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Electronic Device Assignment


Create a poster to provide a creative summary of the following electronic device:

1.Who invented the device? Does this person receive any special recognition? Give a time line if the invention occurred over a significant period of time.

2.Why was the invention of this device significant?

3.What does this device look like today on most circuit boards? Include a nice large diagram labeling all the parts.

4.What does this device do in an electronic circuit? Try to explain its operation briefly.

5.How is it made? Are there any special materials that are used?

6.How has this device changed the electronics industry?

7.What other components are used along with this device?

8.Find a circuit board with this device on it and have it attached to your poster, clearly labeling the device.

9.Are there any safety concerns associated with using this device?

10.Are the materials harmful to the environment in any way?

 

Websites

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

Seattle Robotics  Really basic electronics related to robotics

 

Electronics 

 

Basic Electronics  Basic information about electronic circuits

 

Electronics  A great place to start

 

Design Electronics  Free access on-line textbook

 

Bill's Electronics Reference Page  Lots of links to very good sites

 

 

Electronics Books in the Library

003.5 BRA                    

           Braga, Newton C.  Bionics for the evil genius : 25

                build-it-yourself projects.  New York : McGraw-Hill, c2006.

                Presents a collection of twenty-five step-by-step projects

                that introduce bionics, providing illustrations on how life

                forms can be enhanced with mechanical and electrical

                components, and including an electric fish, a bat ear, a lie

                detector, an electronic nerve stimulator, and more.

621 381 HOR                  

           Horn, Delton T.  Basic electronics theory--with projects &

                experiments.  2nd ed.  Blue Ridge Summit, PA : TAB Books,

                1985.

621.3 GIB                     

   Gibilisco, Stan.  Electricity demystified.  New York :

                McGraw-Hill, c2005.  Presents a self-teaching guide to

                understanding the basics of electricity providing

                instruction on solving circuit problems, calculating

                voltage, and discovering how magnetic levitation works and

                includes quizzes and a seventy-question final exam.

 

621.3 WIL                    

           Wilson, J.A. "Sam".  Learning electricity and electronics through

                experiments.  McGraw-Hill.

 

621.381 IAN                  

           Iannini, Robert E.  Electronic gadgets for the evil genius.  New

                York : McGraw-Hill, c2004.  Contains illustrated

                instructions and schematics for twenty-eight

                easy-to-construct electronic gadgets and describes the

                science and math behind each one and lists of materials and

                parts.

 

621.381 LAW                  

           Electronics: Principles and Applications.

 

629.892 PRE                  

           Predko, Michael.  123 robotics experiments for the evil genius.

                New York : McGraw-Hill, c2004.  Contains 123 experiments

                designed to help people develop a solid grounding in

                robotics, electronics, and programming while creating simple

                robots and models.