A Fully Updated, No Nonsense Guide to ElectronicsAdvance your electronics knowledge and gain the skills necessary to develop and construct your own functioning gadgets. Written by a pair of experienced engineers and dedicated hobbyists, Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition, lays out the essentials and provides step by step instructions, schematics, and illustrations. Discover how to select the right components, design and build circuits, use microcontrollers and ICs, work with the latest software tools, and test and tweak your creations. This easy to follow book features new instruction on programmable logic, semiconductors, operational amplifiers, voltage regulators, power supplies, digital electronics, and more.  Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition, covers:Resistors, capacitors, inductors, and transformersDiodes, transistors, and integrated circuitsOptoelectronics, solar cells, and phototransistorsSensors, GPS modules, and touch screensOp amps, regulators, and power suppliesDigital electronics, LCD displays, and logic gatesMicrocontrollers and prototyping platformsCombinational and sequential programmable logicDC motors, RC servos, and stepper motorsMicrophones, audio amps, and speakersModular electronics and prototypes