Complete Electronics Self-Teaching Guide with Projects

How to Use This Book

This book assumes that you have some knowledge of basic electronics such as Ohm's law and current flow. If you have read a textbook or taken a course on electronics, or if you have worked with electronics, you probably have the prerequisite knowledge. If not, you should read a book such as Electronics for Dummies (Indianapolis: Wiley, 2009) to get the necessary background for this book. You can also go to the author's Website (www.BuildingGadgets.com) and use the Tutorial links to find useful online lessons in electronics. In addition, Chapters 1 and 5 enable you to test your knowledge and review the necessary basics of electronics.

You should read the chapters in order because often later material depends on concepts and skills covered in earlier chapters.

Complete Electronics Self-Teaching Guide with Projects is presented in a self-teaching format that enables you to learn easily, and at your own pace. The material is presented in numbered sections called problems. Each problem presents some new information and gives you questions to answer. To learn most effectively, you should cover up the answers with a sheet of paper and try to answer each question. Then, compare your answer with the correct answer that follows. If you miss a question, correct your answer and then go on. If you miss many in a row, go back and review the previous section, or you may miss the point of the material that follows.

Be sure to try to do all the projects. They are not difficult, ...