241)

Toxic gas detection (241)
- What will be needed (242)
- Comparator LM311 (242)
- Mounting plate (243)
- Gas detector and Arduino (245)
Measurement of object colour (246)
- What will be needed (247)
- Construction (247)
- Software (248)
Vibration detection (251)
- What will be needed (251)
- Construction (252)
- Software (252)
Temperature measurement (254)
- What will be needed (254)
- Construction (254)
- Software (254)
Accelerometer (256)
- What will be needed (257)
- Construction (258)
- Software (259)
Magnetic field detection (261)
- What will be needed (261)
- Construction (261)
- Software (261)
Summary (262)

Chapter 9 Tricks with sound (263)

Modification of sound cables (263)
- General principles (264)
- Soldering of sound cables (265)
- Conversion of stereo to mono signal (266)
Microphone module (268)
Radio bug (271)
- What will be needed (271)
- Construction (271)
- Testing (273)
Speaker selection (274)
One-watt sound amplifier (275)
- What will be needed (277)
- Construction (277)
- Testing (278)
Sound generation with timer 555 (279)
- What will be needed (281)
- Construction (281)
Music controller plugged into USB socket (281)
- What will be needed (281)
- Construction (282)
- Software (283)
Software Volume Control (VU) (284)
- What will be needed (284)
- Construction (284)
- Software (285)
Summary (286)

Chapter 10 Breakdown and repair (287)

How to avoid electrocution? (287)
Disassembling the equipment AND folding it back (289)
Checking the fuse (289)
Checking the battery (291)
Heating element testing (291)
Detection and replacement of damaged components (292)
- Checking the components (292)
- Soldering (293)
- Exchange (294)
Recovery of useful components (294)
Re-use of the telephone charger (295)
Summary (296)

Chapter 11 Tools (297)

Use of the meter (general) (297)
- Continuity test and diodes (298)
- Resistance (298)
- Capacity (298)
- Temperature (299)
- AC voltage (300)
- DC voltage (301)
- DC current intensity (301)
- Alternating current intensity (302)
- Frequency (302)
Checking the transistor with a meter (302)
Laboratory power supply (303)
Introduction to oscilloscopes (304)
Electronic software (305)
- Simulation (306)
- Fritzing (306)
- EAGLE PCB (307)
- Network calculators (307)
Summary (308)

An allowance. Parts (311)

Tools (312)
Electronic components (312)
- Starting sets of components (313)
- Resistors (313)
- Capacitors (314)
- Semiconductors (314)
- Equipment and other items (316)
- Modules (318)
- Z1 elements used in the book not included elsewhere (320)
- Resistors included in set Z2 (320)

Scorch (321)

Book - Author	Simon Monk
Book - ISBN	978-83-246-8051-1
Book - Binding	miękka
Book - Publisher	Helion
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