[SGVHAK] Make: Electronics (was Re: Saturday meeting recap (7/27)

[Jess Bermudes]

The Make: Electronics book is available from LAPL. I think there are
multiple copies, one of which is currently on my desk ;)


It's a great resource for simple project ideas to explore different aspects
of theory.


On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 5:55 PM, <thinkndev at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would to preview the book, as I want to become familiar with electronics
> too.
>
> Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com>이 씀:
>
>> Hi Akkana,
>>
>> Good to hear from you! Thanks for coming to our meetings when we were
>> first starting out. You will always be a member of the group, no matter the
>> distance. Hope to see you at SCALE next year.
>>
>> I got the book today. It is very approachable and I am already learning
>> things that I only half-knew before, like how to use a multimeter to
>> measure resistance and how to read a resistor's color coding. I needed
>> something like this as a starting point because I sometimes have difficulty
>> with certain concepts unless I can see it in action.
>>
>> I guess it's time to put together a kit of electronic components to play
>> with. I'll bring the book to HAK if anyone is interested in looking through
>> it.
>>
>> I think there is a sequel to the book, but I can't remember when or if it
>> has come out yet.
>>
>> Charles Platt is putting out a 3-volume illustrated encyclopedia of
>> electronic components. I think volume 2 came out recently. Here is the link
>> for volume 1.
>>
>> http://shop.oreilly.com/product/mobile/0636920026105.do
>>
>> Lan
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> * From: * Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com>;
>> * To: * <hak at sgvhak.net>;
>> * Subject: * Re: [SGVHAK] Saturday meeting recap (7/27)
>> * Sent: * Mon, Jul 29, 2013 3:43:17 AM
>>
>> Lan Dang writes:
>> > I bought a book called "Make: Electronics" by Charles Platt, which I am
>> hoping will be the right introductory book to help me understand electronic
>> components and how to put them together.   Still waiting for it to come in
>> the mail.
>>
>> I bought that book a year or two ago and like it a lot -- definitely
>> the best electronics book I've seen. All the others I've tried
>> (quite a few) are heavy on theory, like how to calculate the
>> resistance in a network where you have one DC and one AC voltage
>> source at different places in the circuit. Stuff I have no interest
>> in ever doing. Make: Electronics is more like, here, buy these two
>> chips, and wire them up in these ways -- here's what they do and why.
>> Wish I'd had it years ago. In a few cases I wished he'd chosen a
>> slightly different part that I was more interested in instead of
>> the one he chose, but that's a pretty minor complaint. I think
>> you'll like it. I confess I still get confused about when I need
>> to add a capacitors or resistors to my circuits, though. :-)
>>
>> (Sorry I stopped coming to meetings -- we sold my mother's house so I
>> no longer have ties to the LA area, but I stayed on the list because
>> SGVHAK is awesome and we don't have any comparable groups in the
>> bay area. Hope you don't mind!)
>>
>>     ...Akkana
>>
>
> --
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>
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