[sdiy] Books for young ones

[Guy Taylor]

Me too! Ive still got both of them somewhere!! :)

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> On 19 Apr 2014, at 6:40 am, Paul Maddox <yo at vacoloco.net> wrote:
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> HOLY COW!!!
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> That was the book I had, there was also the adventures with 'electronics' that came before it
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>> On 18/04/2014 20:21, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
>> The book that got me into electronics was this one:
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>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventure-Micro-Electronics-Tom-Duncan/dp/8183332714/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1470NW9X3T75VWJ80VW8
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>> I was a little bit older, perhaps 10 or 12, so make your own judgement, but experimenting with a breadboard and some CMOS chips and a 9V battery for the first time was what did it for me. Perhaps another Tom Duncan book would be more suitable for a younger person.
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>> Specifically, I discovered that I could alter his circuits to make different sounds, (changing values of RC filters and similar) and that lead me to wonder how an electronic circuit makes a sound anyway, and what a "sound" is. After that, I was hooked on electronic synthesis, and I'm still learning today.
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>> Regards,
>> Tom
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>>> On 18 Apr 2014, at 19:05, Timothy Daugard <daugard at cox.net> wrote:
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>>> Anybody know of a good book on electronics for an 7 year old? She wants to learn electronics (which I can teach her) and wants to read a book on electronics. I think the ARRL handbook is a little heavy for her (physically and mentally).
>>>
>>> Tim Daugard
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