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S. WatkissLearn Electronics with Raspberry Pihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6348-8_1

1. Getting Started with Electronic Circuits

Stewart Watkiss1 
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Redditch, UK
 

Most of this book is going to involve connecting circuits to a Raspberry Pi, but before we plug anything into the Raspberry Pi, you will need a basic understanding of electronic circuits. This is going to be a gentle introduction, so if you already know how to build your own simple circuits and would like to jump straight in to connecting into the Raspberry Pi, then feel free to jump to Chapter 2.

An electronic circuit combines individual electronic components to perform a specific function. This could be as simple as a light circuit in a torch that turns on when ...

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