Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Author -- About the Technical Editor -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who Will Benefit Most from This Book -- Sourcing Parts and Supplemental Materials -- Special Features -- Part I IoT and Electricity Basics -- Chapter 1 IoT and Electronics -- IoT in a Nutshell -- Parts of an IoT System -- Devices -- Communication -- Data Analytics and Management -- The User Experience -- Challenges in Implementing IoT -- IoT into the Future -- Chapter 2 Electricity: Its Good and Bad Behavior -- Try This: Creating Some Static

Levitate a Styrofoam Plate -- Bend Water -- Creating Light with Static -- Magically Move a Styrofoam Ball -- Electricity at an Atomic Level -- Conductors and Insulators -- Characteristics of Electricity -- Current -- Voltage -- Resistance -- Induction and Conduction -- Try This: Creating a Simple Breadboard Circuit -- Light-Emitting Diodes -- Jumper Wires -- Building the Circuit -- The Basic Circuit -- Ohm's Law -- Resistor Values and Voltage Dividers -- Opens and Shorts -- Circuit Protection Devices -- Fuses -- Circuit Breakers -- Bigger Is Not Better -- Chapter 3 Symbols and Diagrams

Types of Diagrams -- Schematic Symbols -- So Many Switches! -- Drawing Your Circuit -- Try This: Adding a Switch and Creating a Schematic -- Chapter 4 Introduction to the Arduino Uno -- What Is Arduino? -- The Arduino Board -- Analog vs. Digital -- The Arduino IDE -- Try This: Creating a Simple Arduino-Controlled Circuit -- What Went Wrong? -- What Does the Code Mean? -- Try This: Changing Pins -- Try This: Creating Arduino Running Lights -- Try This: Adding a Switch to Your Circuit -- Try This: Using the Serial Monitor -- Chapter 5 Dim the Lights -- Using a Multimeter

Try This: Repurposing a Power Supply -- Measuring Voltage, Current, and Resistance -- Measuring Voltage -- Measuring Current -- Measuring Resistance -- Continuity -- Try This: Dimming the Lights -- Try This: Measuring Circuit Values -- Using Arduino to Measure Electricity -- Try This: Using an Arduino Voltmeter -- Try This: Using an Arduino Ohmmeter -- Try This: Using an Arduino Ammeter -- Try This: Using an Arduino Continuity Tester -- Try This: Building a Dimmable Arduino Camp Light -- Soldering, Perfboards, and Shrink Tubing -- Soldering -- Perfboards -- Shrink Tubing

Chapter 6 Feel the Power -- Watt's Law and the Power Wheel -- Datasheets -- The Power Wheel -- Watts and Horsepower -- Horsepower -- Efficiency -- Battery Power -- The Other Resistor Value -- Wattmeters -- Wattmeter -- Power Distribution -- Try This: Using an Arduino Wattmeter -- Setting Up the LCD Screen -- Building the Wattmeter -- Chapter 7 Series and Parallel Circuits -- Series, Parallel, and Complex Circuits -- Try This: Testing Series and Parallel Configurations -- Calculating Values in Series and in Parallel -- Current -- Voltage -- Resistance -- Power -- Resistance of a Conductor

A straightforward demystification of electronics and the Internet of Things' A Geek Girl's Guide to Electronics and the Internet of Things'breaks down and'simplifies'electronics and the Internet of Things for the layperson. Written by a leading technical school'instructor'with a talent for bringing complex topics to everyday people, this book provides concrete examples and practical advice for anyone interested in building, repairing, or studying electronics and functional Internet of Things (IoT) devices.' A Geek Girl's Guide to Electronics and the Internet of Things'explores a wide range of topics including, among others:' Ohm's and'Watt's Law''> Series and Parallel'Circuits'> Diodes, transistors, capacitors and relays''> Motors and Pulse'with'Modulation'> Using light to control electricity'> Photovoltaic Cells and Transducers'> Enhancing circuits with Arduino'> Connecting circuits to'networks'> > The distinguished author's website includes'videos'to help you build and enhance projects, along with'deeper'information to enrich'your learning.''Additio.

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