Fun with electronics. Illustrated guide for inventors and enthusiasts - Simon Monk - discontinued

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Table of contents

About the author (15)

Introduction (17)

Chapter 1 First steps (21)

• Shopping time (21)
  
  • Purchase of electronic components (22)
  • Donor search (23)
  • Basic tools (23)
• Removing insulation from the cable (25)
  
  • What will be needed (26)
• Connecting cables by twisting (28)
  
  • What will be needed (28)
• Connecting cables by soldering (29)
  
  • Safety (29)
  • What will be needed (30)
  • Soldering (31)
  • Cable connection (32)
• Connection testing (33)
  
  • What will be needed (33)
• Computer fan as toxic gas discharge fan (35)
  
  • What will be needed (35)
  • Construction (36)
  • Stage 1: Removing insulation from power supply wires (37)
  • Stage 2: Identification of the polarity of power supply lines (37)
  • Stage 3: Connecting the ground wires (38)
  • Stage 4: Connecting the current cable to the switch (39)
  • Stage 5: Testing (40)
• Summary (40)

Chapter 2 Theory and practice (41)

• Collection of the initial set of elements (41)
  
  • What will be needed (42)
• Identification of electronic components (43)
  
  • Resistors (resistors) (43)
  • Capacitors (45)
  • Diodes (47)
  • LEDs (47)
  • Transistors (49)
  • Integrated circuits (49)
  • Other elements (50)
  • Surface Mounting Components (50)
• Voltage, resistance, voltage (51)
  
  • Intensity (51)
  • Resistance (51)
  • Voltage (52)
  • Ohm Law (52)
• Power (54)
• Reading diagrams (55)
  
  • First rule of the schemes: Positive voltage is at the top (56)
  • Second rule of the schemes: Everything happens to the right (56)
  • Names and values (56)
  • Component symbols (57)
• Summary (58)

Chapter 3 Basic tricks (59)

• Resistor heating up (59)
  
  • What will be needed (59)
  • Experiment (60)
• Resistors as voltage dividers (61)
  
  • What will be needed (61)
• Transforming resistance into voltage (and creating a light meter) (64)
  
  • What will be needed (64)
• Conversion of a push-in lamp into a light sensor (66)
  
  • What will be needed (67)
  • Mounting plate (68)
  • Construction (70)
• Bipolar transistor selection (75)
  
  • Data sheets (75)
  • MOSFET transistors (76)
  • PNP and N-type channel transistors (77)
  • Popular transistor models (78)
• MOSFET power transistor as motor controller (78)
  
  • What will be needed (79)
  • Mounting plate (79)
• Choosing the right switch (81)
  
  • Push-button switches (82)
  • Microswitches (83)
  • Two-stable switches (83)
• Summary (85)

Chapter 4 LEDs (87)

• LED burnout protection (87)
  
  • What will be needed (88)
  • Diodes (88)
  • LEDs (89)
  • Testing (91)
• Choosing the right LED to operate (92)
  
  • What will be needed (92)
  • Brightness and angle of light (93)
  • Multicolouring (93)
  • Infrared and ultraviolet light emitting diodes (94)
  • LEDs for lighting (95)
• LM317 as a direct current controller (96)
  
  • What will be needed (96)
  • Project (97)
  • Mounting plate (98)
  • Construction (99)
• Measurement of the conduction voltage of the LED (100)
  
  • What will be needed (102)
• Power supply for more LEDs (102)
• Flashing LEDs (103)
  
  • What will be needed (104)
  • Mounting plate (104)
• Use of a perforated plate with the example of a flash transmitter (106)
  
  • Arrangement of components on a perforated panel (107)
  • What will be needed (109)
  • Construction (109)
  • Problem solving (113)
• Using the laser diode module (114)
• Modification of a remote-controlled racing car (115)
  
  • What will be needed (115)
  • Storage of cargo in a capacitor (116)
  • Project (117)
  • Construction (118)
  • Testing (119)
• Summary (119)

Chapter 5 Batteries and power supply (121)

• Choosing the right battery (121)
  
  • Battery capacity (121)
  • Maximum discharge value (122)
  • Disposable batteries (122)
  • Batteries (125)
• Battery charging (general rules) (127)
  
  • C (128)
  • Overload (overcharged) (128)
  • Overload (too full discharge) (128)
  • Battery life (128)
• NiMH cell charging (129)
  
  • Easy loading (129)
  • Fast charging (130)
• Charging a closed lead-acid battery (130)
  
  • Charging with a programmable power source (131)
• Charging the Li-Po battery (132)
• Modifying the battery to a mobile phone (133)
• Battery voltage adjustment (134)
  
  • What will be needed (136)
  • Mounting plate (136)
• Voltage increase (137)
• Calculating the battery life (138)
• Battery Emergency Power Design (139)
  
  • Diodes (139)
  • Supporting charge (141)
• Use of solar cells (142)
  
  • Solar panel testing (143)
  • Supporting charge with solar panel (144)
  • Reducing power consumption (145)
• Summary (146)

Chapter 6: Arduino games (147)

• Arduino system configuration (and LED flicker) (148)
  
  • What will be needed (149)
  • Arduino configuration (149)
  • Sketch modification Blink (152)
• Arduino as relay controller (154)
  
  • Relays (155)
  • Arduino outputs (155)
  • What will be needed (156)
  • Construction (157)
  • Software (158)
• Operation of the toy with Arduino (159)
  
  • What will you need (160)
  • Construction (160)
  • Serial port monitor (160)
  • Software (162)
• Voltage measurement with Arduino (163)
  
  • What will be needed (164)
  • Construction (164)
  • Software (165)
• Arduino as LED regulator (166)
  
  • What will be needed (167)
  • Construction (167)
  • Software (flickering) (168)
  • Software (brightness) (169)
• Audio playback with Arduino (170)
  
  • What will be needed (171)
  • Construction (171)
  • Software (171)
• Applications for Arduino expansion modules (173)
• Controlling the relay from the website (174)
  
  • What will be needed (175)
  • Construction (176)
  • Network configuration (177)
  • Testing (177)
  • Software (178)
• Alphanumeric LCD module support (182)
  
  • What will be needed (183)
  • Construction (183)
  • Software (183)
• Servomotor drive with Arduino (185)
  
  • What will be needed (185)
  • Construction (186)
  • Software (186)
• Charlieplexing of LEDs (187)
  
  • What will be needed (189)
  • Construction (189)
  • Software (190)
• Automatic entry of passwords (192)
  
  • What will be needed (192)
  • Construction (193)
  • Software (193)
• Summary (194)

Chapter 7: Playing with modules (195)

• Infrared motion detector module (196)
  
  • What will be needed (motion sensor and LED) (196)
  • Mounting plate (196)
  • What will you need? (PIR and Arduino sensor) (198)
  • Construction (198)
  • Software (199)
• Ultrasonic distance meter modules (200)
  
  • What will be needed (202)
  • Distance meter HC-SR04 (202)
  • Distance meter MaxBotix LV-EZ1 (205)
• Wireless remote control module (207)
  
  • What will be needed (208)
  • Mounting plate (208)
• Wireless remote control module and Arduino (209)
  
  • What will be needed (209)
  • Software (210)
• Motor speed control with MOSFET power transistor (212)
  
  • What will you need (212)
  • Mounting plate (213)
  • Software (213)
• DC motor control with bridge module H (215)
  
  • What will be needed (219)
  • Mounting plate (219)
  • Use of control legs (220)
• Stepper motor control with bridge module H (221)
  
  • What will be needed (223)
  • Construction (223)
  • Software (223)
• Simple electronic rover (226)
  
  • What will be needed (227)
  • Construction (227)
  • Testing (230)
  • Software (230)
• Seven-segment LED display module (232)
  
  • What will be needed (234)
  • Construction (234)
  • Software (234)
• Real time clock module (236)
  
  • What will be needed (237)
  • Construction (238)
  • Software (239)
• Summary (240)

Chapter 8 - Playing with sensors (241)

• Toxic gas detection (241)
  
  • What will be needed (242)
  • Comparator LM311 (242)
  • Mounting plate (243)
  • Gas detector and Arduino (245)
• Measurement of object colour (246)
  
  • What will be needed (247)
  • Construction (247)
  • Software (248)
• Vibration detection (251)
  
  • What will be needed (251)
  • Construction (252)
  • Software (252)
• Temperature measurement (254)
  
  • What will be needed (254)
  • Construction (254)
  • Software (254)
• Accelerometer (256)
  
  • What will be needed (257)
  • Construction (258)
  • Software (259)
• Magnetic field detection (261)
  
  • What will be needed (261)
  • Construction (261)
  • Software (261)
• Summary (262)

Chapter 9 Tricks with sound (263)

• Modification of sound cables (263)
  
  • General principles (264)
  • Soldering of sound cables (265)
  • Conversion of stereo to mono signal (266)
• Microphone module (268)
• Radio bug (271)
  
  • What will be needed (271)
  • Construction (271)
  • Testing (273)
• Speaker selection (274)
• One-watt sound amplifier (275)
  
  • What will be needed (277)
  • Construction (277)
  • Testing (278)
• Sound generation with timer 555 (279)
  
  • What will be needed (281)
  • Construction (281)
• Music controller plugged into USB socket (281)
  
  • What will be needed (281)
  • Construction (282)
  • Software (283)
• Software Volume Control (VU) (284)
  
  • What will be needed (284)
  • Construction (284)
  • Software (285)
• Summary (286)

Chapter 10 Breakdown and repair (287)

• How to avoid electrocution? (287)
• Disassembling the equipment AND folding it back (289)
• Checking the fuse (289)
• Checking the battery (291)
• Heating element testing (291)
• Detection and replacement of damaged components (292)
  
  • Checking the components (292)
  • Soldering (293)
  • Exchange (294)
• Recovery of useful components (294)
• Re-use of the telephone charger (295)
• Summary (296)

Chapter 11 Tools (297)

• Use of the meter (general) (297)
  
  • Continuity test and diodes (298)
  • Resistance (298)
  • Capacity (298)
  • Temperature (299)
  • AC voltage (300)
  • DC voltage (301)
  • DC current intensity (301)
  • Alternating current intensity (302)
  • Frequency (302)
• Checking the transistor with a meter (302)
• Laboratory power supply (303)
• Introduction to oscilloscopes (304)
• Electronic software (305)
  
  • Simulation (306)
  • Fritzing (306)
  • EAGLE PCB (307)
  • Network calculators (307)
• Summary (308)

The addition. Parts (311)

• Tools (312)
• Electronic components (312)
  
  • Starting sets of components (313)
  • Resistors (313)
  • Capacitors (314)
  • Semiconductors (314)
  • Equipment and other items (316)
  • Modules (318)
  • Z1 elements used in the book not included elsewhere (320)
  • Resistors included in set Z2 (320)

Scorch (321)