Electronics Cookbook

Table of contents

1. Electronics Basics
   1. Introduction
   2. Understanding Current and Voltage
   3. Working with Unit Prefixes
   4. Understanding Resistance, Voltage, and Current
   5. Understanding Power, Voltage, and Current
   6. Balancing the Currents Around a Circuit
   7. Balancing the Voltages Around a Circuit
   8. Understanding Alternating Current
   9. Resistors in Practice
   10. Understanding Resistors in Series and Parallel
   11. Understanding Voltage Dividers
   12. Using Resistive Sensors
   13. The Fundamentals of Wires
   14. Capacitor Basics
   15. Types of Capacitor
   16. Inductor Basics
   17. Introducing Transformers
   18. Summary
2. Diodes, Transistors, and Power Supplies
   1. Introduction
   2. How to Use Switches
   3. Explaining Electromechanical Relays
   4. Diode Basics
   5. Selecting the Right Diode
   6. Introducing LEDs
   7. Using Bipolar Transistors
   8. Introducing MOSFETs
   9. Using Phototransistors and Opto-isolators
   10. Power Supply Basics
   11. Full-Wave Rectification
   12. Using Linear Voltage Regulators
   13. Constant Current Regulation
   14. DC Step-Down Regulation with Buck Converters
   15. DC Step-up 'Boost' Converters
   16. Using Fuses and Polarity Protection
   17. Battery Basics
   18. Using Trickle-charging
   19. Adding Battery Backup to a Project
   20. Charging a LiPo Battery Safely
   21. Solar Power Basics
   22. Summary
3. Getting Started with Arduino
   1. Introduction
   2. What Is an Arduino?
   3. Selecting an Arduino Board
   4. Programming an Arduino
   5. Understanding GPIO Pins
   6. Using Digital Outputs to Control Things
   7. Using Digital Inputs to Read On/Off Signals
   8. Using PWM Outputs to Control Power Output
   9. Using Analog Inputs to Measure Voltage
   10. Summary
4. Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
   1. Introduction
   2. What Is a Raspberry Pi?
   3. Things You Can Do with a Raspberry Pi
   4. A Tour of the Raspberry Pi Hardware
   5. Alternatives to the Raspberry Pi
   6. Introducing Python
   7. GPIO Pins on the Raspberry Pi
   8. Using Digital Outputs
   9. Using Digital Inputs
   10. Using PWM Outputs
   11. Understanding Serial Interfaces on the Raspberry Pi
   12. Converting Between Logic Levels
   13. Summary
5. Switching Loads and Interfacing Sensors with Arduino and Raspberry Pi
   1. Introduction
   2. Switching from a GPIO Pin Using a Transistor
   3. Switching from a GPIO Pin Using a Relay
   4. Test Code for Switching Digital Outputs
   5. Using H-bridges
   6. Controlling Stepper Motors
   7. Controlling Servo Motors
   8. Connecting Switches to a GPIO Pin
   9. Resistive Sensors
   10. Resistive Sensors without Analog Inputs
   11. Adding Analog Inputs to Raspberry Pi
   12. Analog Temperature Sensor ICs
   13. Digital Temperature Sensor ICs
   14. Using an Ultrasonic Rangefinder
   15. Summary
6. LEDs, ICs, and Analog Electronics
   1. Introduction
   2. Using Standard LEDs
   3. Driving High Power LEDs
   4. Driving Lots of LEDs
   5. Understanding Multiplexing
   6. Understanding Charlieplexing
   7. Using Multicolor LEDs
   8. Using I2C Displays
   9. Digital IC Basics
   10. Using Shift Registers
   11. Using Counters
   12. Understanding Decibels
   13. How to Make a Low-pass Filter
   14. Understanding Input and Output Impedance
   15. Using an Emitter-Follower
   16. Using the 555 Timer IC
   17. Op-amp Basics
   18. Making Inverting Amplifiers
   19. Making Noninverting Amplifiers
   20. Designing Active Filters
   21. Choosing an Op-Amp Chip
   22. Summary
7. Audio and RF Electronics
   1. Introduction
   2. Understanding Sound and Loudspeakers
   3. Playing Sounds Using an Arduino
   4. Playing Sounds from a Raspberry Pi
   5. Using Microphones and Pre-amplifiers
   6. Understanding Audio Power Amplifiers
   7. Understanding Amplitude Modulation
   8. Understanding Frequency Modulation
   9. Making an FM Transmitter
   10. Making an FM Receiver
   11. Using Packet Data Modules
   12. Summary