Building Your Own Electronics Lab: A Guide to Setting Up Your Own Gadget Workshop PDF
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Building Your Own Electronics Lab Copyright © 2012 by Dale Wheat All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher. ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-43024386-1 ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-4302-4387-8 Trademarked names, logos, and images may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name, logo, or image we use the names, logos, and images only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. 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For detailed information about www.apress.com how to locate your book’s source code, go to . http://www.apress.com/source-code/ To my father, John H. Wheat, who patiently taught me about electricity and electronics over 40 years ago. To this day, I remain fascinated by it. My life has been enriched in so many ways by the many things that I learned from my father. Contents at a Glance About the Author About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Planning Your Electronics Workshop Chapter 2: Building Your Tool Chest Chapter 3: Components Chapter 4: A Portable Mini-Lab Chapter 5: The Cozy Corner Lab Chapter 6: The Small Group Lab and Classroom Appendix A: Getting Started with Tool Building Index Contents About the Author About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Planning Your Electronics Workshop What to Expect It Starts with a Plan A Broad Outline A Little Time A Little Space Basic Tools Fundamental Components Ideas Goals Inspiration! How Electricity Works The Theoretical Approach A Practical Approach Safety Lighten Up! Environmental Impact Budgeting Buying New Finding Used Harvesting or Recycling Some Example Workshops A Fresh Start The Robot Clubhouse A Cautionary Tale Summary Chapter 2: Building Your Tool Chest The Most Important Tool Ever Care and Feeding of Your Brain All Those Other Bits, Too Basic Hand Tools Wire Cutters and Wire Strippers Pliers and Tweezers Screwdrivers, Nut Drivers, Wrenches, and Ratchets Screws, Bolts, and Nuts More Specialized Hand Tools Wire Crimpers Computers Tools for Soldering Power Tools Drills and Drill Bits Laser Cutters and 3D Printers Basic Test and Measurement Equipment Inspection Equipment Physical Measurement Devices Simple Electronic Measurement Tools Advanced Test and Measurement Equipment Multimeters Oscilloscopes Power Supplies Organizing Your Tools Summary Chapter 3: Components Conductors and Interconnects Electrical Schematics Wire and Cables Connectors Passive Components Resistors Capacitors Inductors Switches Active Components Power Supplies Diodes LEDs Transistors Integrated Circuits Acquiring Components Buying New Components Recycling Used Components Component Data Sheets Summary Chapter 4: A Portable Mini-Lab Have Lab, Will Travel The Compact Executive Model No Soldering Required The Ever-Shrinking Computing Device Electrical Experiments You Can Perform Lighten Up, 20th Century Style A Slightly More Permanent Circuit Multiple Uses for the LED The Special Project Portable Laboratory Summary Chapter 5: The Cozy Corner Lab The Rehabilitation of a Small but Useful Area Science to the Rescue! Organization The Great Divide Adding a Power Source A Clean, Well-Lighted Space Tools Under the Desk Components Where to Go from Here Projects Parallel and Series Circuits Batteries in Series and Parallel Switches in Series Switches in Parallel The Three-Way Switch Resistors in Series Resistors in Parallel
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