Electronic Games for the Evil Genius offers 21 science projects that teach readers the fundamentals of electronics and circuitry, and how to read schematics, solder, use tools, and construct circuits— while they have fun building their own electronic games.
Projects include roulette and slot machines, racquetball, alien attack, lie detector, mood meter, quiz master, and memory games Market includes electronic enthusiasts, students, gamers, and electronics teachers
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From the Back Cover
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! 35 ELECTRONIC GAMES AND GADGETS YOU CAN EASILY BUILD YOURSELF
You can have a wicked amount of fun on your way to becoming a game master! In Electronic Games for the Evil Genius, popular how-to author Tom Petruzzellis gives you everything you need to build 35 exciting games and gadgets. You get complete, easy-to-follow plans, with clear diagrams and schematics, so you know exactly what's involved before you begin. Packed with fun projects that you'll love to build and play with, this guide develops game expertise one simple step and project at a time. You get:
Illustrated instructions and plans for 35 amazing pre-tested game and gadget projects, many of which assume no prior experience with electronics
Explanations of the science and math behind each project
Projects that progress in difficulty -- from simple ones that may inspire science fair entries -- all the way to sophisticated ones including microprocessor-controlled games
Frustration-factor removal -- needed parts are listed, along with sources
Electronic Games for the Evil Genius provides you with complete plans, instructions, parts lists, and sources for these games and gadgets:
Alien Attack * Working Lie Detector * Racquetball * Reaction Timer * Electronic Siren * Musical Organ * Wheel of Fortune * Quiz Master * Roulette * Mood Meter * Skin Tingler * Infrared Target * Much more!
About the Author
Thomas Petruzzellis is an electronics engineer currently working at the geophysical laboratory at the State University of New York, Binghamton. Also an instructor at Binghamton, with 30 years' experience in electronics, he is a veteran author who has written extensively for industry publications, including Electronics Now, Modern Electronics, QST, Microcomputer Journal, and Nuts & Volts. Tom wrote five previous books, including an earlier volume in this series, Electronic Sensors for the Evil Genius. He is also the author of Create Your Own Electronics Workshop; STAMP 2 Communications and Control Projects; Optoelectronics, Fiber Optics, and Laser Cookbook; Alarm, Sensor, and Security Circuit Cookbook, all from McGraw-Hill.Â
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Electronic Games for the Evil Genius offers 21 science projects that teach readers the fundamentals of electronics and circuitry, and how to read schematics, solder, use tools, and construct circuits— while they have fun building their own electronic games.
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From the Back Cover
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! 35 ELECTRONIC GAMES AND GADGETS YOU CAN EASILY BUILD YOURSELF
You can have a wicked amount of fun on your way to becoming a game master! In Electronic Games for the Evil Genius, popular how-to author Tom Petruzzellis gives you everything you need to build 35 exciting games and gadgets. You get complete, easy-to-follow plans, with clear diagrams and schematics, so you know exactly what's involved before you begin. Packed with fun projects that you'll love to build and play with, this guide develops game expertise one simple step and project at a time. You get:
Electronic Games for the Evil Genius provides you with complete plans, instructions, parts lists, and sources for these games and gadgets:
Alien Attack * Working Lie Detector * Racquetball * Reaction Timer * Electronic Siren * Musical Organ * Wheel of Fortune * Quiz Master * Roulette * Mood Meter * Skin Tingler * Infrared Target * Much more!
About the Author
Thomas Petruzzellis is an electronics engineer currently working at the geophysical laboratory at the State University of New York, Binghamton. Also an instructor at Binghamton, with 30 years' experience in electronics, he is a veteran author who has written extensively for industry publications, including Electronics Now, Modern Electronics, QST, Microcomputer Journal, and Nuts & Volts. Tom wrote five previous books, including an earlier volume in this series, Electronic Sensors for the Evil Genius. He is also the author of Create Your Own Electronics Workshop; STAMP 2 Communications and Control Projects; Optoelectronics, Fiber Optics, and Laser Cookbook; Alarm, Sensor, and Security Circuit Cookbook, all from McGraw-Hill.Â