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Make: Electronics, 3rd Edition

by Charles Platt

September 2021

Intermediate to advanced

325 pages

16h 47m

English

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Experiment 1: Taste the Power!Experiment 2: Go with the FlowExperiment 3: Applying PressureExperiment 4: Heat and PowerExperiment 5: Let’s Make a Battery
Experiment 6: Getting ConnectedExperiment 7: Investigating a RelayExperiment 8: A Relay OscillatorExperiment 9: Time and CapacitorsExperiment 10: Transistor SwitchingExperiment 11: Light and Sound
Experiment 12: Joining Two Wires TogetherExperiment 13: Roasting an LEDExperiment 14: A Wearable Multivibrator

Experiment 15: Emitting a PulseExperiment 16: Set Your ToneExperiment 17: An Alarming IdeaExperiment 18: Reflex TesterExperiment 19: Learning LogicExperiment 20: The UnlockerExperiment 21: The Button BlockerExperiment 22: Flipping and BouncingExperiment 23: Nice Dice
Experiment 24: MagnetismExperiment 25: Tabletop Power GenerationExperiment 26: Loudspeaker DestructionExperiment 27: Making a Coil ReactExperiment 28: One Radio, No Solder, No PowerExperiment 29: Hardware Meets SoftwareExperiment 30: Nicer DiceChapter 31: The Learning Process

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Section One The Basics

This section contains experiments 1 through 5.

In Experiment 1, I want you to get a taste for electricity—literally! You’ll experience electric current and discover the nature of electrical resistance.

In experiments 2 and 3 you’ll use a meter to measure current and voltage, and in Experiment 4 you’ll calculate wattage. Along the way you can burn out an LED, blow a fuse, and deduce a fundamental law in electronics.

Experiment 5 will be an entertainment, using everyday items to generate electricity on a tabletop.

These experiments will clarify some important concepts. Please give them a try before venturing into the rest of the book, even if you have some prior knowledge.