Hacking Electronics: An Illustrated DIY Guide for Makers and Hobbyists

by Simon Monk

Getting started with electronics has never been easier than with this full-color DIY guide

The perfect companion for every hobbyist, Hacking Electronics provides a wealth of up-to-date tutorials and reference material ideal for DIY enthusiasts. The book explains essential components, including transistors, capacitors, and resistors, as well as prebuilt modules such as temperature sensors, accelerometers, audio amps, motor controllers, Bluetooth and radio transmitters, and receivers. Background information is covered in the course of working with components, and each topic is separated and cross-referenced so you can go straight to what you want to know.

Common tasks are presented recipe-style, so you can learn by example. Whether its powering a motor with a solar panel or attaching an audio amp to an Arduino, you’ll quickly and easily master the techniques you need to know to build whatever custom creations you can imagine!

Heavily illustrated with full-color photos, diagrams, and graphics throughout Up-to-date text focuses on commonly used modules and covers Arduino Cookbook-style arrangement lets you easily find topics of interest Each topic is explained with illustrated, step-by-step instructions to insure success A range of levels for both the novice and the more experienced reader Examples use solderless breadboards and readymade modules Provides Mouser, Digikey, Adafruit, Sparkfun and Farnell part codes

Genres: Technical, Technology, Reference, Science, How To

305 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 5, 2012

Reviews

[Daniel Laufer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great exploration inot the field of electronics. I didn't do all the projects (yet), but I did many! Cool projects, great explainers, well designed.

[Kadri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've learned a lot from it. So if I'd ever get stranded on a desert island with a soldering iron, multimeter and some electronic components I'd have lots of fun making electronic projects.
I liked that the book gives some theory and a lot of practical information should you want to build one of the many interesting projects in the book (and really, who couldn't use a fart detector in their life? :)). And you learn a lot about what different components do and what they're for and that transistors are ugly and have three legs...
Also it sounds like it would be a nice hobby, but really I was reading it more with the same idea as one might read a book about a faraway wild destination thinking it sounds like fun, but might never go there really....
A little more on my blog

[Ariadna73 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very beautiful book with plenty of diagrams and very easy step-by-step instructions to hack and scavenge electronics. It is also very basic, and that is why I liked it so much, because I am not too savvy on these topics. I will definitely keep a copy of this one for my reference, especially the audio hacking and the cell phone charger recycling.

[Robert Chien · Rating 2 out of 5]

18650 are typically Li-Ion batteries, not LiPo as the book calls them.

[Aiman Adlawan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book. this book is like a spoon feeding the target audience. all the instructions are in the book. i was able to build a relays, timers, photo light resistors...

[Benjamin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Almost the guide to scrounging and repurposing I was looking for, but a lot of it is a guide to generic modules and sensors.

[Luke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Provides an exemplary, pragmatic approach to messing with electroncis. Avoiding the extended theory that bogs down textbooks on the subject, Hacking Electronics clearly explained the basic concepts that underlie circuit design and really inspired me to actually get my hands dirty messing around with electronics.

[Mills College Library]

621.38 M745 2013

[Rajesh Patel · Rating 4 out of 5]

one of my best books

[Richard Dahm · Rating 1 out of 5]

Thought this would be a guide to disassembling devices for parts a "source guide" instead it's "you can do different things with xxxx,"

[Doug]

This is a book you don't really read through but tinker with it.