20 Mar
2007
20 Mar
'07
7:32 p.m.
On Mar 20, 2007, at 11:21 PM, woodelf wrote:
I had a set of "Transistor Projects" volumes 1 through (I think)
6, from Radio Shack, when I was growing up. They were written by
Forrest Mims, who was my idol before I started reading Steve
Ciarcia's column in BYTE. :)
Anyway, those beloved books were lost at some point, but over the
last year or so I've been able to acquire copies of them (and others
Does anyone
remember such a book?
I figure if anyone one would, it would be someone here...
seems like a fun thing to build now days with my son.
-brad
Well if you like tubes go here.
http://www.schmarder.com/radios/index.htm
They tend to be more impressive looking than a transistor.
A google search could find you a schematic quicker
than you can find a book or magazine since I don't think
anything is newer than between 1975-1985 for transistor
projects. Anything later they refuse to publish
designs you can build from just the information they give
you. from the same series) via eBay for a few dollars
apiece. I've had
great fun flipping through them, giggling to myself thinking
"hey, I
built that when I was eight years old!"
These books are very simplistic, but the projects do provide good
hands-on experience and are fun. They are cheap, and they turn up on
eBay with some frequency.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL