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Forrest M. Mims III

Getting Started in Electronics Spiral-bound – July 1, 2020

by Forrest M. Mims III (Author)

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NEW 2020 SPIRAL BOUND EDITION This is a complete electronics course in 128 pages! Author Forrest Mims teaches you the basics, takes you on a tour of analog and digital components, explains how they work, and shows you how they are combines for various applications. Includes circuit assembly tips and 100 electronic circuits and projects you can build and test.

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128 pages
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English
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Master Publishing, Inc.
Publication date

July 1, 2020
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10.7 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
ISBN-10

0945053282
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978-0945053286
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About the Author

Forrest M. Mims, III, has written dozens of books, hundreds of articles, invented scientific devices, and travelled to the Amazon for NASA. He loves to share his knowledge with eager students!

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Master Publishing, Inc.; 2020th edition (July 1, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Spiral-bound ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0945053282
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0945053286
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches

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aguynamedscott

Perfect First Electronics Book

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2019

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I absolutely love this book. For those just beginning to explore the world of electronics, I can’t think of a better book to start with. The hand written style gives you a unique sense that you are being individually instructed even though this is a widely distributed book. The information is presented in a very direct and easy to grasp way. The illustrations are just plain awesome. In short, to those starting out tinkering with electronics, I can’t recommend this book enough. It is pure awesomeness!

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cakeNbacon

Overall, a lot more simplified than class textbook which is GREAT

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019

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Earning a certificate in electronics and asked my professor for some holiday study material as I knew enough to pass--but really 'fractured' knowledge. So this 'text' is the size of regular work book with general summaries about each topic like --what is an electron--what is a transistor and so on. It has some examples of 'experiments' but I have not done any due to laziness to order online and radioshack is no longer brick and mortar. Also note if you are keen on 'experiments' they are very rudimentary like using a 9 Volt battery, wires, steel or iron nails kind. This is suited for an introductory to electricity/electronics. There's also no glossary and no list of full experments material, you just have to read through and buy when you 'bump into the section'. (frustrating). Again, this is great for me to kind of know what direction I need to research on like "transistors" and other topics. It's a thin book. Don't buy this if you're looking for some kind of advance or a list of endless projects.

9 people found this helpful

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J.B. Langston

A comic book for (would be) electronics nerds

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2016

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This was not, in fact, the book that taught me electronics. That honor goes to Charles Platt's Make: Electronics. However, if I had discovered it in the 80s or 90s before Platt's book existed, I'm sure it would have done the job. It's less hands-on than Platt's book, and doesn't offer as much hand-holding or practical advice for beginners, but it's very accessible nonetheless. The explanations are clear, if concise, and the drawings are very elucidating. The book explains everything you need to know about the fundamentals of electricity as well as the passive components and transistors that you'll need to build basic circuits. It also covers a few of the classic linear and digital ICs, but it was written before microcontrollers became commonplace, so it doesn't even mention them.

But none of this explains my attachment to this book, which is on a much more emotional level. The fact that the entire book is handwritten and hand-illustrated gives it a very personal touch. The drawings are whimsical and endearing. How can you not smile at the illustrations of electrons gleefully zipping down a wire, or at a MOSFET with lightning bolts shooting out of its head because it got zapped by static? Even if you already know everything that you could possibly learn from this book, it's still worth a read. As the title of this review suggests, it's like a comic book for electronic nerds. I'm sure if I had been given this book as a kid it would have captured my imagination and gotten me hooked. Just thumb through the book and you can tell that Forrest Mims loves teaching people about electronics and has a special talent for doing so.

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Chris Davis

The book that started my life-long hobby

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2017

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I first read this book as a 13 or 14 year old and it sparked a life-long hobby. I'm now 52, a software developer by trade, but still very active in my hobby of electronic design and construction. It's great to see my young boys also getting started in this hobby with the very same books I read (yes, I kept them for nearly 40 years!)

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William J. Jehle

I want to love this book... but I can't

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2021

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I still have my Radio Shack Forrest Mims "Engineer's Mini-Notebooks" from back in the 80s. I had expected something similar to those based on the few pages in the preview. Inside cover features engineer drawings of components, resistor color code, table of contents, index, all in the familiar hand-drawn engineering lettering (which is how we did it in the old days - draw each letter). The first 79 pages I can live without. From page 80 on is more of what I had hoped for with logic gates in a more standard schematic diagram, data tables for their logic, and a quick description.

All is not lost though. As long as there is even one page useful in Mims work, I will hold on to it in my ever expanding reference books.

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2016

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Ok, so I'm starting my search and study in the subject of Electronics. This book is presented in a notebook format and notes. It seems like the way it's presented, will provide basics and maybe more. Full of drawings and two tables, at the beginning and the end of the book to reference regarding terms along with corresponding drawing. So as you read through the texts, you look up the parts for association. I think it's a good method to help memorize and learn the material. I recommend this book if you are a beginner like me.

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oneman

Made me love NEETS more

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2021

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I love the look of this book, wish I loved the contents. I’m not going to get rid of it, but all I could think as I was reading it was NEETS is so much better at explaining things, NEETS is better written, NEETS is all around superior. I have issues with some of his diagrams and there was one that was flat out wrong. I started out enjoying it and was eager to read it, but the more I read the more I had to stop. Maybe it’s ok if you know absolutely nothing? I might skip forward and try the projects, but I cannot recommend this to someone who wants to learn electronics.

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DGJZ

Easy Text and Helpful Visuals

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2018

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Really a solid book for folks who know absolutely nothing about electronics in general. It does a nice job of explaining the introductory subjects with pictures/drawing and that’s something I don’t see enough off in other how to books. Text is great but visual make it all that greater to understand.

Know that this book might not be for you if you already have an introductory knowledge of electronics. Say if you already have a multimeter and work with electronics on the level of understanding where you don’t use instructions to make projects then this book is best to have as a reference or a niceness refresher for the basics.

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Awn

Beautiful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2017

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Man, hand-drawn diagrams on every page. This has taught me more about electronics than I learned in my physics A-Level.

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Sparky

don't buy a copy, buy 2 copies and give one to a friend

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2013

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this book covers all the theory gaps that were in my electronics as a kid. so it is great to see a book that i can use to fill in all the gaps that give me the knowledge to feel great. I am sure that this book will lead me on to other things and greater heights,

3 people found this helpful

james cheung

old school book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2013

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back to basics electronics book. easy to look at with pictures and doodles to make it more friendly. i would recommend. postage did take awhile tho, but sent from usa.

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Ben Roberts

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2016

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oslo1

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 25, 2014

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