Beginning Breadboarding: Physical Computing and the Basic Building Blocks of Computers

Using fun, hands-on projects, learn what a circuit is and how it works! This book uses a common tool in electronics, the breadboard, to build your way to an understanding of circuits, circuit components, and the basics of computers.
You'll master current, voltage, and resistance. With that you can control outputs like lights and motors as well as inputs like switches and sensors. You'll also discover the difference between analog and digital electrical signals while studying both electricity and computers. Dabble in electrical engineering, whether you are interested in building things with electronics or learning to program simple, physical systems. Build your own electronic projects to learn how electronics work. And also how computers store information and process requests. You'll work with simple, low-cost tools like conductive tape before developing up to working with breadboards and discovering the components to build more complex systems.
With Beginning Breadboarding, makers of all ages and backgrounds can learn to build real-life physical computing systems and projects. Have fun building something with tangible results while learning all the theory you need to make new projects of your own!

What You'll Learn

• Rapidly prototype circuits with breadboards
  
• Use common components to make simple electronic devices
  
• Share electrical energy and control the flow of electricity through components

Who This Book Is For

Makers, seeking a fun, hands-on introduction to technology, electronics, and computers. Those who have little to no knowledge of the subject, but want to learn electronics or know more about computers.

透過有趣且實作的專案，學習電路是什麼以及它是如何運作的！本書使用電子學中常見的工具─麵包板，讓你逐步了解電路、電路元件以及電腦的基礎知識。你將掌握電流、電壓和電阻的概念。藉此，你可以控制輸出如燈光和馬達，以及輸入如開關和感應器。同時，你也將在學習電力和電腦的過程中，了解類比和數位電信號的差異。不論你是對使用電子元件建造東西感興趣，或是想學習編寫簡單的實體系統程式，你都可以嘗試涉獵電子工程。透過建造自己的電子專案，你將學習電子學的運作方式，以及電腦如何儲存資訊和處理請求。你將使用像是導電膠帶這樣的簡單低成本工具，然後進一步發展到使用麵包板並探索更複雜系統所需的元件。透過《初探麵包板》，不論年齡和背景，所有的創客都可以學習建構真實的實體計算系統和專案。在享受建造具體成果的同時，學習所有你需要製作自己新專案的理論知識！

你將學到什麼：
- 使用麵包板快速製作電路原型
- 使用常見元件製作簡單的電子裝置
- 分享電能並控制電流通過元件的流動

適合閱讀對象：
- 創客們，尋求有趣且實作性的科技、電子和電腦入門指南
- 對這個主題幾乎沒有或沒有任何知識，但想學習電子學或更多了解電腦的人

​Jen Fox is an engineer, educator, and maker. After dabbling in dark matter (Occidental College, B.A. Physics), Fox studied engineering (UCLA, M.S. Mechanical Engineering) where she blended electronics, art, and education to tackle problems related to environmental and social justice. Fox founded her company, FoxBot Industries, in 2015 to provide an arts-based approach to STEM education and current leads a team at Microsoft doing maker-related work.

Jen Fox 是一位工程師、教育家和製造者。在涉獵暗物質（奧克西迪爾學院物理學學士）後，Fox 在 UCLA 學習工程學（機械工程碩士），在那裡她結合了電子、藝術和教育，解決與環境和社會正義相關的問題。Fox 於 2015 年創立了她的公司 FoxBot Industries，提供以藝術為基礎的 STEM 教育，目前在微軟領導一個從事製造相關工作的團隊。