Beginning Digital Electronics Through Projects

Digital electronics is a little more abstract than analog electronics, and trying to find a useful starter book can be tough. For those interested in learning digital electronics, with a practical approach, Beginning Digital Electronics Through Projects is for you. It is published in the same tradition as Beginning Analog Electronics Through Projects, Andrew Singmin's revision to the popular Beginning Electronics Through Projects. Beginning Digital Electronics Through Projects provides practical exercises, building techniques, and ideas for over thirty-five useful digital projects. Some digital logic knowledge is necessary, but the theory is limited to "need-to-know" information that will allow you to get started right away without complex math. Many components in this text are common to either analog or digital electronics, and beginners or hobbyists making their start here will find and overview of commonly used components and their functions described in everyday terms. Each of the projects builds on the theory and component knowledge developed in earlier chapters, establishing progressively more ambitious goals. Step-by-step learning instructions help you determine the best ways of working with such projects as Schmitt Trigger Circuits, Versatile ICs, Digital Support Circuits, and much more. Two interesting wireless projects (an FM receiver and an FM transmitter) bring the final chapters of this book to a close. Provides a logical step by step project-based way to learn the basics of digital electronics Gives the reader hands-on learning experiences through building simple projects Explains circuit design, circuit testing, and how to design your own projects

Analog electronics is the simplest way to start a fun, informative, learning program. Beginning Analog Electronics Through Projects, Second Edition was written with the needs of beginning hobbyists and students in mind. This revision of Andrew Singmin's popular Beginning Electronics Through Projects provides practical exercises, building techniques, and ideas for useful electronics projects. Additionally, it features new material on analog and digital electronics, and new projects for troubleshooting test equipment. Published in the tradition of Beginning Electronics Through Projects and Beginning Digital Electronics Through Projects, this book limits theory to "need-to-know" information that will allow you to get started right away without complex math. Commonly used electronic components and their functions are described briefly in everyday terms. Ideal for progressive learning, each of the projects builds on the theory and component knowledge developed in earlier chapters. Step-by-step instructions facilitate one's learning of techniques for component identification, soldering, troubleshooting, and much more. Includes instructions for using a general purpose assembly board Practical, enjoyable, useful approach to learning about electronics Features twelve easy and useful projects designed to familiarize beginners and hobbyists with the most commonly used ICs

This text, through digital experiments, aims to teach the reader practical electronics circuit theory and building techniques. Step-by-step instructions are used to teach techniques for component identification, soldering and troubleshooting.

If you are interested in electronics, but don't know where to start, Beginning Electronics Through Projects lets you learn the basics through building 10 step-by-step projects. Theory is limited to "need-to-know" information that will allow you to get started right away. No complex math. Common components and their functions are described briefly in everyday terms. All the components used in the book are widely available, and pre-assembled parts kits and circuit boards are available by mail from the author. Andrew Singmin is President of Singmin Enterprises, an electronics consulting company based outside of Ottawa, Ontario, in Canada. He has been involved in the electronics industry for more than 20 years, and has had numerous articles published in Electronics Handbook and Popular Electronics. His articles have specialized in teaching electronics to the beginner through projects. Mr. Singmin attained his electronics engineering degree in London, UK, and has postgraduate degrees in Semiconductor Physics (Masters) and Solid State Physics (Doctorate). Learn basic theory and components 10 easy-to-build projects Parts kits and printed circuit board available

A great way for technicians to learn about digital techniques and computers DESCRIPTION As computer technology has evolved, there have been two groups of people: the hardware group that understands the machine, and the software group that codes in high-level programming languages. This book puts the two together by providing an understanding of the nuts and bolts of digital devices and implementing hardware operations by coding a microController. We use the Arduino microController, which is embraced by the world-wide maker community of well over 300,000 people of all ages and technical backgrounds. The projects start at ground level and scaffold upward to fun challenges. Ê We begin with a background on digital circuitry and cover the operation of the Arduino microController. From there, we examine digital logic gates, which are the building blocks of computer hardware, and see how they make decisions. Next, we explore how digital devices work with numbers and do arithmetic along with how they count binary numbers. We also see how data moves between points in serial or parallel form as we build and test the circuitry to do the work. The topic of random number generation is explained, and we design a few simple computer games to see how this all works and have some fun. The book leads up to the reader producing a final capstone project. The format of the book is perfect for a digital electronics high school or college course, but easy enough to follow so that anyone with a basic background in DC circuits will have an enjoyable time with the many projects. KEY FEATURES 1. Work with (gates) the building blocks of computers 2. Discover logic circuits that can make decisions 3. See how computers work with ones and zeros 4. Understand how computers count and keep track of numbers 5. Build and test memory circuits 6. Implement hardware using code 7. Have fun while learning about the Arduino WHAT WILL YOU LEARNÊ You will learn that there is nothing mysterious about the digital devices that make up a computer, or the code that programs a computer to function. We cover the basic hardware as it is constructed into functional sections of a modern computer. You will learn about gates, flip-flops, registers, counters, and data I/O. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Anyone with a background in electricity and electronics with the knowledge of constructing circuits on a breadboard should have no problem using this book. It is designed for people with inquisitive minds in the hope that both the hardware projects and code samples are modified by the reader to gain additional information.Ê TABLE OF CONTENTSÊÊ 1. A Bit about Arduino. 2. Digital Function Implementation. 3. Designing Functional Computer Circuits. 4. Memory Devices. 5. Registers and Numbers. 6. Counters. 7. Multiplexing and demultiplexing. 8. Addresses, specialized counters, and serial monitor interaction. 9. Random Numbers 10. Interactive I/O 11. Capstone project

The book contains 50 projects in all complete with comprehensive functional description, Parts list, Construction details such as PCB and Components' layouts, Testing guidelines, suitable alternatives in case of uncommon components and lead/pin identification guidelines in case of Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits (ICs). the first three introductory chapters contain a lot of practical information. the first chapter gives operational basics and application relevant information in case of electronic components such as Resistors, Capacitors, Coils, Transformers, Diodes, Transistors, LEDs, Displays, SCRs, Opamps, Timers, Voltage Regulators and General purpose digital ICs such as Gates, Flip flops, Counters etc.