Circuitbuilding Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
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DO-IT-YOURSELF
Here’s the fun and easy way to start building circuits for your projects
Have you ever wanted to build your own electronic device? Put together a thermostat or an in-line fuse, or repair a microphone cable? This is the book for you! Inside you’ll find the tools and techniques you need to build circuits, with illustrated, step-by-step directions to help accomplish tasks and complete projects.
As you accomplish the tasks throughout the bo
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Electronic Baby Keys Keychain Rattle with Remote (Colors May Vary)
- Features Car alarm, car starter, doorbell, car horn, and built-in flashlight
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Babies love to play with keys. The metal keys are just like Mommy and Daddy’s, but the material is safe for your baby to teethe on. Two AAA batteries are included. Features Car alaram, Car starter, Doorbell, Car horn, Built-in flashlight.
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Review by Amy R. Perkins for Electronic Baby Keys Keychain Rattle with Remote (Colors May Vary)
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My son would beg to play with my or my husband’s car keys, and get very upset when we wouldn’t let him. We tried some of those colorful big plastic keys, but he wasn’t fooled for a second. These are great because the keys look like real keys, and he loves making sounds with the buttons. He’s 18 months old now, and every time we get in the car he has to hold his keys and “help” us drive. I’ve read reviews that said the plastic ring can break, but we haven’t had any trouble and they’ve been dropped multiple times.
Review by M. Rodriguez for Electronic Baby Keys Keychain Rattle with Remote (Colors May Vary)
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I got my 15 month old daughter these toy keys because she kept stealing mine and pushing all the buttons on the remote keyless entry. These are great because the silver part of the keys is actually metal, so it has a similar weight to real keys, and the buttons on the keychain make not only noises like a real remote entry keychain, but also make car noises (VRROOM, Horn, etc.). It also has a nice light that offers fun and a strap that allows my daughter to put them around her wrist and carry them around the house! If you child is constantly stealing your keys, this is the toy you need to buy to make sure you never have to search through the toy bin for your real keys again!
Review by LylasMama for Electronic Baby Keys Keychain Rattle with Remote (Colors May Vary)
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My baby girl is always trying to get my carkeys away from me so when I saw these, I knew we had to have them. I love that the key is real metal so she’s still interested in them even when I have mine out. She loves the sounds, especially the car starting; it makes her laugh. =) Just the other day she figured out the light. She would push the button and move on when it didn’t make noise but now that she’s found the light she gets a kick out of turning it on and off. I love watching her learn cause and effect. She really enjoys these keys and the price was right!
Review by Sarah Ortega for Electronic Baby Keys Keychain Rattle with Remote (Colors May Vary)
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At the moment this is my 9 month old daughter’s favorite toy. She likes swinging it from the strap (not shown in picture), pressing the buttons, and loves looking at the shiny keys. If you live near a Target I got it there for a few dollars cheaper (about $8) but if not it is still very worth it! I am very impressed with this company and I really like the colors and designs of their toys. I will definitely be checking out their other products.
Review by C S Hartley for Electronic Baby Keys Keychain Rattle with Remote (Colors May Vary)
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Fantastic teether. The cool metal must be very soothing to baby gums.
I got this when baby went after my keys, metal ring on my cell phone case, the zippers on suitcase (seriously funny but icky picture of him knawing on the zipper), etc etc etc.
He likes this better than any plastic teether we have and he that it make beeping and other noises when he grabs it.
No educational value of course.
Review by Lisa A. Jones for Circuitbuilding Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
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Great fast fact book. Bought it for a relative who has just entered an electronics training program. After looking thought the schools textbook and its jumbled pedantic information, I found this book and my relative LOVES IT!!
Has definitely made learning and reference checking much faster!
Review by Dwayne Charp for Circuitbuilding Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
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This a decent book, with some very good insights with working with electronics. I’m new to electronics and this book will be a big help.
Review by S. Hollinger for Circuitbuilding Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
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Very Easy to read and understand. Good buy. I solder for a living every day, and I learned new things from this book
Review by John A. Faulkner for Circuitbuilding Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
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You will be interested in this book if you
o Are a beginner in electronics looking to learn some skills;
o Want an entry-level text on this topic;
o Are looking for something to interest and motivate students at high school or polytechnic level (eg: TAFE);
o Are running a hobbyist’s class.
Electronics is a “technic”; it is as much an art as a science. By that I mean that there are certain skills that you must acquire if you are to be truly competent and these are skills that are not related to the theory or underlying physics. Sadly, there is an increasing tendency for universities and trade schools to teach electronics using computer simulations. In some places it is possible to graduate without ever having built a physical circuit, no matter how simple, and in most universities student projects use solderless breadboards and there is no training in PCB layout and assembly.
This also affects hobbyists. If you are starting out in electronics or ham radio, or you want to hack the hardware of your computer, you need a mentor to teach you techniques such as soldering, taking measurements and trouble-shooting, as well as selecting the right materials and how to store and maintain components and equipment. If you don’t know anyone who can help, you can easily become discouraged and give up. This book attempts to fill the gap by providing a visual guide to some basic techniques and knowledge.
The book covers:
o The minimum tools that you will need and basic metalworking
o Software packages
o Reading schematics
o Soldering
o Solderless breadboards (with some simple projects)
o Building from kits using through-hole and surface-mount boards already prepared.
o Prototyping and constructing one-offs from schematics using: Point-to-point wiring, Dead bug style assembly, Paddy board (also called “island” in the UK and “Manhattan” in the US) and wire-wrap – with some simple projects.
o Wiring cables: data, coaxial, audio, delicate assemblies and power (warning: in some places you cannot wire AC mains power unless you are a qualified and licensed electrician).
o Test instruments and measurement techniques.
o Maintaining equipment and trouble shooting – you are not really expert until you know what to do if something goes wrong.
o Maintaining your tools and instruments
o Using batteries effectively
o Interference and noise.
o There are brief chapters on the special issues of marine and automotive electronics.
The book does not cover
o Soldering in sufficient detail, especially how to recover from a badly-soldered board and how to desolder.
o Metalworking in sufficient detail to know how to fit a project into a readily available box.
o Construction using tag-strips, perfboard or “project boards” (those pre-etched boards for general use).
o Designing a printed circuit board from a printed schematic – a serious omission.
o Etching a printed circuit board from a layout in a magazine or book – another serious omission.
o How to wire radio microphone plugs. Broken mic wiring is the most common cause of “my CB/two-way doesn’t work” complaints. This can be a nice little earner for the backyard techie and gets you a reputation as the local electronics wizard.
Serious issues:
o There is no coverage of 230V 50Hz AC mains power used in most of the world. The power plug wiring covered refers only to US practice which is not compatible with world standards. There is a safety issue here which reflects badly on the publisher. If you offer a book for sale in a global market you cannot allow US-centric parochialism to dictate the content.
o The US-style RJ11 telephone plug is covered and while this plug is widely used throughout the world there are many other types of telephone plugs in use. Warning: never connect telephones that you have repaired or modified to the public switched network or use the network to conduct experiments. Your telco contract and local laws will prohibit this as it can result in shocks or injury to linesmen and damage exchange (US: “central office”) equipment.
On the whole, however, this is a valuable book for the beginner.