Learn about electronics with fun experiments and projects
Created in partnership with Thames & Kosmos, Basic Electronics for Tomorrow's Inventors introduces you to essential electronics concepts through fun, do-it-yourself projects. You'll get tips for setting up your home workbench, safely handling materials, and creating a variety of entertaining gadgets. All of the projects and experiments use inexpensive, readily available electronic components and different types of breadboard, which creates a plug-and-play environment for you to build electronic circuits―no soldering required!
Inside you'll find:
- Things You'll Need--lists of all the electronic components and equipment required for each experiment
- A Circuit Diagram--shows how each of the electronic components are connected to produce the experiment
- How the Circuit Works--identifies the building blocks used to make the circuit and helps you read circuit diagrams
- Breadboard Layout--close-up photographs that guide you in building each electronic circuit
- Time to Experiment--explains how to get your experiment working
Step-by-step projects include:
Phone experiments
- Make an LED light up
- Make an LED flash
- Create colors with an RGB LED
- Build a working telephone
- Create indicator lights
- Build a temperature sensor
- Make an electronic horn
- Set up a water sensor
- Design a basic alarm circuit
- Make a pressure-sensitive mat
- Create a touch-activated alarm
- Build an electronic security keypad
- Make a reading light that switches on when it goes dark
- Create a random number generator
- Flip an electronic coin
- Get ready for infrared target practice
- Build a sound-effects generator
