Electronics All-in-One For Dummies. Doug Lowe

rel="nofollow" href="#ulink_ab717685-9ac1-5b68-a2ad-21005ad08417">Using Constants Using Variables Creating Your Own Functions Using If Statements Using While Loops Using For Loops Looking at Python Lists Chapter 3: Reading Digital and Analog Input Using a GPIO Port for Digital Input Checking the Status of a Switch in Python Project 53: A Push-Button-Controlled Raspberry Pi LED Flasher Reading Analog Input Enabling SPI on Your Raspberry Pi Using the MCP3008 in Python Using the mcp3008 Package Project 54: A Variable-Rate LED Flasher

      12  Book 8: Special Effects Chapter 1: Building a Color Organ Examining the Color Organ Project Understanding How the Color Organ Works Getting What You Need to Build the Color Organ Assembling the Color Organ Using the Color Organ Chapter 2: Animating Holiday Lights Introducing the ShowTime PC Controller Looking at a Basic Light-O-Rama Setup Understanding Channels and Sequences Choosing Lights for Your Display Designing Your Layout Assembling the ShowTime PC Controller Connecting the Controller to a Computer Testing the ShowTime PC Controller Using the Light-O-Rama Sequence Editor Understanding Sequences Creating a Musical Sequence Visualizing Your Show Chapter 3: Building an Animatronic Prop Controller Looking at the Requirements of Animatronic Prop Control Examining a Typical Animatronic Prop Building the Prop Controller Programming the Prop-1 Controller Sending Commands to the RC-4 or AP-16+ Modules Programming the RC-4 Relay Control Module A Sample AP-16+ Program Programming the PIR Motion Detector Looking at Complete Jack-in-the-Box Program Chapter 4: Re-Creating a Retro Science-Fiction Robot Head Looking to Robby and B-9 For Inspiration Conceiving VIN-e Introducing VIN-e 1.0 Looking at VIN-e’s Electronics A Final Word about Safety

      13  Index

      14  About the Author

      15  Advertisement Page

      16  Connect with Dummies

      17  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Book 1 Chapter 5TABLE 5-1 Common Symbols for Schematic DiagramsTABLE 5-2 Commonly Used Reference Identifiers

      2 Book 2 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 Resistor Color Codes (Resistance Values)TABLE 2-2 Resistor Color Codes (Tolerance Values)TABLE 2-3 Series Resistance MeasurementsTABLE 2-4 Series/Parallel Resistance MeasurementsTABLE 2-5 Series Resistance Measurements

      3 Book 2 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1 Capacitance MarkingsTABLE 3-2 Capacitor Tolerance Markings

      4 Book 2 Chapter 5TABLE 5-1 Peak Inverse Voltages for 1N400x DiodesTABLE 5-2 Voltage Measurements

      5 Book 3 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 Conversion of Resistance and Capacitance ValuesTABLE 2-2 Pinouts for the 555 Timer and 556 Dual-Timer Chips

      6 Book 5 Chapter 1TABLE 1-1 Powers of 2TABLE 1-2 Logical Operations for Binary Values

      7 Book 5 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 The Most Common Types of Logic GatesTABLE 2-2 The Truth Table for an InverterTABLE 2-3 The Truth Table for a Two-Input AND GateTABLE 2-4 The Truth Table for a Three-Input AND GateTABLE 2-5 The Truth Table for a Two-Input OR GateTABLE 2-6 The Truth Table for a Two-Input NAND GateTABLE 2-7 The Truth Table for a Two-Input NOR GateTABLE 2-8 The Truth Table for a Two-Input XOR GateTABLE 2-9 The Truth Table for a Two-Input XNOR Gate

      8 Book 5 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1 NOT Gate Truth TableTABLE 3-2 NAND Gate Truth TableTABLE 3-3 NOR Gate Truth TableTABLE 3-4 7400-Series TTL Logic GatesTABLE 3-5 4000-Series CMOS Logic GatesTABLE 3-6 NAND Gate Truth TableTABLE 3-7 AND Gate Truth TableTABLE 3-8 OR Gate Truth TableTABLE 3-9 NOR Gate Truth Table

      9 Book 5 Chapter 4TABLE 4-1 Pinouts