TY - BOOK AU - Scherz, Paul AU - Monk, Simon TI - Practical electronics for inventors SN - 9780071771337 U1 - 537.5 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill N1 - Includes Index; Introduction to electronics -- Theory -- Basic electronic circuit components -- Semiconductors -- Optoelectronics -- Sensors -- Handson electronics -- Operational amplifiers -- Filters -- Oscillators and timers -- Voltage regulators and power supplies -- Digital electronics -- Microcontrollers -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C N2 - 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. Practical Electronics for Inventors, Third Edition, features all-new chapters on sensors, microcontrollers, modular electronics, and the latest software tools ER -