The Forrest Mims Circuit Scrapbook, Vol 1

by Forrest M. Mims III, Harry L. Helms (Introduction)

Here it is--a collection of Forrest Mims's classic work from the original Popular Electronics magazine Using commonly available components and remarkable ingenuity, Forrest shows you how to build and experiment with circuits like these:
analog computers
color organs
digital phase-locked loops
frequency-to-voltage and voltage-to-frequency converters
interval timers
LED oscilloscopes
light wave communicators
magnetic field sensors
optoelectronics
pseudorandom number generators
tone sequencers
and much, much, more

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

About the author

Forrest M. Mims III is an amateur scientist, magazine columnist, and author of the popular Getting Started in Electronics and Engineer's Mini-Notebook series of instructional books that was originally sold in Radio Shack electronics stores. Mims graduated from Texas A&M University in 1966 with a major in government and minors in English and history. He became a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force.

Although he has no formal academic training in science,Mims has had a successful career as a science author, researcher, lecturer and syndicated columnist.