Chapter 1

Learning About Electronics for Your Own Good

A Little Bit of Perspective Before You Get to the Details

Abstract

This chapter introduces to the field of electronics to those learning electronics for the first time such as nonelectronic engineers, technicians, and hobbyists/experimenters/makers. It reveals the benefits of learning electronics. It goes on to show how the electronics industry works. The chapter continues with an explanation of the difference between electricity and electronics. It then summarizes some of the main segments of electronics that include computers, cell phones, and robotics. The chapter concludes with several projects where you assess your own use of electronics and illustrate the importance of electronics in our ...

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