Teardowns: Learn How Electronics Work by Taking Them Apart

by Bryan Bergeron

"The text is written as if Dr. Bergeron, who is a highly experienced electronics practitioner, is speaking directly to the reader with a point-by-point commentary about each teardown, complete with clear explanations of the operation and function of every component. By the time the product is completely disassembled, the reader understands the design tricks, component selection, and packaging choices that enabled the product to reach the market." -- From the Foreword by Forrest M. Mims III Amp up your knowledge of electronics by deconstructing common devices and analyzing the revealed components and circuitry. Learn How Electronics Work by Taking Them Apart contains 14 projects that expose the inner workings of household appliances, workbench measuring instruments, and musical equipment. Discover how resistors, capacitors, sensors, transducers, and transistors function in real circuitry. You'll even get details on custom modifications to electric guitar pickups, an effects pedal, and a tube amp. Essential instructions for safely launching your own teardowns are also included in this hands-on guide. Make Great Stuff!
TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.

Genres: Technology

352 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 2010

Reviews

[Pip Tlaskal]

I love the concept of this book. Learning about electronics by pulling cool things apart like a penguin shaped humidifier or a stratocaster guitar. There are helpful warnings against cracking open parts which leak radioactive particles and how to avoid being electricuted but all these risks are worth it for the geeky pride of gems like this: 'Estimating the value of L3 is more problematic because of the unknown permeability of the ferrite core.' Feel like an extra off Mythbusters while receiving an amazing science lesson for the cost of... some bit of junk lying around the house. Seek out... destroy and learn! Your parents will love you. truly.