Discover the magic of electricity through hands-on projects designed to teach kids the basics, while having fun and building cool gadgets! Ready to have the incredible world of electronics at your fingertips? Ward off intruders with an alarm that buzzes when someone opens your bedroom door, create a secret message machine to communicate with friends, and build your own playable musical instrument with funky digital sounds--all while learning the ins and outs of batteries, electric currents, breadboards, and more!; Throughout your electronics journey, you’ll: The second edition of this bestselling kids book is revised and updated to focus on building a strong foundation of electronics, with more accessible language and less complicated theory. Plus, project product lists are less expensive, with more readily available components and tools. Full-color illustrations, diagrams, and new high-quality photographs provide helpful context and keep you engaged throughout.

Autorentext
**Øyvind Nydal Dahl** has been taking things apart since he was a kid. He studied electronics and computer science at the University of Oslo, where he built his own microchip. He went on to develop products including see-through wall sensors and a coffee roaster before founding Ohmify, a learning platform for electronics. He teaches workshops around the world and writes at his website Build Electronic Circuits.

Klappentext

No coding. No computers. No kidding.

"Don't be fooled by the title. This collection of hands-on projects for tinkering with (and learning about) simple electronics is substantive enough to engross even gadget-loving adults."
— The Wall Street Journal**

​​Electronics for Kids will teach you how electronics really work: what electricity is, how circuits behave, and how and why things like resistors, capacitors, and transistors do what they do. But reading about electronics isn't enough. 

Across 21 hands-on projects, you'll put your new knowledge to the test. You'll learn to read schematics, solder components onto a circuit board, use integrated circuits, and think in digital logic.

You'll build:

• An intruder alarm
• Your own electromagnet and motor
• A sunrise wake-up alarm
• A color guessing game
• A circuit that senses touch
• A secret code checker, and more
  By the end of the book, you'll combine everything you've learned to design and build a playable LED reaction game from scratch, not by following a recipe, but because you understand how every part of it works. (Don't skip any chapters if you can help it!)

This second edition has been completely rewritten with all new full-color illustrations, clearer explanations, and a complete progression from basic electricity through digital electronics. Open to any page and see for yourself.Ages 10 and up. No experience needed.

Check out the table of contents for the full list of projects.

Inhalt
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Playing with Electricity
Chapter 1: What Is Electricity
Chapter 2: Making Things Move with Electricity and Magnets
Chapter 3: How to Generate Electricity
Part II: Building Circuits
Chapter 4: Creating Light with LEDs
Chapter 5: Blinking a Light
Chapter 6: Let’s Solder!
Chapter 7: Controlling Things with Electricity
Chapter 8: Integrated Circuits: Tiny Packets of Wonder
Part III: The Digital World
Chapter 9: The Basics of Digital Electronics
Chapter 10: Circuits That Make Choices
Chapter 11: Circuits That Remember Information
Chapter 12: Let’s Make a Game!
Handy Resources
Index