Beginner's Guide to Reading Schematics, 4th Edition

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Diagrams for Building and Testing

Several years ago, McGraw-Hill published my book Electricity Experiments You Can Do at Home. This chapter contains a few experiments from that book along with drawings and diagrams. These experiments can help you gain proficiency in reading and interpreting schematics, pictorials, and real-world circuits. Let’s start with some setup details including a parts list and the construction of a circuit board called a breadboard. Then you can try these experiments if you like. If you enjoy them, you can get a copy of Electricity Experiments You Can Do at Home and do more!

Tip

You needn’t buy all the parts, build the breadboard, and do all the experiments described here. You’ll have fun and learn things better that ...