Electronics components range widely in size and function. From a beginner's point of view, it's hard to know where to start digging in. Programmer Christopher Pitt made a nice little beginner's guide ...

I learned some basic electronics in high school physics class: resistors, capacitors, Kirchhoff’s law and such, and added only what was required for projects as I did them. Then around 15 years ago I ...

I’m in the process of updating my basic electronics book Electronics Explained (Newnes/Elsevier, 2010) for a second edition. I’m adding some hands-on experiments and projects that have the reader ...