Spark your creativity and gain the electronics skills required to transform your innovative ideas into functioning gadgets. This hands-on, updated guide outlines electrical principles and provides thorough, easy-to-follow instructions, schematics, and illustrations. Find out how to select components, safely assemble circuits, perform error tests, and build plug-and-play prototypes.

Includes index.

Introduction to electronics -- Theory -- Basic electronic circuit components -- Semiconductors -- Optoelectronics -- Sensors -- Hands-on electronics -- Operational amplifiers -- Filters -- Oscillators and timers -- Voltage regulators and power supplies -- Digital electronics -- Microcontrollers -- Programmable logic -- Motors -- Audio electronics -- Modular electronics -- Appendix A. Power distribution and home wiring -- Appendix B. Error analysis -- Appendix C. Useful facts and formulas.