Electronics Projects For Dummies

Wiley Publishing, Inc. | 2006 | ISBN: 9780470009680 | English | 443 pages | PDF | 13.3 MB

These projects are fun to build and fun to use. Make lights dance to music, play with radio remote control, or build your own metal detector. Who says the Science Fair has to end? If you love building gadgets, this book belongs on your radar. Here are complete directions for building ten cool creations that involve light, sound, or vibrations -- a weird microphone, remote control gizmos, talking toys, and more, with full parts and tools lists, safety guidelines, and wiring schematics.

Check out ten cool electronics projects, including
* Chapter 8 -- Surfing the Radio Waves (how to make your own radio)
* Chapter 9 -- Scary Pumpkins (crazy Halloween decorations that have sound, light, and movement)
* Chapter 12 -- Hitting Paydirt with an Electronic Metal Detector (a project that can pay for itself)

Discover how to
* Handle electronic components safely
* Read a circuit diagram
* Troubleshoot circuits with a multimeter
* Build light-activated gadgets
* Set up a motion detector
* Transform electromagnetic waves into sound

Companion Web site
* Go to www.dummies.com/ go/electronicsprojectsfd
* Explore new projects with other electronics hobbyists
* Find additional information and project opportunities

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These projects are fun to build and fun to use

Make lights dance to music, play with radio remote control, or build your own metal detector

Who says the Science Fair has to end? If you love building gadgets, this book belongs on your radar. Here are complete directions for building ten cool creations that involve light, sound, or vibrations — a weird microphone, remote control gizmos, talking toys, and more, with full parts and tools lists, safety guidelines, and wiring schematics.

Check out ten cool electronics projects, including

* Chapter 8 — Surfing the Radio Waves (how to make your own radio)
* Chapter 9 — Scary Pumpkins (crazy Halloween decorations that have sound, light, and movement)
* Chapter 12 — Hitting Paydirt with an Electronic Metal Detector (a project that can pay for itself)

Discover how to

* Handle electronic components safely
* Read a circuit diagram
* Troubleshoot circuits with a multimeter
* Build light-activated gadgets
* Set up a motion detector
* Transform electromagnetic waves into sound

Companion Web site

* Go to www.dummies.com/ go/electronicsprojectsfd
* Explore new projects with other electronics hobbyists
* Find additional information and project opportunities

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MindManager for Dummies

For Dummies | ISBN: 0764556533 | 400 pages | April 9, 2004 | PDF | 7 Mb

The first book available on this fast-growing and highly regarded software package
MindManager allows users to visually map their ideas and brainstorming sessions in order to better organize thoughts and put them into action. Exploring all there is to know about the MindManager product, including the Standard, Business, Enterprise, and handheld releases, this book walks readers through the process and techniques in using MindManager to communicate ideas.

Hugh Cameron (Indianapolis, IN) heads Camtech, Inc., a clinical engineering company that extends its reach to incorporate a diverse group of projects. Roger Voight, PhD, is a certified project manager with more than 30 years of experience in software design, development, and software project management

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Excel 2007 Workbook For Dummies

PDF | ISBN: 978-0-470-16937-7 | Pages: 408 Pages | Pub. Date: September 2007

Confused by Excel? Want to make the most of its capabilities? No worries - this hands-on workbook gets you up to speed in a step-by-step manner. From navigating the new user interface and creating your first spreadsheet to using formulas, working with charts and graphics, managing and securing data, and creating macros, you'll do it all with the help of practice files and more than 30 walk-throughs of Excel features on the CD-ROM. Plus, you get full coverage of all the new and enhanced features of Excel 2007!

See how to

* Set up, format, and edit basic spreadsheets
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Manage and secure your Excel data
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Create formulas and functions for finance, date and time, math, text, and more
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Master data analysis with pivot tables
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Save and share your spreadsheet data

Quick refresher explanations

Step-by-step procedures

Hands-on practice exercises

Tear-out Cheat Sheet

A dash of humor and fun

All this on the bonus CD-ROM

* Dynamic video walk-throughs demonstrate Excel features and tasks
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Practice files let you work through the exercises in the book

For details and complete system requirements, see the CD-ROM appendix

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Strategic Planning For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)

PDF |384 Pages | ISBN:0470037164 | Publisher: For Dummies (2006-10-30)

If you’re starting a new business or planning your business’s future, there are plenty of things you should take into account. Strategic Planning For Dummies covers everything you need to know to develop a plan for building and maintaining a competitive advantage — no matter what business you’re in.


Written by Erica Olsen, founder and President of a business development firm that helps entrepreneurial-minded businesses plan for a successful future, this handy guide covers all the basics, including:

-How a strategic plan is different than a business plan
-Establishing a step-based planning process
-Planning for and encouraging growth
-Taking a long-view of your organization
-Evaluating past performance
-Defining and refining your mission, values, and vision
-Sizing up your current situation
-Examining your industry landscape
-Setting your strategic priorities
-Planning for unknown contingencies

If you’re in business, you have to plan for everything — especially if you intend your business to grow. Whether you’re planning for a small business, large conglomerate, nonprofit, or even a government agency, this book has the planning specifics you need for your organization. Step-by-step, you’ll learn how to lay the foundations for a plan, understand how your plan will affect your business, form planning teams, discover what your strengths are, see where you are, and, finally, plan where you’re going. And there’s much more:

-Learn to analyze business trends that will determine your business’s future
-Set measurable, realistic goals that you can plan for and achieve
-Make strategic planning a habitual part of the organization
-Prioritize multiple strategies that you can implement simultaneously
-Set a defining vision for the organization that guides all your planning and strategy

This friendly, simple guide puts the power of strategic planning in the palm of your hand. For small businesses that can’t afford to hire strategic planning consultants, it’s even more imperative. Careful, constant planning is the only way to handle an uncertain business future. With this book, you’ll have all the step-by-step guidance you need to ensure you’re ready for anything that comes.

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