Comments on: Make: Electronics – Interview with Charles Platt & Gareth Branwyn http://blog.makezine.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/ DIY projects, how-tos, and inspiration from geeks, makers, and hackers Wed, 22 May 2013 06:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jim http://blog.makezine.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-733998 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:13:09 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-733998 Is it possible to request a book? Having read “Make electronics” I’m building some of my own circuits. But it’s hard to find the IC’s that are most useful. The book covered the 555 timer, but what about the hundreds of other really useful bits? LM35, MAX233, motor drivers etc. There’s a treasure chest of components that I haven’t even discovered yet because I haven’t heard about them. Just a page, description, with an example circuit would be amazing.

]]> By: Uncle Kudzu http://blog.makezine.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286994 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286994 i got my copy of “Make: Electronics” as a Christmas gift and i’ll be headed out for some clips and whatnot today. i’m really excited about this book!

having nothing much around to experiment on, i jumped ahead and modified an old 3 volt power supply as per page 56 and used my multimeter (which i’ve never used for anything but testing batteries) to identify the positive and negative wires and then proceeded to lighting up some different colored string light replacement bulb with it. today i’ll get some clips and stuff and go back to chapter one and start licking batteries!

]]> By: CircuitGizmos http://blog.makezine.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286995 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286995 It is a fantastic beginner book with just the right type of introduction to electronics. Screw the general approach of rubbing combs to get static electricity and then talking in depth about charges and atoms that most books take. Instead: Touch a battery to your tongue. Let the smoke out of things. Get stuff, make stuff, learn things. Make an impression with what you teach and the lessons last a lifetime.

Learn with all of your senses and learn from doing things right and “wrong”. That is the type of exposure that crafts a person that becomes a Maker.

]]> By: chrisj http://blog.makezine.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286996 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286996 When I first heard about it, on Boing Boing I think, I fell hard for it. Before I bought the book, I showed the kit to the Electrical Engineers at work, and they recommended some things to swap out. I think I got a better kit, based on their recommendations, but it wasn’t too much more than the MKEE2 kit (still under $200.00 USD).

I got everything just before Christmas minus the Multimeter. Waiting for it to come this week. But after reading through the first chapter, I can’t wait to start playing. I’m half tempted to get a cheap multimeter from a store just to get started.

I’m so impressed with everything so far that I’m planning to buy a copy of the MKEE2 kit for my best friend’s late birthday and Christmas present.

]]> By: Gareth Branwyn http://blog.makezine.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286997 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286997 @CircuitGizmos
You describe, exactly, the thinking behind the book and its approach. I hope it works as it was designed. I hope it’s a book, and a spin-off product line, that we stick with and help refine, and that “Make: Electronics” will become the go-to source for “beginning electronics for the rest of us” (er… so to speak).

@chrisj
I’d love to know what tools you swapped out in the set you put together and how their features differ.

]]> By: Marc de Vinck http://blog.makezine.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286998 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286998 I jumped ahead too! My first project was the 555 stepper circuit.

]]> By: CircuitGizmos http://blog.makezine.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286999 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/make-electronics-interview-with-c/#comment-286999 “I hope it’s a book, and a spin-off product line, that we stick with and help refine”

If that is the case, then perhaps you (Gareth) should find a spot for a blog specific to this book. makeelectronics.wordpress.org, or something. Blog about tool alternates, feedback about projects, additional projects, user experiences, FAQs, etc. Link to the book and/or the Maker Shed.

Make that the go-to spot.

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