April 2022
Beginner
960 pages
23h 12m
English
Content preview from Electronics All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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Book 2
Working with Basic Electronic Components
Contents at a Glance
- Chapter 1: Working with Basic Circuits
- What Is a Circuit?
- Using Batteries
- Building a Lamp Circuit
- Project 1: A Simple Lamp Circuit
- Working with Switches
- Building a Switched Lamp Circuit
- Project 2: A Lamp Controlled by a Switch
- Understand Series and Parallel Circuits
- Building a Series Lamp Circuit
- Project 3: A Series Lamp Circuit
- Building a Parallel Lamp Circuit
- Project 4: A Parallel Lamp Circuit
- Using Switches in Series and Parallel
- Building a Series Switch Circuit
- Project 5: A Series Switch Circuit
- Building a Parallel Switch Circuit
- Project 6: A Parallel Switch Circuit
- Switching between Two Lamps
- Project 7: Controlling Two Lamps with One Switch
- Building a Three-Way Lamp Switch
- Project 8: A Three-Way Light Switch
- Reversing Polarity
- Project 9: A Polarity-Reversing Circuit
- Chapter 2: Working with Resistors
- What Is Resistance?
- Measuring Resistance
- Looking at Ohm’s Law
- Introducing Resistors
- Reading Resistor Color Codes
- Understanding Resistor Power Ratings
- Limiting Current with a Resistor
- Project 10: Using a Current-Limiting Resistor
- Combining Resistors
- Project 11: Resistors in Series and Parallel
- Dividing Voltage
- Dividing Voltage with Resistors
- Project 12: A Voltage Divider Circuit
- Varying Resistance with a Potentiometer
- Chapter 3: Working with Capacitors
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