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Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Read This Before You Start Any Projects

Working with Stripboard

How to Build Circuits on Stripboard

Soldering Tips and Techniques

Choosing Soldering Equipment

Practicing Your Soldering Techniques

Antistatic Precautions

Working with Breadboard

Programming PIC Microcontrollers

Resistor Color Codes

Circuit Diagrams and Stripboard Layouts

PART ONE Illumination and Flasher Projects

2 Basic LED Circuits: How to Make an LED Flashlight

What Are Light-Emitting Diodes?

How to Illuminate an LED

Illuminating Multiple LEDs

Project 1 LED Flashlight

How to Make the Flashlight

3 An Alternative Way to Power an LED: “Green” Pocket LED Flashlight

Using a Capacitor to Power an LED

Project 2 “Green” Pocket ...

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