Make Electronics Learning by Discovery - Charles Platt

Do you want to learn the basics and fundamentals of electronics in a fun and hands-on way? 

If you do then this book by Charles Platt entitled 'Make Electronics by Discovery' will immediately let you work on real projects by the time that you open the book. 

On this book, you will be educated with the important key components and essential principles through the exciting experiments that you will be working on. 

You will actually build the circuits firsts before you are going to learn the theory.

Build Simple to Advance Projects

The book will start by letting you learn the basics then as you proceed, the topic will become more advance. 

As an example, the book will first discuss about Switching Circuits to Integrated Circuits. Another example is from Simple Alarms to Programmable Microcontrollers.

What exactly makes this book quite interesting is the well detailed Step-By-Step instructions which makes it easy to follow. 

Apart from the instructions, the book is complete with 500 full-colored photographs and illustrations to ensure that you will fully understand everything that is being taught.

Here are the following major topics covered on the book:

Discover by Breaking Things

You will get to experience you first experiment with various types of components. On this topic, you will get to learn from your failure.

Set Up a Tricked-Out Project Space

On this topic, the book will teach you how to properly setup your working area at home. You will get to know what tools and parts that you will be needing.

Electronic Components

Electronics components are introduced and their functions within a circuit.

Starting Some Interesting Project

You are now going to start building some interesting projects. And they are intrusion alarm, holiday lights, wearable electronic jewelry, audio processors, a reflex tester and combination lock.

Autonomous Robot Cart

The most interesting project that you will be working on is the autonomous robot cart which has the capability to sense its surroundings to detect and avoid obstacles.

Get Clear

An easy-to-understand explanations about what exactly you are doing and why.

Review for Make Electronics Learning by Discovery

Directly to the point, I highly recommend this book to anyone especially those who are just starting out in trying to learn their way in Electronics. 

There are actually too many books around that introduces unnecessary topics such as discussing early discoveries or histories of electronics. 

Such subject can be very boring and its no fun at all. But this book dives right into action. You will actually be starting out with an actual project which makes it very interesting.

The first experiment that you will be conducting involves touching a battery with your own tongue. 

I did it a lot of times already on a low voltage battery and its perfectly safe but don't try it on a high voltage especially those with high current or ampere ratings.

Finally, this book is perfect for children who seem to have the passion or interest about electronics. 

With its well detailed instructions and illustrations, I am pretty sure that they can correctly perform the experiments without any worries on your part as their parent.