"Basic Electronics for Tomorrow's Inventors" - Book

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