Doug Lowe is an IT director with 40 years’ experience managing networks. He has written more than 30 For Dummies books with over a million copies in print.

• Introduction 1Book 1: Getting Started with Electronics 7Chapter 1: Welcome to Electronics 9Chapter 2: Understanding Electricity 21Chapter 3: Creating Your Mad-Scientist Lab 37Chapter 4: Staying Safe 61Chapter 5: Reading Schematic Diagrams 73Chapter 6: Building Projects 87Chapter 7: The Secrets of Successful Soldering 125Chapter 8: Measuring Circuits with a Multimeter 137Chapter 9: Catching Waves with an Oscilloscope 153Book 2: Working with Basic Electronic Components 165Chapter 1: Working with Basic Circuits 167Chapter 2: Working with Resistors 207Chapter 3: Working with Capacitors 239Chapter 4: Working with Inductors 265Chapter 5: Working with Diodes and LEDs 279Chapter 6: Working with Transistors 305Book 3: Working with Integrated Circuits 335Chapter 1: Introducing Integrated Circuits 337Chapter 2: The Fabulous 555 Timer Chip 349Chapter 3: Working with Op-Amps 385Chapter 4: Discovering Darlingtons 405Book 4: Beyond Direct Current 415Chapter 1: Getting into Alternating Current 417Chapter 2: Building Power Supplies 441Chapter 3: Understanding Radio 453Chapter 4: Working with Infrared 485Book 5: Doing Digital Electronics 503Chapter 1: Understanding Digital Electronics 505Chapter 2: Getting Logical 521Chapter 3: Working with Logic Circuits 541Chapter 4: Working with Flip-Flops 577Book 6: Working with Arduino Microprocessors 607Chapter 1: Introducing Arduino 609Chapter 2: Creating Arduino Sketches 625Chapter 3: More Arduino Programming Tricks 657Chapter 4: An Arduino Proximity Sensor 675Chapter 5: Adding Sound and Motion to Your Arduino Projects 691Book 7: Hands-On Projects for Hobbyists 723Chapter 1: Building a Color Organ 725Chapter 2: Crafting a Steampunk Crystal Radio 737Chapter 3: Re-Creating a Retro Science-Fiction Robot Head 757Chapter 4: Building an Infinity Life Box 769Index 799

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