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Book recommendation for a junior high student
My 15 year old musician son has developed a keen interest in the
circuitry behind analog and digital synthetizers, and wants to build his first component for a custom synth, a VCO board. We have the PCB, I'm gathering the components, and have given him an intro to electricity and electronics, what the components are and what they do, but I need a good book that, at a junior high school level, explains all the concepts, and does so within the context of a fun read (dry conceptual material won't get to first base with a 15 year old). Suggestions? |
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Book recommendation for a junior high student
The Art of Electronics, by Horowitz and Hill, if it's not too hard.
Practical Electronics for Inventors. The ARRL Handbook if enough of the content is relevant. "flybd5" wrote in message ups.com... My 15 year old musician son has developed a keen interest in the circuitry behind analog and digital synthetizers, and wants to build his first component for a custom synth, a VCO board. We have the PCB, I'm gathering the components, and have given him an intro to electricity and electronics, what the components are and what they do, but I need a good book that, at a junior high school level, explains all the concepts, and does so within the context of a fun read (dry conceptual material won't get to first base with a 15 year old). Suggestions? |
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Book recommendation for a junior high student
"flybd5" wrote in message oups.com... My 15 year old musician son has developed a keen interest in the circuitry behind analog and digital synthetizers, and wants to build his first component for a custom synth, a VCO board. We have the PCB, I'm gathering the components, and have given him an intro to electricity and electronics, what the components are and what they do, but I need a good book that, at a junior high school level, explains all the concepts, and does so within the context of a fun read (dry conceptual material won't get to first base with a 15 year old). Suggestions? Library. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Book recommendation for a junior high student
Go to Rat Shack and see if they still carry the starter books by Forest Mimms .. They rock for the newbie (me) wrote in : electricity and electronics, what the components are and what they do, but I need a good book that, at a junior high school level, explains all the concepts, and does so within the context of a fun read (dry conceptual material won't get to first base with a 15 year old). Suggestions? |
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Book recommendation for a junior high student
Thank you!
 "mc" wrote in message ... The Art of Electronics, by Horowitz and Hill, if it's not too hard. Practical Electronics for Inventors. The ARRL Handbook if enough of the content is relevant. "flybd5" wrote in message ups.com... My 15 year old musician son has developed a keen interest in the circuitry behind analog and digital synthetizers, and wants to build his first component for a custom synth, a VCO board. We have the PCB, I'm gathering the components, and have given him an intro to electricity and electronics, what the components are and what they do, but I need a good book that, at a junior high school level, explains all the concepts, and does so within the context of a fun read (dry conceptual material won't get to first base with a 15 year old). Suggestions? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Book recommendation for a junior high student
The school library has very few vocational books.
"me" wrote in message ... "flybd5" wrote in message roups.com... My 15 year old musician son has developed a keen interest in the circuitry behind analog and digital synthetizers, and wants to build his first component for a custom synth, a VCO board. We have the PCB, I'm gathering the components, and have given him an intro to electricity and electronics, what the components are and what they do, but I need a good book that, at a junior high school level, explains all the concepts, and does so within the context of a fun read (dry conceptual material won't get to first base with a 15 year old). Suggestions? Library. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Book recommendation for a junior high student
You're kidding, right? Those bums don't even carry a decent selection of
resistors, let alone books.. plenty of cellular phones and cheap chinese toys, though. "Mike_in_SD" wrote in message ... Go to Rat Shack and see if they still carry the starter books by Forest Mimms .. They rock for the newbie (me) wrote in : electricity and electronics, what the components are and what they do, but I need a good book that, at a junior high school level, explains all the concepts, and does so within the context of a fun read (dry conceptual material won't get to first base with a 15 year old). Suggestions? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Book recommendation for a junior high student
Glad you have an open mind .. grin I had two year of electronics in high school I worded as an electronics tech in the Air Force I finally read one of Forest Mimms books (from ratshack) and it answered more questions than all my other years of study I have personally bought his books for many kids that showed an interest and was rewarded everytime. good luck anyways .. "Mike_in_SD" wrote in message .. . Go to Rat Shack and see if they still carry the starter books by Forest Mimms .. You're kidding, right? Those bums don't even carry a decent selection of resistors, let alone books.. plenty of cellular phones and cheap chinese toys, though. |
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Book recommendation for a junior high student
It turns out Radio Shack stopped publishing Forrest Mims' books a long
time ago. They are now published by Master Publishing, Inc. I found the books on Amazon and they have very high reviews. This is what I will get for the kid. Thanks! Juan Mike_in_SD wrote: Glad you have an open mind .. grin I had two year of electronics in high school I worded as an electronics tech in the Air Force I finally read one of Forest Mimms books (from ratshack) and it answered more questions than all my other years of study I have personally bought his books for many kids that showed an interest and was rewarded everytime. good luck anyways .. "Mike_in_SD" wrote in message .. . Go to Rat Shack and see if they still carry the starter books by Forest Mimms .. You're kidding, right? Those bums don't even carry a decent selection of resistors, let alone books.. plenty of cellular phones and cheap chinese toys, though. |
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