Hacking Electronics: An Illustrated DIY Guide for Makers and Hobbyists

by Simon Monk

"This full-color book is impressive...there are some really fun projects!" -GeekDad, Wired.com Who needs an electrical engineering degree? This intuitive guide shows how to wire, disassemble, tweak, and re-purpose everyday devices quickly and easily. Packed with full-color illustrations, photos, and diagrams, Hacking Electronics teaches by doing--each topic features fun, easy-to-follow projects. Discover how to hack sensors,accelerometers, remote controllers, ultrasonic rangefinders, motors, stereo equipment, microphones, and FM transmitters. The final chapter contains useful information on getting the most out of cheap or free bench and software tools.

Genres: Technical, Technology, Reference, Science, How To

274 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2012

Reviews

[Daniel Laufer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great exploration inot the field of electronics. I didn't do all the projects (yet), but I did many! Cool projects, great explainers, well designed.

[Kadri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've learned a lot from it. So if I'd ever get stranded on a desert island with a soldering iron, multimeter and some electronic components I'd have lots of fun making electronic projects.
I liked that the book gives some theory and a lot of practical information should you want to build one of the many interesting projects in the book (and really, who couldn't use a fart detector in their life? :)). And you learn a lot about what different components do and what they're for and that transistors are ugly and have three legs...
Also it sounds like it would be a nice hobby, but really I was reading it more with the same idea as one might read a book about a faraway wild destination thinking it sounds like fun, but might never go there really....
A little more on my blog

[Ariadna73 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very beautiful book with plenty of diagrams and very easy step-by-step instructions to hack and scavenge electronics. It is also very basic, and that is why I liked it so much, because I am not too savvy on these topics. I will definitely keep a copy of this one for my reference, especially the audio hacking and the cell phone charger recycling.

[Robert Chien · Rating 2 out of 5]

18650 are typically Li-Ion batteries, not LiPo as the book calls them.

[Aiman Adlawan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book. this book is like a spoon feeding the target audience. all the instructions are in the book. i was able to build a relays, timers, photo light resistors...

[Benjamin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Almost the guide to scrounging and repurposing I was looking for, but a lot of it is a guide to generic modules and sensors.

[Luke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Provides an exemplary, pragmatic approach to messing with electroncis. Avoiding the extended theory that bogs down textbooks on the subject, Hacking Electronics clearly explained the basic concepts that underlie circuit design and really inspired me to actually get my hands dirty messing around with electronics.

[Mills College Library]

621.38 M745 2013

[Rajesh Patel · Rating 4 out of 5]

one of my best books

[Richard Dahm · Rating 1 out of 5]

Thought this would be a guide to disassembling devices for parts a "source guide" instead it's "you can do different things with xxxx,"

[Doug]

This is a book you don't really read through but tinker with it.