{ "item_title" : "The Electronics Bench", "item_author" : [" Charlse R. M. Hargreave "], "item_description" : "You can follow a tutorial and get an LED to blink. Swap one component, and it stops working - you have no idea why. This book teaches you to understand a circuit, not copy one.The Electronics Bench is a self-teaching course built around 25 hands-on breadboard and microcontroller projects. Across 525 pages and 16 chapters, it runs from Ohm's law to op-amps, oscillators, and digital logic, using six-step worked calculations, 123 labeled figures, and 160 end-of-chapter problems with full worked solutions.WHAT'S INSIDE THIS BOOK- DC Fundamentals, Safety, and the Breadboard - Ohm's law and breadboard row/column wiring behind Project 1's LED circuit.- Resistors, Ohm's Law in Depth, and the Multimeter - Color-code decoding, series/parallel networks, and 6 worked examples in DMM use.- Capacitors and RC Timing - Capacitor types and the RC time constant behind Project 3's LED delay circuit.- Diodes and Rectification - The diode I-V curve and half-wave vs. full-wave bridge rectifiers.- Bipolar Junction Transistors - NPN/PNP structure, saturation regions, and beta gain behind a switched LED.- Transistor Switches, Relays, and MOSFETs - Saturation-switch design, flyback protection, and logic-level MOSFET switching.- AC Fundamentals and the Oscilloscope - RMS vs. peak voltage and hands-on scope/function-generator skills.- AC in RC/RL Circuits and Filters - Reactance, phasor impedance, and RC filter cutoff-frequency design.- Resonance and LC Circuits - Series/parallel RLC resonance and bandwidth/Q-factor math for a tank circuit.- Transistor Amplifiers - Common-emitter biasing and 13 worked examples on clipping distortion.- Operational Amplifiers - Gain equations, the op-amp's golden rules, and 15 worked examples building a comparator.- Oscillators and the 555 Timer - 555 astable/monostable timing and an LED-flasher build.- Power Supplies, Transformers, and Regulation - Turns-ratio math and 78xx regulator dropout.- Digital Logic and Microcontroller Basics - Logic-gate truth tables and a microcontroller I/O project.- Sensors, Actuators, and Putting Projects Together - Photoresistor/thermistor sensing and a sensor-decision-actuator build.- Capstone: Designing and Troubleshooting Your Own Circuit - A design process and symptom-isolate-test-fix method.SEVEN REFERENCE APPENDICES- Formula reference by chapter- Component reference (color codes, E12/E24 values, IC pinouts)- Troubleshooting guide with fault tables- Consolidated 25-project parts list- Schematic symbol legend and where-to-go-next guide- 324-term glossary and indexWHAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO- Size resistors and voltage dividers with Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws.- Read and troubleshoot circuits with a multimeter and oscilloscope.- Design RC/RL filters for a target cutoff frequency.- Bias a transistor for switching, amplification, or oscillation.- Build and verify a regulated DC supply.- Wire a microcontroller's I/O to sensors and actuators.- Diagnose a failed circuit systematically.- Translate a schematic into a correctly wired breadboard.WHY THIS BOOK- Every value is worked through a six-step calculation, not just handed to you.- Twenty-five projects build directly from formulas taught pages earlier, not standing apart as a kit.- Every project pairs a schematic with a labeled breadboard diagram.- AC theory, filters, resonance, and op-amps get the same depth as the DC chapters.- A troubleshooting appendix and capstone chapter teach a repeatable method, so a failed circuit becomes a diagnostic exercise.- The book runs from an LED circuit through microcontroller I/O, closing a gap older guides leave open.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/819/346/9798193460350_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "105.00", "online_price" : "105.00", "our_price" : "105.00", "club_price" : "105.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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