Selected Titles for the Electronics Hobbyist and Technician
The Nuts & Volts Hobbyist
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AUTOMOTIVE
50 Awesome Auto Projects
for the Evil Genius
by Gavin D J Harper
The Evil Genius format
is the perfect "vehicle"
for 50 incredible automotive projects that
are compatible with
any car, no matter
what make, model, or
year. Focusing on low-cost, easily obtained
components, 50
Awesome Auto Projects
for the Evil Genius lists
the items needed to complete each project
along with a troubleshooting and repair
section. $24.95
ELECTRONICS
PSP Hacks, Mods,
and Expansions
by Dave Prochnow
Packed with the
mother lode of geek
tweaks, tricks, and
upgrades, award-win-ning how-to writer
Dave Prochow's
PSP™ Hacks, Mods,
and Expansions gives
you everything you
need to morph your
Sony PlayStation®
Portable into the
hottest handheld on the planet. You can't
find more PSP fun, finesse, and future-features anywhere! To make the whole trip
more gratifying, Dave smoothes the way
for those who merely aspire to geekdom.
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Within this book’s covers, you'll find
complete, goof-proof, illustrated, insider's
guidance. $24.95
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MORE Electronic Gadgets
for the Evil Genius
by Robert E. Iannini
This much anticipated
follow-up to the wildly
popular cultclassic
Electronic Gadgets for the
Evil Genius gives basement experimenters 40
all-new projects to tinker with. Following the
tried-and-true Evil
Genius Series format,
each project includes a
detailed list of materials, sources for parts,
schematics, documentation, and lots of
clear, well-illustrated instructions for easy
assembly. Readers will also get a quick
briefing on mathematical theory and a simple explanation of operation along with
enjoyable descriptions of key electronics
topics. $24.95
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Starting Electronics Construction
by Keith Brindley
This practical electronics
book explains how to select
the right tools and components for the job, use a
soldering iron, etch a printed
circuit board, and mount the
finished product in a case.
While most electronics texts
focus on theoretical knowledge, Keith Brindley presents
a genuinely 'practical' bench guide and
reference for electronics experimenters.
The straightforward, interactive style of
this book makes it ideal for home electronics work and particularly suitable as an
introduction to university lab courses for
students who are not familiar with hands-on electronics construction. $24.95
Introduction to Fiber
Optics — Third Edition
by John Crisp
Optic fiber and light — a
brilliant combination. What
makes the light stay in the
fiber? The choice of frequency, propagation of light along
the fiber, decibels, losses in
optic fibers, dispersion and
our attempts to prevent it,
real cables, connecting optic
fibers — the problems, fusion splicing,
mechanical splices, connectors, couplers,
light sources and detectors, testing a system, system design — or, will it work?, the
transmission of signals, designing an optical
system and selecting components, LANs
and topology, some final thoughts, glossary,
and quiz time answers. $29.95
MICROCONTROLLERS
Programming & Customizing
PICMicro Microcontrollers
by Myke Predko
This book is a fully
updated and revised
compendium of PIC
programming information. Comprehensive
coverage of the
PICMicros' hardware
architecture and software schemes will complement the host of
experiments and projects making this a true "learn as you go"
tutorial. New sections on basic electronics
and basic programming have been added for
less sophisticated users, along with 10 new
projects and 20 new experiments. The CD-ROM contains all source code presented in
the book, software tools designed by
Microchip and third party vendors for applications, and the complete data sheets for
the PIC family in PDF format. $49.95
SAVE 10% $44.95
Programming and Customizing
the OOPic Microcontroller
by Dennis Clark
If you’re a robotics
professional or hobbyist, here’s the one
book you’ll need to
keep your work on
the leading edge —
Programming and
Customizing the
OOPic Microcontroller.
This is the official
OOPic Handbook,
fully endorsed by
Savage Innovations, the world’s only manufacturer of OOPic microcontrollers. As the
first book of its kind, this volume is destined to become the standard against
which all other OOPic books will be
judged. $39.95 SAVE 10% $35.95
Programming and Customizing
the PICAXE Microcontroller
by David Lincoln
This beginner-friendly
guide from IT pro and
PICAXE expert, David
Lincoln, shows you just
what Revolution
Education's PICAXE
can do — and helps
you make it do it!
Packed with ready-to-build projects for all
the flavors of PICAXE,
the guide provides step-by-step help that's
ideal for those just starting out with micro-controllers but also takes more experienced programmers where they need to
go fast. Using plenty of examples,
Programming and Customizing the PICAXE
Microcontroller clarifies this versatile chip's
basics and coaches you through sophisticated applications. $39.95
SAVE 10% $35.95
Programming and Customizing
the 8051 Microcontroller
by Myke Predko
Myke Predko's
Programming and
Customizing the 8051
Microcontroller puts
you in control of the
8051's architecture
and instruction set —
and even supplies a
baker's dozen of
ready-to-build example applications, programs, and circuits.
Best of all, the included CD-ROM supplies
source code for the book's experiments
and applications, a demonstration cop
of the "UMPS" integrated development
environment (IDE), and data sheets for
the Dallas Semiconductor and Atmel 8051
compatible devices. $44.95
SAVE 10% $40.45