Nuts and Volts - August 2015

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Programming PICs in Basic by Chuck Hellebuyck

If you wanted to learn how to program microcontrollers, then you've found the right book! Microchip PIC microcontrollers are being designed into electronics throughout the world and none is more popular than the eight-pin version. Now the home hobbyist can create projects with these little microcontrollers using a low cost development tool called the CHIPAXE system and the Basic software language.Chuck Hellebuyck introduces how to use this development setup to build useful projects with an eight-pin PIC12F683 microcontroller. $14.95

Programming Arduino Next Steps: Going Further with Sketches by Simon Monk

In this practical guide, electronics guru Simon Monk takes you under the hood of Arduino and reveals professional programming secrets.

Also shows you how to use interrupts, manage memory, program for the Internet, maximize serial communications, perform digital signal processing, and much more. All of the 75+ example sketches featured in the book are available for download. $20.00

Beginner's Guide to Reading Schematics, 3E by Stan Gibilisco

Navigate the roadmaps of simple electronic circuits and complex systems with help from an experienced engineer. With all-new art and demo circuits you can build, this hands-on, illustrated guide explains how to understand and create high-precision electronics diagrams.

Find out how to identify parts and connections, decipher element ratings, and apply diagram-based information in your own projects.

$25.00

Build Your Own Transistor Radios by Ronald Quan

A Hobbyist's Guide to High Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits

Create sophisticated transistor radios that are inexpensive yet highly efficient.

Inside this book, it offers complete projects with detailed schematics and insights on how the radios were designed. Learn how to choose components, construct the different types of radios, and troubleshoot your work.

*Paperback, 496 pages

Reg Price $49.95 Sale Price $39.95

Electronics from the Ground Up: Learn by Hacking, Designing, Ronald Quan

Are you fascinated by the power of even the smallest electronic device?

Electronics from the Ground Up guides you through step-by-step experiments that reveal how electronic circuits function so you can advance your skills and design custom circuits. You’ll work with a range of circuits and signals related to optical emitters and receivers, audio, oscillators, and video.

Paper back 544 pages.

$30.00

Arduino Projects for Amateur Radio by Jack Purdum, Dennis Kidder

Boost Your Ham Radio's Capabilities Using Low Cost Arduino Microcontroller Boards

Do you want to increase the functionality and value of your ham radio without spending a lot of money? This book will show you how!

Arduino Projects for Amateur Radio is filled with step-by-step microcontroller projects you can accomplish on your own — no programming experience necessary.

Reg Price $30.00 Sale Price $24.00

Electronics Workshop Companion for Hobbyists by Stan Gibilisco

In this practical guide, electronics expert Stan Gibilisco shows you step-by-step how to set up a home workshop so you can invent, design, build, test, and repair electronic circuits and gadgets.

Electronics Workshop Companion for Hobbyists

provides tips for constructing your workbench and stocking it with the tools, components, and test equipment you’ll need. Clear illustrations and interesting do-it-yourself experiments are included throughout this hands-on resource.

$25.00

Make Your Own PCBs with EAGLE by Eric Kleinert

Featuring detailed illustrations and step-by-step instructions, Make Your Own PCBs with EAGLE leads you through the process of designing a schematic and transforming it into a PCB layout. You’ll then move on to fabrication via the generation of standard Gerber files for submission to a PCB manufacturing service. This practical guide offers an accessible, logical way to learn EAGLE and start producing PCBs as quickly as possible.

$30.00

How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic by Michael Jay Geier

Master the Art of Electronics Repair

In this hands-on guide, a lifelong electronics repair guru shares his tested techniques and invaluable insights.

How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic shows you how to repair and extend the life of all kinds of solid-state devices, from modern digital gadgetry to cherished analog products of yesteryear.