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Beginning Electronics Through Projects

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When you cut right down to it this book is just a 120 page commercial for the SINGMIN PCB. Andrew Singmin uses this book to continuously tell the reader that they'll have more success with electronics if they buy his PCB. The theory included in the book is non-existant, and the projects are simply a step by step guide of what to solder pin x of a 555 IC to. There is no discusion as to why. If you buy this book and build the projects, you will not have gained anything useful.

I was looking for a book that would have basic circuits that used transistors. The circuits in this book all use IC's - so not what I wanted.

This book is good for someone who is totally new to electronics because it gives a practical demonstration that you can follow easily through projects. The projects are solid, they work well and do what they are supposed to do.
Despite this, the book has plenty errors throughout, as in the section that talks about resistors, it is correct where it needs to be, where it gives the value for each color, but the examples it uses are not(red, black, red = 1000 when it should equal 2000).
When you start a project, it lists the parts that are needed, but doesnt give more than "resistor 10kohms," and you have to figure out which is which. Not until later projects does it tell you which color codes to use.
The end of the book has an order form for individual project kits, one kit for each project at around 30-40$ apiece when you can get the same pieces (for most of the projects) for 15-20 at radioshack.
My summary of this book is that it uses a few good project ideas and was sloppily put together to fill a shelf and sell kits, rather than make a quality product.