If you’re among the many hobbyists and designers who came to electronics through Arduino and Raspberry Pi, this cookbook by Simon Monk will help you learn and apply the basics of electrical engineering without the need for an EE degree. Through a series of practical recipes, you’ll learn how to solve specific problems while diving into as much or as little theory as you’re comfortable with.

Simon Monk breaks down this complex subject into several topics, from using the right transistor to building and testing projects and prototypes. With this book, you can quickly search electronics topics and go straight to the recipe you need. It also serves as an ideal reference for experienced electronics makers.

Author: Simon Monk

Publisher: O'Reilly
Date: April 2017
Pages: 458
ISBN: 978-1491953402
Print: 1491953403
Kindle: B06XYH65YR
Audience: Makers, IoT developers

• Theoretical concepts such as Ohm's law and the relationship between power, voltage, and current
  
  
• The fundamental use of resistors, capacitors and inductors, diodes, transistors and integrated circuits, and switches and relays
  
  
• Recipes on power, sensors and motors, integrated circuits, and radio frequency for designing electronic circuits and devices
  
  
• Advice on using Arduino and Raspberry Pi in electronics projects
  
  
• How to build and use tools, including multimeters, oscilloscopes, simulations software, and unsoldered prototypes

See our review of Raspberry Pi Cookbook by Simon Monk. Awarding it a star rating of 4.5 out of 5, Harry Fairhead concludes:

As long as you are a Raspberry Pi experimenter this is a handy book to have close by. 

Also of interest to Raspberry Pi experimenters is:

Raspberry Pi IoT in C by Harry Fairhead, an introduction to using a Raspberry Pi for IoT projects. 

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