Complete Electronics Self-Teaching Guide with Projects

Conclusion

Having read this book, you should now know enough to read intermediate-level electronics books and articles intelligently, to build electronics circuits and projects, and to pursue electronics to whatever depth and for whatever reason you want. Specifically, you should now be able to do the following:

• Recognize all the important, discrete electronics components in a schematic diagram.
• Understand how circuits that use discrete components work.
• Calculate the component values needed for circuits to function efficiently.
• Design simple circuits.
• Build simple circuits and electronics projects.

To see how much you have learned, you may want to take the final self-test at the end of this chapter. It tests your comprehension of the concepts and formulas presented throughout this book.

When you complete the following self-test and feel confident that you have mastered the information in this book, refer to Appendix E, “Supplemental Resources,” for additional resources for further learning, including the following:

• Books such as The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989) provide a great next step in further electronics study.
• Magazines such as Everyday Practical Electronics offer interesting projects in each issue.
• You can browse websites for electronics project ideas.For example, Earl Boysen's website, www.buildinggadgets.com, provides tips, ideas, and links to a variety of great online resources.

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