Electronics for Kids: Play with Simple Circuits and Experiment with Electricity
press starch Electronics for Kids Play with Simple Circuits and Experiment with Electricity By Øyvind Nydal Dahl San no Francisco
About the Author Øyvind Nydal Dahl has been an electronics electronics enthusiast since he was a kid he’s always loved figuring out how things worked so he could try to build them for himself He studied electronics and computer computer science at the University of Oslo where he received a master’s degree after building his own microchip He then co founded the company Intelligent Agent to develop sensors that allow robots to see through walls After a few years at Intelligent Agent Øyvind set out on a mission to teach the world electronics He gives workshops develops courses and writes about electronics and technology technology for a variety of outlets He’s posted hundreds of articles tutorials and videos on his blog http www build-electronic circuits com and maintains Ohmify http ohmify com a membership site that makes learning electronics fun and easy About the Technical Reviewer John Hewes began connecting electrical circuits at an early age moving on to electronics projects as a teenager He later earned a physics degree and continued to develop his interest in electronics helping school students with their projects while working as a science technician John has taught electronics and physics up to an advanced level in the United Kingdom and ran a school electronics club for children aged 11 to 18 years setting up the website http www electronicsclub info to support the club He believes that every one can enjoy building electronics projects regardless regardless of their age or ability
BRIEF CONTENTS Foreword by Joe Grand xix Acknowledgments xxi Introduction xxiii Part 1 Playing with Electricity Chapter 1 What Is Electricity 3 Chapter 2 Making Things Move with Electricity and Magnets 19 Chapter 3 How to Generate Electricity 43 Part 2 Building Circuits Chapter 4 Creating Light with LEDs 69 Chapter 5 Blinking a Light for the First Time 89 Chapter 6 Let’s Solder 111 Chapter 7 Controlling Things with Electricity 131 Chapter 8 Building a Musical Instrument 161 Part 3 The Digital World Chapter 9 How Circuits Understand Ones and Zeros 187 Chapter 10 Circuits That Make Choices 213 Chapter 11 Circuits That Remember Information 239 Chapter 12 Let’s Make a Game 257 Handy Resources 281 Index 289
