Introduction

We’re surrounded by electronics these days. Did you ever wonder how it all worked? Do you know just enough about electricity to be dangerous? Would you like to learn more? Then this book is for you.

There are many excellent textbooks on how electricity works. This is not one of them. This book helps you get started learning about electricity and electronics by showing you how to set up your own electronics laboratory. You might have guessed that from the title.

Along the way, several simple exercises are presented to show you some basic concepts about how electricity works in the real world—not just in a lecture hall. By the time you get done reading this short book, you’ll have a good idea of where to begin and what kinds of tools ...

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