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 Once you have mastered the art of assembling a circuit with springs you will want to tackle projects that are more complex. The benefit of spring termination falls away once you get into projects that have over, say, 20 parts. In addition to this, projects that work on Radio Frequency, or RF for short, don’t like springs as they start to act like little antennas all over the place!
So it’s time to graduate to the heart of modern electronics - the printed circuit board. This simple device fulfills the function of mounting board & circuit wiring in one. The critical element of success in printed circuit board - or PCB for short - assembly is good soldering. Soldering is not for 8 year olds but its fine if you are older or are under adult supervision. In Short Circuits II we teach you how to solder. We teach you a lot else as well! Such as:
- How to use a Multimeter*
- What tools you will need.
- What sort of workspace is needed.
- How the circuit works (Tech talk).
- What to do next.
- How to make your circuit work in the real world.
 A key part of the Short Circuits learning system is that your mind is stimulated into learning electronics by building exciting projects and HAVING FUN AT THE SAME TIME. You will get a real “Buzz” from the exciting projects offered - 22 in all. These projects have useful functions in the “real world” and you may choose to keep them for a long time because they are so useful. For example, you can make a “Bionic Ear” amplifier for a grandparent. Listed below are the projects in the book. They have all been designed by professional engineers and tested to work reliably. Maybe one day you will be an engineer, designing projects for other people. Full colour - 148 pages. 205 x 275mm.
*A Multimeter is just that. It enables you to measure all sorts of electrical units, volts, amps, ohms etc. They are the most useful piece of test equipment you will own and base models are not expensive.
• Due to author’s copyright, instructions for each project are not included in the component pack. You can purchase the book, or buy a set of instructions separately.
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