Electronics all-in-one for dummies / Doug Lowe.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Book 1: Getting started with electronics -- Welcome to electronics -- Understanding electricity -- Creating your mad-scientist lab -- Staying safe -- Reading schematic diagrams -- Building projects -- The secret of successful soldering -- Measuring circuits with a multimeter -- Catching waves with an oscilloscope -- Book 2: Working with basic electronic components -- Working with basic circuits -- Working with resistors -- Working with capacitors -- Working with inductors -- Working with diodes and LEDs -- Working with transistors -- Book 3: Working with integrated circuits -- Introducing integrated circuits -- The fabulous 555 timer chip -- Working with Op-Amps -- Book 4: beyond direct current -- Getting into Alternating current -- Building power supplies -- Understanding radio -- Working with infrared -- Book 5: Doing digital electronics -- Understanding digital electronics -- Getting local -- Working with logic circuits -- Working with flip-flops -- Introducing microcontrollers -- Book 6: Working with Arduino microprocessors -- Introducing Arduino --Creating Arduino sketches -- More Arduino programming tricks -- An Arduino proximity sensor -- Adding sound and motion to your Arduino projects -- Keypads and keyboards -- Book 7: Working with raspberry Pi -- Introducing raspberry Pi -- Programming in python -- Reading digital and analog input -- Book 8: Special effects -- Building a color organ -- Animating holidays lights -- Building an animatronic prop controller -- Re-creating a retro science-fiction robot head.