Platt, Charles. <br/><br/>
Make: electronics :  learning by discovery / 
Charles Platt with photographs and illustrations by the author. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Sebastopol, Calif. :  O'Reilly,  2009, c2010. 
 - xiii, 334 p. :  ill. (some col.), ports. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A hands-on primer for the new electronics enthusiast"--Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes list of online retail sources and manufacturers (p. 319-321), and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Experiencing electricity -- Taste the power! -- Let's abuse a battery! -- Your first circuit -- Varying the voltage -- Let's make a battery --2. Switching basics and more -- Very simple switching -- Relay-driven LEDs -- A relay oscillator -- Time and capacitors -- Transistor switching -- A modular project --3. Getting somewhat more serious -- Joining two wires together -- Broil an LED -- A pulsing glow -- Intrusion alarm revisited -- 3. Chips, ahoy! -- Emitting a pulse -- Set your tone -- Reaction timer -- Learning logic -- A powerful combination -- Race to place -- Flipping and bouncing -- Nice dice -- Intrusion alarm completed -- 5. What next? -- Magnetism -- Tabletop power generation -- Loudspeaker destruction -- Making a coil react -- Filtering frequencies -- Fuzz -- One radio, no solder, no power -- A little robot cart -- Moving in steps -- Hardware meets software -- Checking the real world -- The lock, revisited -- In closing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780596153748 (pbk.) 0596153740 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Electronic apparatus and appliances--Design and construction--Amateurs' manuals.<br/>Electronics--Design and construction--Amateurs' manuals.