This title is packed with wickedly fun electronic circuits projects. Fully updated throughout, "Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius, Second Edition" introduces electronic circuits and circuit design, both analog and digital, through a series of projects you'll complete one simple lesson at a time. The separate lessons build on each other and add up to projects you'll be proud to display, play with, and put to practical use. You don't need to know anything about electronics to get started. Designed to help you learn by doing, this step-by-step guide provides hours of rewarding fun. You'll gain valuable experience in circuit construction and design as test, modify, and observe results - skills you can put to work in other exciting circuit-building projects. "Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius, Second Edition" features: seven new lessons, including voltage regulation and photo transistors; an updated virtual oscilloscope with all material revised to reflect the new scope; complete rewrite of lesson 29 to cover the completed prototype circuit using the upgraded scope; new reference guide to common components and symbols; and, a glossary and an expanded appendix that includes instructions for making a printed circuit board, a guide to reading capacitor values, and a full set of quizzes with answer keys. Learn the ins-and-outs of electronic circuits, including: Common Components and Techniques; Semiconductors; Digital Logic; The First NAnd Gate Circuit; Analog Switches for Digital Logic; The NAnd Gate Oscillator; How Do We Understand What We Can't See; Digital Logic Project; Counting Systems in Electronics; Analog to Digital Converter; The 4017 Walking Ring Counter; Remember - Binary's the Word; Design and Build Your Own Project; Amplifiers - What They Are and How To Use Them; Exploring the Op Amp; Applying the Op Amp: Building the Intercom; and, Prototype and Design.

Table of Contents

Part One: Components; Chapter 1. Components; Chapter 2. Resist If You Must; Chapter 3. More Components and Semiconductors; Chapter 4. Two Projects and Then Some More; Part Two: Introduction to Digital Electronics; Chapter 5. Digital Logic; Chapter 6. The First NAND Gate Circuit; Chapter 7. Analog Switches for Digital Circuits; Chapter 8. The NAND Gate Oscillator; Chapter 9. How Do We Understand What We Can't See; Chapter 10. Digital Logic Project; Part Three: Counting Systems in Electronics; Chapter 11. Introducing an Analog-to-Digital Converter; Chapter 12. The 4017 Walking Ring Counter; Chapter 13. Running a Seven-Segment Display; Chapter 14. Define, Design, and Make Your Own Project; Part Four: Amplifiers - What They Are and How To Use Them; Chapter 15. What is an Amplifier?; Chapter 16. Exploring the Op Amp; Chapter 17. Applying the Op Amp: Building the Intercom; Chapter 18. Prototype and Design - Patience Has Its Rewards; Part Five: Appendices; Appendix A. Common Component Packaging; Appendix B. Capacitors: Reading and Decoding; Appendix C. Animations List; Appendix D. Glossary; Appendix E. Make Your Own Printed Circuit Boards; Index

About the Author

Dave Cutcher is a former technology and industrial education teacher who designed his own hands-on courses, which resulted in great classroom success and became the basis of the first edition of this book. He currently writes for hobbyist publications such as MAKE Magazine.