Introduction 1 Book 1: Getting Started with Electronics 7 Chapter 1: Welcome to Electronics 9 Chapter 2: Understanding Electricity 21 Chapter 3: Creating Your Mad-Scientist Lab 37 Chapter 4: Staying Safe 61 Chapter 5: Reading Schematic Diagrams 71 Chapter 6: Building Projects 85 Chapter 7: The Secrets of Successful Soldering 121 Chapter 8: Measuring Circuits with a Multimeter 133 Chapter 9: Catching Waves with an Oscilloscope 149 Book 2: Working with Basic Electronic Components 161 Chapter 1: Working with Basic Circuits 163 Chapter 2: Working with Resistors 203 Chapter 3: Working with Capacitors 235 Chapter 4: Working with Inductors 261 Chapter 5: Working with Diodes and LEDs 275 Chapter 6: Working with Transistors 301 Book 3: Working with Integrated Circuits 331 Chapter 1: Introducing Integrated Circuits 333 Chapter 2: The Fabulous 555 Timer Chip 345 Chapter 3: Working with Op-Amps 383 Book 4: Beyond Direct Current 403 Chapter 1: Getting into Alternating Current 405 Chapter 2: Building Power Supplies 429 Chapter 3: Understanding Radio 441 Chapter 4: Working with Infrared 467 Book 5: Doing Digital Electronics 485 Chapter 1: Understanding Digital Electronics 487 Chapter 2: Getting Logical 503 Chapter 3: Working with Logic Circuits 523 Chapter 4: Working with Flip-Flops 561 Chapter 5: Introducing Microcontrollers 591 Book 6: Working with Arduino Microprocessors 597 Chapter 1: Introducing Arduino 599 Chapter 2: Creating Arduino Sketches 615 Chapter 3: More Arduino Programming Tricks 647 Chapter 4: An Arduino Proximity Sensor 665 Chapter 5: Adding Sound and Motion to Your Arduino Projects 681 Chapter 6: Keypads and Keyboards 711 Book 7: Working with Raspberry Pi 735 Chapter 1: Introducing Raspberry Pi 737 Chapter 2: Programming in Python 759 Chapter 3: Reading Digital and Analog Input 791 Book 8: Special Effects 813 Chapter 1: Building a Color Organ 815 Chapter 2: Animating Holiday Lights 827 Chapter 3: Building an Animatronic Prop Controller 851 Chapter 4: Re-Creating a Retro Science-Fiction Robot Head 881 Index 893.