Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius 2/E: 64 Lessons With Projects

This is a great book - got it for my 15 year old who loves it. Struggled to get all the parts (the author can provide them from the US) but after much searching around I found Mechatronics-onlineshop provided a kit for the whole thing and managed to get it to me within two days before Christmas. Unfortunately this was only after I'd got all the parts for the first chapter from Maplin - at considerably more cost than the Mechatronics kit for the whole book!Be warned also there are some proprietary PCB (printed circuit board) "bits" that other users on internet forums have complained about only being able to get from the author - again a workaround is available from Mechatronics.So, an excellent starter book (my son is now lashing some of the projects up to a Rasperry Pi) which is very informative but really should be bundled with the parts, otherwise what's the point?!

This ebook is excellent if you are interested in learning more about electronics. I have it on my phone as a kindle version. I sometimes go to my local library and order a book before buy it on amazon, if is possible to get. This book is excellent if your hobby revolves around electronics. All depends on your knowledge. 100% happy

As a second level electronics hobbyist I find this book and its contents well written without going into so much detail that the aspirant electronics enthusiast loses hope of ever understanding it all. IE, just enough is provided to keep your interest and get you going with small projects. Well worth the total expense of purchasing a good used edition and adding postage to my address in South Africa. No one should be put off when first opening the book. Keep at it, you will profit from its secret gems.

This book was purchased for our 13 year old Grand Son who is very much into electronics and he loves it.

This is a brilliantly written book. I highly recommend this for anyone that wants to begin their journey into understanding electronic circuits.

Reviews here and all over the web tell you that you need the "companion" parts kit, but not where to find it. Once you buy the book, or any others in this series, go to abra-electronics dot com and search "evil genius electronic kit 2E" and the whole kit will come right up. It is NOT available on Amazon as some reviews of some editions have said, at least at this 2013 writing. At least you now know the keywords.This is an outstanding book and the often noted errors are really minor! I haven't found a single circuit book anywhere that doesn't have some level of errors. You can download circuit apps for your smartphone or free SPICE emulators - circuit sims to check for errors, which is part of the learning experience and process. The author's website also shows errata, and the publisher actually gets back to you right away with any questions, service is great. Check out keyword Raspberry Pi here on Amazon too for the latest craze in microprocessor builds.Library Picks always buys the items we review and we have nothing to do with Amazon, authors or publishers. Our reviews are strictly to help Amazon shoppers.

A very good way to learn the basics of electronics!

For me, I've never been good at just reading formulas and theories and comprehending them. This book has you breadboard circuits, via diagrams, and then explains the functioning of what you just built. This is perfect for someone who learns better via hands on learning than strictly book learning. It also has kits of parts that can be purchased to make all the projects in the book. Thank you Dave Cutcher for making learning more enjoyable. NOTHING IS BETTER THAN LEARNING THROUGH DOING!

I've read other books(Gibilisco and a college text), but they left me a desire to see the theory in action. With this book and the companion website you see nice animated demos on the website that make it very clear, and you start building basic circuits right from the beginning. For me learning by doing makes the theory click, and that exactly what this book does. Yes there are a few typos here and there but there is errata on the companion website, but great book overall and the projects are fun to build. Would recommend this to any beginner or intermediate electronics students.