Practical Electronics for Inventors

Fully updated, no-nonsense guide to electronics

Deep eny our knowledge of electronics and gain the skills you need to develop and build your own functioning gadgets. Written by an experienced engineer and an avid hobbyist, this book organizes the essentials by providing step–by–step instructions, schematics, and diagrams. It explain show to choose the right components, design and build circuits, use microcontrollers and ICs, use the latest software tools, and test and tune your creations. This easy–to-understand book includes new content on programmable logic, semiconductors, operational amplifiers, voltage regulators, power supplies, and digital electronics.

Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition covers:

• Resistors, capacitors, inductors, transformers
• Diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits
• Optoelectronics, solar cells, phototransistors
• Sensors, GPS modules, touch screens
• Operational amplifiers, regulators, power supplies
• Digital electronics, LCD displays, logic gates
• Microcontrollers, prototyping platforms
• Combinational and sequential programmable logic
• DC motors, RC servos, stepper motors
• Microphones, audio amplifiers, speakers
• Modular electronics and prototypes