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"Here's a real hands-on book for the tinkerer, filled with all sorts of interesting and useful circuits." --Popular Communications "If you do any kind of real-world interface or embedded systems work, don't miss this one." --PC Techniques
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Here it is - a collection of Forrest Mims' classic work from the "Modern Electronics" magazine! Using commonly available components and remarkable ingenuity, Forrest shows you how to build and experiment with circuits like: analog comparators; audio synthesizers; data loggers; fiber optic sensors; laser diode devices; MOSFET oscillators; piezoelectronics; power electronics; programmable function generators; pulse generators; radio control systems; and much, much, more! This book covers topics such as analog comparators, audio synthesizers, and data loggers.
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With the availability of literally hundreds of different kinds of integrated circuits, it's common to design even the simplest circuit around one or more ICs when a transistor or two would suffice. Read the first page
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With the availability of literally hundreds of different kinds of integrated circuits, it's common to design even the simplest circuit around one or more ICs when a transistor or two would suffice. Read the first page
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought the circuit scrap book volumes 1 and 2, both great value.
Book 1 covers analogue computers a fascinating subject (ever tried to multiply with Op-Amps), light/dark detectors radio circuits and more.
I found the ideas on optical circuits, for communications and fun very interesting, I will be trying the 1KM optical link system soon. There is also a section on bargraph LED displays, which I must build.
The digital circuits section looks at comparators, 4000 series CMOS chips and uses. Shift registers and their many uses are looked atand interfacing to keypads and calculators.
There is also a section of experimentor, hobby and game circuits, which among other things looks at air pressure, magnetic and light sensors.
I can not easily cover everything in this book in a short review and do it justice.
The best part about this book is that it is practical. There is not a great deal of Mathematics and there are many circuit to build. The author adds useful anecdotes to circuits and the concepts behind them.
If you first read 'Getting started in electronics' you will appreciate this book.
One of the best electronics books I have bought in many years.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Great little book
20 Oct 2001
Format:Paperback
Forrest Mims is surely the master for explaning things to the average electronics hobbyist. His hand-sketched drawings and list of interesting applications are a delight to view. I highly recommend this book. However, there are a number of things within it that are simply outdated. For example, I couldn't find one circuit that used a single microcontroller. There are also some obselete projects, such as stop watches that use numerous old logic IC's. In such cases, microcontrollers would be a better approach. Aside from this fact, there is a lot that can be learned from this book.
30 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Errors, Omissions and Typos
20 Jan 2005
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I purchased this book based on others previously written by Mr. Mimms. My old collection consisted of his 1980 edition of the Engineer's Notebook series and the Integrated Circuit Projects mini books previously available from Radio Shack. There always seems to be some overlap with his books. I was attempting to update my library since I had not been involved in circuit building for a while. I DO regret purchasing this book. As the title implies, this book should have remained his scrapbook. It contains typos, incomplete info and contradictions with his other published books while using some of the same IC's and circuits. As a result, some circuits don't work properly or not at all. One such example on page 129, the schematic of the general purpose amplifier. He has pin 1 of the 741 op amp as the output to the 386 chip. It should be pin 6 on the 741 chip (output). I attempted the circuit with his pinout and it would never work. Pin 1 is the offset null. Pin 6 is the output of the op amp. Other books of his state the 741 can use a single polarity power supply for non voice purposes and yet this same circuit uses such. He states the same circuit can be used with several type microphones or sensors etc. If used with a condenser mike it cannot be used without additonal parts.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Great little book full of interesting designs
27 Nov 2006
Format:Paperback
This little book is full of very interesting little circuits that are reminicent of Don Lancaster's various cookbooks published in the early 1980's. Chapter one on analog circuits contains information you just don't see anymore on how to build various circuits based on op amps. I also really loved the section on test equipment including how to build a very simple solid-state oscilloscope. Every chapter has something "fun" in it, especially the chapter on experimenter and game circuits, such as the simple wind speed indicator. Chapter six, on digital circuits, has the most basic designs. Since the onset of COTS and modular electronics, the typical electrical engineer just no longer gets to have the kind of fun you'll have with these interesting electronic designs. The content is very detailed with complete construction details. I subtract a single star from my rating due to a few errors I found in some of the instructions. However, the errors are pretty obvious to anyone familiar with electronics.
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