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Originally Posted by R2K2D2
Andy, have you taken Physics yet? Even in high school physics you go over some very basics and fundamentals of electronics and components. If you haven't I would suggest try to swing by a local university or community college bookstore or even your local library, if it's good, and see if they have physics textbooks you can buy/borrow. A very common physics text at the university level is Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Tipler. Another common book is Physics for Engineers by Halliday Resnick and Walker. You can also Amazon search these and purchase them for studying. The physics textbooks will give you some basic fundamentals and explain these, mathematically, in algebraic and introductory calculus concepts, so it should be easier to understand.
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I'm in physics right now and we're just starting static electricity now and are going into electricity right now.
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Originally Posted by Chris_Elston
Don't laugh at me...but here is what I've done.
My daughter, 11 years old was interested in electronics. So I found radio shack had this kit called snap circuits:
Snap Circuits
It cost $90 for the grand kit, and she's already put together the AM radio circuit in less than 2 weeks. Granted....she's doesn't KNOW what everything is doing....that's where dad kicks in with a multi meter and explains when you measure across this resister in series you should expect to see this voltage drop....and teaching the basics of ohm's law. |
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Originally Posted by squirrel
Maybe one of those old 200 in 1 Electronics Experiment kits like they used to sell at Radio Shack would be a good place to start? They have big enough parts that you can see what's going on, along with good literature explaning how the circuits work. Look on ebay or thrift stores...
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I have one of these kits somewhere around my house
Thank you for your help so far everyone