Electronics for kids for dummies
Shamieh, Cathleen2016
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ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING. The easy way for kids to get started with electronics If your youngster likes to tinker, Electronics For Kids For Dummies is here to teach them the core concepts of electronics in a fun and engaging way. Written in a language elementary-to-middle-school-aged kids can understand, it's packed with full-color photos, easy-to-follow instructions, simple examples, and 13 cool projects that will boost your child's confidence while instilling valuable electronics lessons. Written by an experienced engineer who authored Electronics For Dummies, this friendly guide shows children the right way to learn about this exciting but potentially dangerous field.
Main title:
Electronics for kids for dummies / by Cathleen Shamieh.
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Imprint:
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, 2016.
Collation:
x, 339 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Project 1: Go Shopping -- Plan Your Shopping Spree -- Budget -- Electronic Components and Accessories -- Tools and Supplies -- Project 2: LED Flashlight -- Gather the Parts for the LED Flashlight -- Energize Your Flashlight -- Explore your battery -- Voltage and current -- Get to Know Your LED -- Diodes and bicycle tires -- Seeing light from LEDs -- Examine your LED -- Orienting an LED in a circuit -- Protect Your LED with a Resistor -- Understanding resistance -- Resistor power ratings -- Make the LED Flashlight -- Build the flashlight circuit -- LED flashlight switch -- Make a case for your flashlight -- LED Flashlight Circuit Diagram -- Project 3: Solderless Breadboard -- Why Use a Solderless Breadboard? -- Get Your Components Ready -- Jumper wires -- Use a battery clip -- Explore Your Solderless Breadboard -- Contact holes --Contents note continued: Connections -- Power rails -- Binding posts -- Breadboard an LED Circuit -- Add a Power Switch -- Understand how your switch works -- Think about your switch connection -- Connect your switch -- Test your switch -- Connect the Power Rails -- Series and Parallel Circuits -- Prepare your breadboard -- Build the two-LED series circuit -- Build the two-LED parallel circuit -- Compare circuits -- Visualize the flow of current -- Project 4: Two-Way Traffic Light -- Collect and Prepare Components -- Create Neater Circuits -- Construct the Two-Way Traffic Light Circuit -- Two-Way Traffic Light Schematic -- Don't Underestimate Your Switch -- Project 5: Light Timer -- What Is a Capacitor? -- Check Out Your Capacitor -- Gather Components and Tools -- Build the Capacitor Circuit -- Operate the Capacitor Circuit -- Charge your capacitor -- Store electrical energy -- Discharge your capacitor -- Change the Timing of the Light -- Meet the RC time constant --Contents note continued: Increase the capacitor discharge time -- Decrease the capacitor discharge time -- Control the Timing of Two LEDS -- Add an LED to the charging circuit -- Test the two-LED circuit -- Why Use Capacitors? -- Project 6: Stage Lights Dimmer -- The Amazing Transistor -- Transistors and faucets -- Explore a transistor -- Why Use a Transistor? -- The problem with the RC time constant -- The solution to the problem -- Gather Components and Tools -- Build the Basic Stage Lights Dimmer Circuit -- Operate the Stage Lights Dimming Circuit -- Explore the Schematic -- Capacitor charging -- Capacitor discharging -- Transistor shutting off -- Add More Lights -- Operate the Eight-Light Dimming Circuit -- Check Out the Schematic -- Project 7: Smart Nightlight -- Make Sense of Your Photoresistor -- Check Out a PNP Transistor -- Round Up Components and Tools -- Build the Smart Nightlight Circuit -- Test Your Nightlight Circuit -- Make Adjustments -- Explore the Schematic --Contents note continued: Stage 1 -- Stage 2 -- Stage 3 -- Put it all together -- Project 8: Blinking LED -- What's an Integrated Circuit? -- Check out some chips -- Pay attention to the pinout -- Meet the 555 Timer -- Round Up Components and Tools -- The Optional Potentiometer -- Examine a pot -- Prepare your pot -- Build the Blinking LED Circuit -- Operate the Blinking LED Circuit -- Change the timing -- Use a potentiometer (optional) -- Take a Look at the Schematic -- Project 9: Light-Sensing Alarm -- How a Speaker Works -- Gather Components and Tools -- Prepare Your Speaker -- Build the Light-Sensing Alarm Circuit -- Test Your Light-Sensing Alarm -- Check Out the Schematic -- How the tone is generated -- How the 555 timer is switched on and off -- How the transistor is switched on and off -- Project 10: Light-Controlled Sound Effects -- Collect the Parts You Need -- Build the Light-Controlled Sound Effects Circuit -- Create Some Sound Effects -- Check Out the Schematic --Contents note continued: How the sound effects are created -- A range of frequencies -- Project 11: One-Octave Keyboard -- Probe a Pushbutton Switch -- Collect the Parts You Need -- Build Your Keyboard -- Test and Tune Your Keyboard -- Play Some Tunes! -- Examine the Schematic -- Project 12: Roulette (Guess-the-Number) Wheel -- The 4017 Decade Counter IC -- Protect your CMOS chip -- Explore the 4017 decade counter -- Use the 555 Timer as a Trigger -- Gather the Parts You Need -- Two-Part Project -- Part 1: Light Chaser Circuit -- Build the light chaser -- Operate your light chaser -- Troubleshooting the light chaser circuit -- Part 2: The Roulette Wheel -- Change the timing -- Play the guess-the-number game -- Add a potentiometer (optional) -- Add sound effects -- Schematics and Circuit Explanation -- Light chaser -- Roulette wheel -- Reward yourself -- Project 13: Three-Way Traffic Light -- Meet the 1N4148 (or 1N914) Diode -- Reuse and Save Time -- Get Your Parts Ready --Contents note continued: Build the Three-Way Traffic Light -- Operate Your Traffic Light -- Change the Timing -- Alter the overall timing -- Alter the relative timing -- Understand Your Traffic Light Circuit -- Explore the schematic -- The importance of being a diode -- Project 14: Radio and Amplifier -- What Is Radio? -- Plan Your Mission -- Homemade Tuner -- Make an inductor -- Make a variable capacitor -- Meet Your Radio Signal Detector -- The LM386 Audio Amplifier -- Gather Parts -- Choose a Good Work Space -- Build Your Amplifier -- Connect the Radio -- Operate Your Radio -- Tap into a Headphone Set -- Gather parts -- Hack the headphones -- Remove the radio inputs -- Connect your audio inputs to your amplifier -- Play your music player through your amplifier -- Add a Selector Switch.
ISBN:
9781119215653
Dewey class:
621.381
Language:
English
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BRN:
270651
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Junior Non-Fiction Science & Technology | J 621.381 SHA | Available |