Make: More Electronics

This is by far the best book for anyone getting into electronics. The explanations were easy to understand and best of all the experiments were in alignment with the reading material.

An excellent follow-on to Make: Electronics! I've tried to learn electronics a number of times over the years, and each time I made it a little farther before bogging down. Make Electronics was my latest attempt, and this time I think I'm getting it! The explanations are clear, the order of subjects makes perfect sense, only as much theory and math as are absolutely required are used, and the pictures and diagrams are clearly laid out with the reasons why specific symbols, colors, etc. were selected are explained. Charles Platt clearly is a master of the subject, and is very capable of explaining the subject material. Based on my prior attempts, about half of what was in Make: Electronics was review for me, but Make: More Electronics is mostly new, and mostly things that I just didn't get in the past, but I'm understanding it now due to the same clear, well ordered explanations as in the prior book. This one picks up where Make: Electronics left off, and continues into more complex areas, such as AC circuits and OpAmps, with some fun and interesting projects. The explanations of how to approach a design are especially useful...you can't just copy other's designs forever!If you want to learn electronics, you won't go wrong with Make: Electronics, followed by Make: More Electronics. The set of three parts encyclopedias that Mr. Platt has also published are well worth a look as well. These aren't tutorials, like Make: Electronics and Make: More Electronics, but they aren't simple catalogs of parts either...they go into the theory, variations, uses, and cautions for a host of electronics parts from transformers, to transistors, and connectors. Based on my reading of these books, I'd certainly want to take a look at anything else Mr. Platt produces!

Mr Platt does a wonderful job just as he did in his first book make Electronics with this awesome follow-up book to once again take a complex topic such as Electronics make it understandable and help cement the concepts by taking them from concept to reality through the exercises

I would recommend this book for purchase. I have read the entire book, understood much of it, but haven't done many of the projects as I am ordering the parts.I also would require you to read the Make: Electronics book by Platt first, as I did.I did not like this as much as his first book, as I think it goes too many different directions on silly projects. Yes, that is one way to teach the additional logic and special sensor information, but in a silly game way that I did not enjoy as much.But, in both books, he teaches / refreshes hobbyist electronics in a very clear and interesting manner. He does not plug any company and urges you to use eBay for bulk buys. He is honest and refreshing.I'm not going to do some of the projects, but I still learned and found the book to be worth every penny.

Hi I bought this to freshen up on my electronics...Has alot of different projects...Has schmatics plus what circuit looks like on protoboard..this will help me learn more about electronics... I may buy more like this..

This is a great instructional book, very well written.It teaches pretty solid foundation of the field of electronics. It's also written in a clear and simple and engaging style which will capture the curiosity of a teenager.However it is NOT a beginner book.It assumes the reader already has a decent understanding of the field of electronics.For a beginner, I'd recommend the previous book by the same author : "Make: Electronics"

I purchased all of Charles Platt's Make: books in the series and they are all just packed with knowledge and beautifully laid out. I highly recommend these books for anyone looking to get into the world of electronics. Another wonderful feature about these books is, if you have any questions about any of the content in these books, Charles will personally reply to answer your quarries. Be sure to check out all the books in this series!!!Make: ElectronicsMake: More ElectronicsMake: Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Vol 1,2,3

I started to do breadboarding about 6 months ago. Having grown up in the vacuum tube era, I did not learn about semiconductors. After learning a great deal with the first book. it's time to learn more. This book has very good projects and they are presented in an outstanding way. After learning a great deal and set to expand even more, I wish the system would allow more stars. Being very pleased with this text, I can not give high enough praise for the book and the author. Two thumbs up, and two big toes up.