Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius 2/E

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.

I bought it for my husband and he loves it!

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.

Although I have not read all the book just first and second chapter in general terms it has a very good way to explain the use of each semiconductor, creates and have the circuits drawn, clearly axplained and develop it on the bread board, the pictures on the bread board are very clear as well.

I've borrowed books from the library that tell you how to build electronic projects, but this book gives an itemized list of every component used and their values for all 64 lessons so that you're not guessing on what parts you have to buy. The instructions are simple and the explanations are clear. I highly recommend this book.

I am just learning about electronics and have a few other books. This is by far the best, for me, as it has LOTS of hands on exercises. If you are a 'learn by doing' person, this book is an excellent choice.

Great book, well written, excellent projects to build, you learn electronics just building the circuits.

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

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

A very good way to learn the basics of electronics!

excellent