Make: electronics: learning by discovery

1. Experiencing Electricity

Shopping List: Experiments 1 Through 5

Experiment 1: Taste the Power!

Experiment 2: Let's Abuse a Battery!

Experiment 3: Your First Circuit

Experiment 4: Varying the Voltage

Experiment 5: Let's Make a Battery

2. Switching Basics and More

Shopping List: Experiments 6 Through 11

Experiment 6: Very Simple Switching

Experiment 7: Relay-Driven LEDs

Experiment 8: A Relay Oscillator

Experiment 9: Time and Capacitors

Experiment 10: Transistor Switching

Experiment 11: A Modular Project

3. Getting Somewhat More Serious

Shopping List: Experiments 12 Through 15

Experiment 12: Joining Two Wires Together

Experiment 13: Broil an LED

Experiment 14: A Pulsing Glow

Experiment 15: Intrusion Alarm Revisited

4. Chips, Ahoy!

Shopping List: Experiments 16 Through 24

Experiment 16: Emitting a Pulse

Experiment 17: Set Your Tone

Experiment 18: Reaction Timer

Experiment 19: Learning Logic

Experiment 20: A Powerful Combination

Experiment 21: Race to Place

Experiment 22: Flipping and Bouncing

Experiment 23: Nice Dice

Experiment 24: Intrusion Alarm Completed

5. What Next?

Shopping List: Experiments 25 Through 36

Experiment 25: Magnetism

Experiment 26: Tabletop Power Generation

Experiment 27: Loudspeaker Destruction

Experiment 28: Making a Coil React

Experiment 29: Filtering Frequencies

Experiment 30: Fuzz

Experiment 31: One Radio, No Solder, No Power

Experiment 32: A Little Robot Cart

Experiment 33: Moving in Steps

Experiment 34: Hardware Meets Software

Experiment 35: Checking the Real World

Experiment 36: The Lock, Revisited

In Closing

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