Make: Electronics, 2e

Thoroughly enjoyed it,1. This is the best book in my opinion if you want to start learning electronics by building circuits yourself.2. Starts from complete basics, so there are no prerequisites.3. The book does not cover vast range of topics like other books (Practical electronics for inventors or art of electronics) do, but you will need to have quite a bit of experience to implement the circuits from those books, as they will not go into detail about actually building those circuits (no hands-on approach) as they are more of a textbook.If you are considering to go for this book -You would need to buy a few electronics test instruments, tools and components to make the circuits yourself.In India, do not go for Amazon or any other big online retailer to buy "electronic components", they are very limited and overpriced.Just search "electronics components online stores India" and go for any store you like.Experience with offline retailers may vary for everyone, it would be easier to find offline shops if you are from a big city with industries nearby, otherwise just go for online shops.\

Make ElectronicsOm kunskap kan ge berusning till sinnet så besitter boken Make Electronics den egenskapen. Författaren Charles Platt är inte bara populärvetenskaplig han är också en stilist. Boken är vackert utformad med övervägande tecknade illustrationer i flerfärg och rikligt till antal. Hans Camenzind, uppfinnaren av 555 timer skriver om boken: ”This is teaching at its best!”. En bok för noviser och mer avancerade elektronik entusiaster. Boken ger underhållning på 335 sidor.

This is my favourite textbook of all time. I am someone with 0 prior experience in electronics and it has been a joy to work my way through the various experiments with Mr. Platt as my teacher. This book's intention is to get your hands dirty and to focus on the intuition and application rather than, say, working your way through differential equations. So while this book won't help you derive the time constant formula for calculating the speed at which a capacitor charges, it will tell you what the formula is, how to use it, and make you set up some real circuits where you can see this in practice and motivate you to see how understanding this would be useful in real world applications. This is definitely teaching at its best.I feel this is a book the author really enjoyed writing (I could be wrong, of course, but it really does seem like a real labour of love). It's just so well-executed: well-structured, well-written, detailed, thoughtful, and with the odd bit of humour every now and again.You will get the most out of this book if you work your way through the experiments -- but this will involve some non-trivial sum of money. As a UK resident, I spent around a total of 150-200 pounds sourcing the supplies for all 30+ experiments (including a mid-range soldering iron, multimeter, etc). I'm sure I could have shaved down the costs somewhat, but I find it hard to see it costing less than 100 pounds if you're starting from scratch like I did. I used a combination of farnells and amazon and probably spent around 3 hours putting together my shopping baskets of individually sourced items. The book has a US-bias so most of the suppliers listed are US-based. There are kits available, but most of these seem to ship from the US so the shipping charges can be steep.Having recently completed this book I am now going to reward myself with Make:More Electronics!

Wat een leuke manier om kennis te maken met de wereld van de elektronica. Eerst aan batterijen likken omelectriciteit te 'proeven', daarna een LED opblazen en een batterij kortsluiten en daarna over op de serieuzere experimenten. Heel leuk en heel leerzaam.

Il miglior libro che abbia mai letto per chi vuole avvicinarsi al mondo dell'elettronica. Si impara la teoria attraverso esercitazioni pratiche spiegate molto bene. Il libro è pieno di foto e disegni per veicolare meglio i concetti esposti. Scritto in inglese.