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Résumé magic : trade secrets of a professional résumé writer / by Whitcomb, Susan Britton,1957-(CARDINAL)654339;
1. A résumé primer -- Tools for the task -- The résumé tool : asset or liability? -- Employers and candidates usually view résumés as having different purposes -- A résumé is most effective when it follows face-to-face or voice contact with a hiring manager -- A support person or computer program will probably be the one to screen your résumé -- Résumés are not read thoroughly -- You won't always need a résumé to land a job -- Then why write a résumé? -- And why this book? -- Some success stories -- Your most important tool -- Top 10 tips to create résumé magic --10. Cover letters and other parts of the puzzle -- Strategy and style -- The value mantra -- Sell, don't tell -- Reveal a secret -- The segments of a cover letter -- The carrot -- The corroboration -- The close -- The anatomy of the cover letter -- Sticky wickets -- To whom it may concern? -- Missed a filing deadline? -- Terminated from a job? -- Relocating? -- Dealing with salary -- Other types of letters -- Direct-mail campaigns -- Writing to a recruiting firm -- Thank-you letters, a chance to resell yourself -- Other pieces of the puzzle -- References -- When to send references -- When and how to ask for references -- Rethinking the 'reference page" with some creative persuasion -- Networking cards -- Addenda -- Paper -- Sending your cover letter and résumé -- By surface mail -- By fax -- By e-mail -- Futurist career management -- Top 10 cover letter tips -- Appendix A. Worksheets to catalog professional history -- Appendix B. Survey : what employers really want in a résumé and cover letter -- Résumés -- Cover letters -- Appendix C. Action verbs with sample phrases.2. How to use branding and advertising strategies to get an interview -- Using brand and ad agency strategies to win an interview -- Elements of your career brand -- Authentic image -- Advantages -- Awareness -- The proven ad agency formula -- Step 1 : how to grab your reader's attention -- Headlines and hard-hitting leads -- Visual appeal -- Step 2 : how to capture your reader's interest -- Selling points, front and center -- Where's the center of the page? -- Place supporting information below the visual center -- Skimmable material goes at the bottom of the page -- Step 3 : how to create desire for your product, you! -- Why you buy -- Why employers buy -- Prove your superiority -- Step 4 : call to action -- Top 10 résumé strategy tips --3. How to choose the most flattering format -- Two tried-and-true winning formats : chronological and functional -- The chronological format -- The functional format -- Genetic variants of the two main résumé types -- The accomplishments format -- The combination format -- The creative format -- The curriculum vitae (CV) -- The dateless chronological format -- The international résumé -- The linear format -- The newsletter format -- The reordered chronological format -- The targeted format -- If it works, it's right -- Top 10 résumé formatting tips --4. The blueprint for a blockbuster résumé -- Data bits, or contact info -- To list or not to list your business telephone number -- Other solutions for daytime contacts -- Sample résumé headers -- Dealing with relocation on your résumé -- Objective, or focus statement -- Key features, or qualifications summary -- Professional experience -- Skills -- Education, credentials, and licenses -- Affiliations -- Publications, presentations, or patents -- Awards and honors -- Bio bites -- Endorsements -- What not to include -- Putting it all together -- Top 10 résumé blueprint tips --5. How to write great copy -- Keywords -- What are keywords? -- Where to find keywords -- Off-line resources for keywords -- Online resources for keywords -- How to position keywords -- How to improve your "hit" ratio -- Top 10 résumé keyword tips -- The objective or focus statement -- Cover letter focus statement -- Title statement -- Traditional objective -- Exercise for assembling a focus statement -- The qualifications summary -- Professional experience -- How far back? -- Where to find material for your job descriptions -- How long is too long? -- Solutions for downplaying less-relevant positions -- Skills -- Education, credentials, licensure -- Recent high school graduate -- Recent college graduate -- Degree obtained a number of years ago -- Degree in a field different from your major -- Degree not completed -- Two-year degree -- Degree equivalent -- No degree -- Including credentials, licenses, and certificates -- Affiliations -- Publications, presentations, and patents -- Publications -- Presentations -- Patents -- Awards and honors -- Bio bites -- Endorsements -- Top 10 tips for writing great copy --6. Accomplishments : the linchpin of a great résumé -- What's in it for me? -- Words to woo employers -- Buying motivator #1 : make money -- Buying motivator #2 : save money -- Buying motivator #3 : save time -- Buying motivator #4 : make work easier -- Buying motivator #5 : solve a specific problem -- Buying motivator #6 : be more competitive -- Buying motivator #7 : build relationships/image with internal/external customers, vendors, and the public -- Buying motivator #8 : expand business -- Buying motivator #9 : attract new customers -- Buying motivator #10 : retain existing customers -- Strategies for presenting accomplishments -- Numbers : the universal language -- Comparison, a powerful form of communication -- ROI, how quickly can you deliver? -- The company's mission statement, make it your mission -- The CAR technique, challenge, action, and result -- Where to find material for your accomplishments -- Performance appraisals -- Your career management file -- Impact-mining : probing questions to unearth hidden treasures -- Sifting through the accomplishments you've gathered -- Use impact statements to portray yourself as the right fit -- Top 10 tips for writing accomplishments --7. Editing : résumé-speak 101 -- Development editing : a primer in power writing -- Top 10 tenets of developing your résumé -- Examples of résumé-speak -- The keys to writing compelling copy -- Address the needs of your audience -- Summarize by using the ABC method -- Focus on transferable skills -- Résumé-speak 101 -- Deliver the goods up front -- Start sentences with action verbs or noun phrases -- Sidestep potential negatives -- Give outdated experience a feeling of real time -- Avoid an employer pet peeve : baseless personality attributes -- Convey confidential information without giving away proprietary/trade secrets -- Technical editing/copyediting : the mechanics of résumé-speak -- Abbreviations -- Acronyms -- Active voice -- Articles (in absentia) -- Auxiliary or helping verbs -- Capitalization -- Colons and semicolons -- Commas -- Commas that separate -- Commas that set off -- Comma trauma -- Contractions -- Dashes -- Ellipsis marks -- Elliptical sentences -- Gender equity -- Hyphenation -- Numbers -- Parallel sentence structure -- Parentheses -- Parts of speech -- Passive voice -- Periods -- Possessives -- Prepositions -- Quotation marks -- Sentence fragments -- Slashes -- Split infinitives -- Tense -- Verbs -- Writing in the first person -- Prune, prune, prune -- Proof, proof, proof -- Top 10 résumé proofreading tips --8. Visual artistry : the missing link -- Design elements -- Create a visual pattern -- Consistency counts -- Use tab stops sparingly -- Apply white space liberally -- Make bullets work for you -- Think in threes -- Keep headings to a minimum -- Segment paragraphs -- Balance is beautiful -- Pay attention to vertical balance -- Balancing a two-column format -- Balancing a full-width layout -- Balancing unevenly distributed copy -- Balancing impact statements -- Justification, ragged right or full justification? -- Hang it on the wall! -- Use typefaces tastefully -- Choosing a font -- Fonts that buy more space -- Use discretion in mixing fonts -- Go easy on bold, underline, and italic -- Establish a logical sizing hierarchy -- Tweaking tips -- Technical tools to create tables -- Add white space -- Adding space between paragraphs in MS Word -- Adding space between paragraphs in Corel WordPerfect -- Change line height -- Adjusting vertical space between lines within paragraphs in MS Word -- Adjusting vertical space between lines within paragraphs in Corel WordPerfect -- Expand character spacing -- Expanding text in MS Word -- Expanding text in Corel WordPerfect -- Tricks to make text fit -- Shrinking text in MS Word -- Shrinking text in Corel WordPerfect -- Use bullets strategically -- Creating bullets in MS Word -- Creating bullets in Corel WordPerfect -- Adding or subtracting spacing between bullets and text in MS Word -- Adding or subtracting spacing between bullets and text in Corel WordPerfect -- Changing the type of bullet in MS Word -- Changing the type of bullet in Corel WordPerfect -- Size of bullets -- Use rule lines -- Inserting a rule line in MS Word -- Inserting a rule line in Corel WordPerfect -- Other graphic elements -- Top 10 visual appeal tips --9. E-résumés, e-portfolios, and blogs -- ASCII text résumés -- The advantages and disadvantages of ASCII résumés -- ASCII résumé do's and don'ts -- Steps for ASCII conversion -- Converting to ASCII for e-mailing using MS Word or Corel WordPerfect -- Converting to ASCII for pasting into e-forms -- Quick cleanup of an ASCII conversion -- How to post an ASCII résumé to a Web site -- Web résumés, e-portfolios, and blogs -- The advantages and disadvantages of Web résumés -- The technical how-tos of Web résumés -- Online résumé-builder services -- Do-it-yourself Web résumés -- Hire a pro -- Web résumé do's and don'ts -- What to include in an e-portfolio -- Hyperlinks or hyperjinx? -- Using your Web résumé -- Marketing your Web résumé -- Getting on the blog bandwagon -- What to include in a blog -- Creating a blog -- Using RSS (really simple syndication) technology -- Marketing your blog -- Scannable résumés -- Scannable résumé do's and don'ts -- Applicant-tracking systems : what happens after you e-mail or post your résumé? -- Positive aspects of applicant-tracking technology -- Negative aspects of applicant-tracking technology -- Conflicting advice -- Résumés of the future -- Top 10 technology tips for e-résumés, e-portfolios, and blogs --
Subjects: Résumés (Employment); Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
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NCLEX-RN : strategies, practice, and review / by Irwin, Barbara J.(CARDINAL)545827; Burckhardt, Judith A.(CARDINAL)534481; Kaplan Publishing.(CARDINAL)350115;
NCLEX-RN Exam Overview And Test-Taking Strategies. Overview of the NCLEX-RN exam -- What is the NCLEX-RN exam? -- Content of the NCLEX-RN exam -- General and computer-adaptive test strategies: -- Standardized exams -- What behaviors does the NCLEX-RN exam test? -- Strategies that don't work on the NCLEX-RN exam -- Becoming a better test taker -- NCLEX-RN exam question types -- Alternate test questions -- Multiple-choice test questions -- Critical thinking strategies -- Reword the question -- Eliminate incorrect answer choices -- Don't predict answers -- Recognizing expected outcomes -- Read answer choices to obtain clues -- NCLEX-RN exam strategies: -- NCLEX-RN exam versus real-world nursing -- Strategies for priority questions -- Strategies for management of care questions -- Strategies for positioning questions -- Strategies for communication questions -- Your NCLEX-RN exam study plan. --NCLEX-RN Exam Content Review And Practice. Safe and effective care environment: management of care -- Advance directives -- Advocacy -- Case management -- Client rights -- Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams -- Concepts of management -- Confidentiality/information security -- Consultation -- Continuity of care -- Delegation -- Establishing priorities -- Ethical practice -- Information technology -- Informed consent -- Legal rights and responsibilities -- Performance improvement (quality improvement) -- Referrals -- Supervision -- Chapter Quiz Answers and explanations -- Safe and effective care environment: safety and infection control: Safety background -- Infection control background -- Accident/injury prevention -- Emergency response plan -- Ergonomic principles -- Error prevention -- Handling hazardous and infectious materials -- Home safety -- Reporting of incident/event/irregular occurrence/variance -- Safe use of equipment -- Security plan -- Standard precautions/transmission-based precautions/surgical asepsis -- Use of restraints/safety devices --Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Health promotion and maintenance: -- Aging process -- Ante/intra/postpartum and newborn care -- Developmental stages and transitions -- Health and wellness -- Health promotion/disease prevention -- Health screening -- High-risk behaviors -- Lifestyle choices -- Principles of teaching/learning -- Self-care -- Techniques of physical assessment -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Psychosocial integrity -- Abuse/neglect -- Behavioral interventions -- Chemical and other dependencies -- Coping mechanisms -- Crisis intervention -- Cultural diversity -- End of life care -- Family dynamics -- Grief and loss -- Mental health concepts -- Religious and spiritual influences on health -- Sensory/perceptual alterations -- Stress management -- Support systems -- Therapeutic communications -- Therapeutic environment -- Nursing process and psychosocial integrity -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Physiological integrity: basic care and comfort -- Assistive devices -- Elimination -- Mobility/immobility -- Non-pharmacological comfort interventions -- Nutrition and oral hydration -- Personal hygiene -- Rest and sleep -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Physiological integrity: pharmacological and parenteral therapies -- Adverse effects/contraindications/side effects/interactions -- Blood and blood products -- Central venous access devices -- Dosage calculation -- Expected actions/outcomes -- Medication administration -- Parenteral/intravenous therapies -- Pharmacological pain management -- Total parenteral nutrition -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Physiological integrity: reduction of risk potential: -- Changes/abnormalities in vital signs -- Diagnostic tests -- Laboratory values -- Potential for alterations in body systems -- Potential for complications of diagnostic tests/treatments/procedures -- Potential for complications from surgical procedures and health alterations -- System-specific assessments -- Therapeutic procedures -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Physiological integrity: physiological adaption -- Alterations in body systems -- Fluid and electrolyte imbalances -- Hemodynamics -- Illness management -- Medical emergencies -- Pathophysiology -- Unexpected response to therapies -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations. -- Practice Test. Practice test -- Your practice test scores -- Answer key -- Practice test answers and explanations. -- Licensure Process. Application, registration, and scheduling: -- How to apply for the NCLEX-RN exam -- Taking the exam -- Taking the test more than once -- You are not alone -- How to interpret unsuccessful test results -- Should you test again? -- How should you begin? -- Essentials for international nurses -- NCLEX-RN exam administration abroad -- CGFNS certificate -- Work visas -- Nursing practice in the United States -- US-style nursing communication -- Sample questions -- Answers to sample questions -- Language -- Kaplan programs for international Nurses. -- NCLEX-RN Exam Resources -- Chart of critical thinking paths -- Nursing terminology -- Common medical abbreviations --State licensing requirements -- Pearson professional centers offering the NCLEX-RN examinations.This book is a focused, up-to-date strategic guide to help you prepare for the challenging NCLEX-RN exam-now with online practice test. To become a registered nurse in the United States, nursing school graduates must pass the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). It is a computer-adaptive test with between 75 and 265 questions that can take up to 6 hours. Each year, around 200,000 nursing students take this exam. Strategies play an important role in passing the NCLEX-RN, which is a critical thinking test requiring students to go beyond simply recognizing facts. In this guide, test-takers will have access to the most effective methods available to guarantee a passing score. This book combines its strategy guide with a comprehensive review designed to meet the challenges of this rigorous exam, including: 2 practice tests (one in the book and the second both on the CD-ROM and online); Detailed answer explanations; In-depth analysis of NCLEX-RN question types; Review of alternate question types; 47-item sample of Kaplan's NCLEX-RN Question Bank online; Features more of the most challenging questions and a bold, user-friendly design.
Subjects: Examinations.; Study guides.; National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing;
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You are your child's first teacher : encouraging your child's natural development from birth to age six / by Baldwin, Rahima,1949-(CARDINAL)720695;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Baldwin offers new ways for parents and educators to enrich the lives of children from birth to age six. This new and revised edition features updated resources and additional information on discipline, early childhood programs, toilet training, using home life as curriculum, and more.
Subjects: Child rearing.; Parenting.; Early childhood education;
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Firestarters : 100 job profiles to inspire young women / by Beatty, Kelly,1969-(CARDINAL)477417; Bradshaw, Dale Salvaggio,1970-(CARDINAL)477418;
Carol Boyers Givens : museum objects conservator -- Caroline Palmer : ballet choreologist -- Cathy Jenkins Wilson : advertising broadcast producer -- Cecily Steppe : marine biologist -- Charlotte Michie : licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) -- Charlotte Thomas Riddle : pediatrician -- Claire Moss : pediatric occupational therapist -- Claudia Brown : architectural survey coordinator for the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office -- Connie McNab : children's book illustrator/artist -- Dale Scott : director of child services for a community mental-health center -- Dean Thompson : marketing director -- Deb Sweeney Whitmore : outdoor educator -- Debby Plexico : surgery/medical floor nurse -- Debra Sasser : North Carolina District Court Judge -- Diane Jacober : product support engineer (mechanical engineer) -- Donna Helms : PGA (Professional Golfers' Association) teaching professional -- Doris Sargent : nutrition consultant and registered dietician (R.D.) -- Elaine Marshall : North Carolina Secretary of State -- Erin Pawlus : district manager-retail fashion industry -- Erinn Qualter Kelly : equity research, managing director -- Gena Farris : speech therapist (speech and language pathologist) -- Ginger Poole : actor -- Gwen Beatty : geologist --Holly K. Dressman : assistant research professor and director of the Duke DNA Microarray Core facility -- Jane Perlov : chief of police for the city of Raleigh, North Carolina -- Janet Green Jacobson : professional artist -- Janet Jarriel : classical musician agent -- Joan Lamson : mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina -- Jodi Schwartz : multimedia production company owner/executive producer -- Johnna Watson : associate dean of enrollment management and information systems for a graduate school -- Joyce Beatty : director of counseling, testing, and career placement center for a community college (retired) -- Juli Kim : research and policy associate -- Julia Brooks : interior designer, IIDA, business owner -- Kathleen Boykin : family nurse practitioner -- Kathryn Millican : manager of public policy department for a health insurance company -- Kayla Holden : tax accounting manager and accounting software advisor -- Kelly Carew : camp program director -- Kelly Hopkin : technical support for Fabric-Design Software -- Kirstie Tice Spadie : artistic director, owner, and dance teacher for the North Carolina Dance Institute -- Kristi Creamer : office manager for a multimedia production company -- Kristie Weisner-Thompson : editor for the North Carolina Medical journal and assistant vice-president for the North Carolina Institute of Medicine -- Kristin Wolverton : high school Spanish teacher --Job Profiles -- Alisa Salvaggio : natural light photographer -- Alyson Rhodes-Murphy : assistant museum curator -- Ami Vitale : independent photojournalist -- Andrea Lekberg : pastry chef/artist -- Angela M. Brown : opera singer -- Angela Carr : massage therapist -- Angela Kilpatrick : commercial airline pilot -- Ann Person : chief operating officer (COO) -- Ann B. Ross : writer -- Anna Barbrey Joiner : performing violist and professor of music -- Annette Simon : advertising creative director/art director -- Anne Valentine : landscape architect -- Annie Harvey : correctional warden of the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women -- Annie Meadows : sales consultant for a hair products distributor -- Barbara Whitecross : certified wedding consultant -- Beth Hockman : organic blueberry farmer and future importer/exporter of African arts and crafts -- Beth Llewelyn : public relations for Nintendo -- Beth Satterfield : web strategist -- Betty Webb : director of international studies and professor of English -- Beverly D. Setzer : school principal --Laura Bromhal : realtor -- Lea Daughtridge : director, human resources (HR) -- Leonela Muñoz-Connolly : information technology (IT) project leader -- Li Bradshaw : materials chemist -- Lina Sibert : architectural designer -- Lisa Carskadden : consulting actuary -- Lisa Snyder : chief financial officer (CFO) -- Lori Schantz Douglass : freelance advertising copywriter -- Lorie Ann Morgan : patent attorney for a pharmaceutical company -- Louanne DiBella : jewelry and product designer and product development specialist -- Lynda Heymen : clinical psychologist -- Macon Riddle : antiques-shopping consultant and owner of Let's Go Antiquing -- Margaret Gamble : elementary school specialist (a.k.a. librarian) -- Maria Kelly-Doggett : chemical engineer -- Marie Baker : retired field supervisor for nursing assistants for a home-health agency -- Mary Thorn : senior computer software quality assurance analyst -- Michelle Owen : graphic designer -- Molly Rogers : Emmy-award-winning costume designer -- Natalie Woods : paramedic -- Pam Van Dyk : education research consultant -- Paula Stewart : veterinarian -- Pegi Follachio : general contractor -- Polly Leousis : manager of a corporate foundation --Rebecca Schmorr : dentist -- Rebecca V. St. Jean : optometrist and business owner -- Richelle Fox : personal trainer and fitness consultant -- Ronda Capps : flight attendant -- Sandie Salvaggio-Walker : general manager for a community orchestra and voice instructor -- Sandra Canfield : international development resource coordinator for nonprofit organization -- Shannon Hall : freelance makeup artist, wardrobe stylist, and set designer for photo and film/video shoots and live events -- Shelley Chafin : nanny -- Shelly Webb : college chaplain -- Sujata Narayan Mody : independent organizational development consultant -- Susan Dickerson : staff anesthesiologist -- Terri Gruca : weekend news anchor and consumer reporter -- Theresa Wagoner : physical therapist -- Tonya Baker : pharmacist -- Tracy Church : director of development (fund-raising) for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Heart Institute, part of the Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine -- Wanda Revis : community college instructor -- Whitney Corrigan : pediatric oncology nurse.
Subjects: Women; Work; Women.; Womyn.;
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The complete idiot's guide to electronics 101 / by Westcott, Sean.(CARDINAL)492735; Westcott, Jean Riescher.(CARDINAL)492736;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index.Part 1: Fundamentals: -- Theory behind electricity: -- Atoms and their structure -- Electrons -- Valence shell -- Conductors, insulators, and semiconductors -- Conductors -- Insulators -- Semiconductors -- Electron flow versus hole flow -- How electricity works: -- Circuits -- Electromotive force or voltage -- Current -- Resistance -- Ohm's law -- Power -- Joule's law -- Putting it all together -- Lab 2-1: Constructing a simple circuit -- Currents and circuits: -- Direct current -- Alternating current -- War of currents -- Waveforms -- Sine wave -- Other waveforms -- Phase -- Using waves to measure AC voltage -- Direct current waveforms -- More about circuits -- Circuit diagrams -- Short circuits -- Fuses and circuit breakers -- Serial and parallel circuits -- Learning the language of electronics -- Part 2: Your Workspace And Tools: -- Tools of the trade: -- Essential hand tools -- Essential instruments -- Electronic specialty items -- Essential safety items -- Lab 4-1: Taking a DC voltage reading -- Lab 4-2: Taking an AC voltage reading -- Lab 4-3: Measuring resistance -- Lab 4-4: Measuring current -- Shop setup and safety: -- Clean, well-lit workshop -- Claim your space -- Your workbench -- Adequate power -- Lighting -- Ventilation -- Storage -- Safety equipment -- Good work habits are good safety habits -- Come ready to work -- Dress for the job -- Be neat and work deliberately -- Know how electricity flows -- First aid for electrical shock -- Part 3: Electronic Components: -- Switches: -- Switches symbols -- Mechanical switches -- Poles and throws -- Push-button switches -- Knife switches -- Bi-metal switches -- Mercury switches -- Other mechanical switches -- DIP switches -- Electromagnetic switches or replays -- Lab 6-1: SPDT switch -- Resistors: -- Mighty resistor -- Fixed-value resistors -- Resistor color codes and power ratings -- Reading the code -- Power ratings -- Surface mount resistors -- Single in line resistors -- Variable resistors -- Kirchhoff's law -- Calculating resistance -- Resistors in series circuits -- Resistors in parallel circuits -- Voltage division circuits -- Lab 7-1: Using Ohm's & Kirchhoff's laws to determine the proper resistor -- Lab 7-2: Resistors in a series circuit -- Lab 7-3: Resistors in a parallel circuit -- Lab 7-4: Voltage division using fixed-value resistors -- Lab 7-5: Voltage division using a variable resistor -- Capacitors: -- How a capacitor works -- Farads -- Relative permittivity -- Capacitor ratings -- Nominal value and tolerance -- Temperature coefficients -- Breakdown voltage or DC working voltage -- Polarized capacitor types -- Electrolytic capacitors -- Tantalum capacitors -- Nonpolarized capacitor types -- Variable capacitors -- Capacitors in a circuit -- Transient time of capacitors in A DC RC circuit -- Lab 8-1: Charging capacitance -- Diodes: -- How diodes work -- Types of semiconductor diodes -- Common silicon diodes -- Zener diodes -- Schottky diodes -- Power rectifiers -- Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) -- Photodiodes -- Handling diodes -- Transistors: -- Bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) -- How amplifiers work -- BJTs under varying voltages -- Gain -- Darlington pairs -- Field effect transistors -- Lab 10-1: Using a transistor to amplify current -- Power sources and power supplies: -- Batteries -- How batteries produce energy -- Primary vs secondary batteries -- Voltages in batteries -- Batteries in series and in parallel -- Amp-hours -- AC-to-DC power supplies -- Transformers -- Variable DC power supplies -- Uninterruptible power supplies -- Switched-mode power supplies -- Lab 11-1: Making a potato battery --Part 4: Getting To Work: -- Soldering: -- Solder -- Lead-free solder -- Flux -- Soldering iron and tips -- Heat sink -- Circuit boards -- Printed circuit boards -- Prepping for soldering -- Place the items on the board -- Prepare your solder gun -- Soldering technique -- Desoldering -- Constructing a power supply: -- Power supply kit and construction -- Safety first -- Powering on -- Getting acquainted with your power supply -- Creating a positive DC wave -- Seeing caps and voltage regulators in action -- Using your variable DC power supply -- It's time for some comic relief -- Part 5: Going Digital: -- Digital theory: -- Ideas behind digital concepts -- Analog vs digital -- Truth tables -- Binary numbers -- Application to electronics -- Logic gates -- Lab 14-1: AND gate -- Lab 14-2: OR gate -- Integrated circuits: -- Analog ICs -- Digital ICs -- Flip-flops -- 555 and 556 timers -- Counters -- Encoders and decoders -- Mixed signal ICs -- Lab 15-1: Building a decoder circuit, part 1 -- Lab 15-2: Building a decoder circuit, part 2 -- Lab 15-3: Guitar amplifier -- Memory: -- Digital vs analog memory storage -- Parity bits and other error detection -- Hexadecimal -- Data and address -- Von Neumann computer model -- Memory registers -- Writing and reading -- Volatile and nonvolatile memory -- Storage media -- Microcontrollers: -- What are microcontroller? -- Microcontroller components -- Input/outputs -- Programming microcontrollers -- Microcontrollers for hobbyists -- Open source hardware -- Arduino microcontroller platform -- Netduino microcontroller -- Part 6: Constructing A Robot: -- Building your robot: -- Shopping for your robot -- Get the software you need -- Connecting your Netduino and getting to work -- Downloading to the Netduino microcontroller -- Motor and controllers: -- Brushed DC motors -- Brushless DC motors -- Stepper motors -- Servo motors -- Controllers -- Pulse width modulation -- H-bridge -- Getting your robot moving: -- Get your motor on board -- Assembling the motor driver shield -- Building a platform and mounting the parts -- Power it up -- Programming your robot to start and stop -- Identifying the I/O pins -- Adding speed control -- Sensors: -- What is a sensor? -- Electronic sensors -- Accelerometers -- Digital compasses or magnetometers -- Light and color sensors -- Microphones -- Alcohol and other environmental gas sensors -- GPS sensors -- Electronic communication: -- Basic of electronic communication -- Electomagnetic spectrum, revisited -- Radio waves -- Microwaves -- Infrared -- Visible light -- Ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays -- Encoding and decoding a signal -- Amplitude modulation -- Frequency modulation -- Phase modulation -- Rasterization -- Lab 22-1: Building an FM stereo transmitter -- Adding sensors to your robot: -- Adding collision control -- Ultrasonic range finder -- Adding the sensor to your robot -- Adding a power switch -- Planning and writing the code -- Letting your robot roam -- Lab 23-1: Sensing distance -- Appendixes: -- A: Glossary -- B: Component shopping list -- C: Electronics timeline -- D: Mathematics for electronics -- E: Careers in electronics -- F: Resources -- Index.Overview: A creative spark for electronic enthusiasts. The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Electronics 101 teaches readers the fundamentals of electronics in an engaging, hands-on way. Appropriate for students and aspiring hobbyists alike, this book is loaded with more than a dozen projects that start simple and progressively get more involved as the reader moves through the book. Topics include: fundamentals of electronics: electrons, voltage, current, power, conductors, insulators, semiconductors, etc.; designing, building, and modifying circuit boards; sensors and controllers; and transmitters and receivers. Community college enrollment-where basic courses in electronics are most often taught-is at an all time high, up 8% from 2008 enrollment to 3.4 million new students per year. Specifically designed to appeal to both students and hobbyists with lost of fun, hands-on projects to aid in the learning process.
Subjects: Electronics.;
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