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Appendix ■ Electronics Construction Primer 215

As you can see from Figure A-9, the waveform abound, where you can post your questions and
is displayed over the top of a grid. The vertical receive high-quality answers.
grid is in units of some fraction of volts, which on Books and hobby electronics magazines offer
this screen is 2V per division. So the voltage of the you useful projects with some words of
square wave in total is 2.5 2 or 5V. explanation about their designs. As time goes on,
The horizontal axis is the time axis, which is you will find yourself understanding more and
calibrated in seconds—in this case, 500 more.
microseconds (mS) per division. So the length of Also, seek out clubs in your area. Radio
one complete cycle of the wave is 1000 mS, or amateur “Ham Fests” (nothing to do with pork)
1 millisecond, indicating a frequency of 1 kHz. are a great way to meet other enthusiasts and pick
up interesting bargain components.

Summary

Many resources are available to help you learn
electronics. On the Internet, electronics forums