The Best Electronics Book

Three Hundred Fourteenth Post: The Best Electronics Book

I was reading some information on basic electricity. It seems that you have to do so much reading before you can get some hands-on learning. You could take something apart because everything mostly has electronic components. However, the chances are you wouldn’t understand what you see. Secondly it could be dangerous. Taking apart an old television without discharging capacitors would give you and electric shock. Basically anything that plugs in to the wall could be dangerous.

So to get our hands dirty we could use a breadboard or one of those toy electronic kits. But is there any project books that summarize the key learning points? Well RadioShack has an excellent electronics lab. It is good for older children to adults. But I have come across one book that describes the basic electronic components will building projects.

That book is the Pocket Scientist book “Fun with Electronics.” It is from 1983 but nothing introduces young learner to electronics in this way. It has projects such as a crystal radio to an alarm for the bedroom door. This alarm consist of 2 magnets that when separated cause an alarm to go off.

I loved the book as a child even though I couldn’t due the experiments. My friend was more interested in the book than I was. He went to RadioShack for the components only to find the board to solder the components to was too expensive. Still this book had illustrations that intrigued the imagination. It is still available on Web bookstores. I am thinking about buying a copy because most books written for older student’s don’t give the hands on until the lab work. This book teaches in a hands on way and gives you a feel for what the basic components do.

But until we learn studying 1980 technology... May the Creative Force be with You