Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition

A Fully-Updated, No-Nonsense Guide to Electronics

Advance your electronics knowledge and gain the skills necessary to develop and construct your own functioning gadgets. Written by a pair of experienced engineers and dedicated hobbyists, Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition, lays out the essentials and provides step-by-step instructions, schematics, and illustrations. Discover how to select the right components, design and build circuits, use microcontrollers and ICs, work with the latest software tools, and test and tweak your creations. This easy-to-follow book features new instruction on programmable logic, semiconductors, operational amplifiers, voltage regulators, power supplies, digital electronics, and more.

Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition, covers:

Resistors, capacitors, inductors, and transformers

Diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits

Optoelectronics, solar cells, and phototransistors

Sensors, GPS modules, and touch screens

Op amps, regulators, and power supplies

Digital electronics, LCD displays, and logic gates

Microcontrollers and prototyping platforms

Combinational and sequential programmable logic

DC motors, RC servos, and stepper motors

Microphones, audio amps, and speakers

Modular electronics and prototypes