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Learn to Solder: Tools and Techniques for Assembling Electronics

by Brian Jepson, Tyler Moskowite & Gregory Hayes

Learn the fundamentals of soldering—and pick up an essential skill for building electronic gadgets. You’ll discover how to preheat and tin your iron, make a good solder joint, desolder cleanly (when things...

DIY Instruments for Amateur Space: Inventing Utility for Your Spacecraft Once It Achieves Orbit

by Sandy Antunes

What can you measure and what are your limits when orbiting in space? Learn about what physical quantities you can measure and what types of sensors you can buy or build. We cover the 5 essential design limits...

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

by Matt Richardson & Shawn Wallace

What can you do with the Raspberry Pi, a $35 computer the size of a credit card? All sorts of things! If you’re learning how to program, or looking to build new electronic projects, this hands-on guide will...

Getting Started with MakerBot

by Bre Pettis, Anna Kaziunas France & Jay Shergill

Ready to join the personal fabrication movement? This hands-on book shows you how to make a wide variety of physical objects with the amazing MakerBot 3D printer.

It’s handy when you need a replacement for...

Make: Lego and Arduino Projects: Projects for extending MINDSTORMS NXT with open-source electronics

by John Baichtal, Matthew Beckler & Adam Wolf

Make amazing robots and gadgets with two of today’s hottest DIY technologies. With this easy-to-follow guide, you’ll learn how to build devices with Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0, the Arduino prototyping platform,...

Atmospheric Monitoring with Arduino: Building Simple Devices to Collect Data About the Environment

by Patrick Di Justo & Emily Gertz

Makers around the globe are building low-cost devices to monitor the environment, and with this hands-on guide, so can you. Through succinct tutorials, illustrations, and clear step-by-step instructions, you’ll...

Repairing and Upgrading Your PC

by Robert Bruce Thompson & Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Most computer users think that fiddling with the insides of their PC is taboo. They fear that by removing the screws that hold the case on, they're crossing into forbidden territory. And even for those who know...

Building the Perfect PC

by Robert Bruce Thompson & Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Build a PC that will outperform any brand-name box on the market

Yes, even if you’re not a total geek you can build your own PC -- and we guarantee it’s worth the effort. You’ll discover that the quality...

Getting Started with Processing

by Casey Reas & Ben Fry

Learn computer programming the easy way with Processing, a simple language that lets you use code to create drawings, animation, and interactive graphics. Programming courses usually start with theory, but this...

Make: Electronics: Learning Through Discovery

by Charles Platt

"This is teaching at its best!"

--Hans Camenzind, inventor of the 555 timer (the world's most successful integrated circuit), and author of Much Ado About Almost Nothing: Man's Encounter with the Electron (Booklocker.com)...

Surviving Orbit the DIY Way: Testing the Limits Your Satellite Can and Must Match

by Sandy Antunes

Is your picosatellite ready for launch? Can it withstand rocket thrusts and the vacuum of space? This do-it-yourself guide helps you conduct a series of hands-on tests designed to check your satellite’s readiness....

Make an Arduino-Controlled Robot

by Michael Margolis

Building robots that sense and interact with their environment used to be tricky. Now, Arduino makes it easy. With this book and an Arduino microcontroller and software creation environment, you’ll learn how...

Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture

by Robert Bruce Thompson & Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Experience the magic of biology in your own home lab. This hands-on introduction includes more than 30 educational (and fun) experiments that help you explore this fascinating field on your own. Perfect for...

LED Lighting: A Primer to Lighting the Future

by Sal Cangeloso

We’re on the brink of a lighting revolution with light-emitting diodes—the tiny LEDs you’ve seen in electronic devices for years. With this practical guide, you’ll go behind the scenes to see how and...

Illustrated Guide to Home Forensic Science Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture

by Robert Bruce Thompson & Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Have you ever wondered whether the forensic science you’ve seen on TV is anything like the real thing? There’s no better way to find out than to roll up your sleeves and do it yourself. This full-color book...

Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture

by Robert Bruce Thompson

For students, DIY hobbyists, and science buffs, who can no longer get real chemistry sets, this one-of-a-kind guide explains how to set up and use a home chemistry lab, with step-by-step instructions for conducting...

Getting Started with Netduino

by Chris Walker

Start building electronics projects with Netduino, the popular open source hardware platform that’s captured the imagination of makers and hobbyists worldwide. This easy-to-follow book provides the step-by-step...

DIY Satellite Platforms: Building a Space-Ready General Base Picosatellite for Any Mission

by Sandy Antunes

Want to build your own satellite and launch it into space? It’s easier than you may think. The first in a series of four books, this do-it-yourself guide shows you the essential steps needed to design a base...

Environmental Monitoring with Arduino: Building Simple Devices to Collect Data About the World Around Us

by Emily Gertz & Patrick Di Justo

After the devastating tsunami in 2011, DYIers in Japan built their own devices to detect radiation levels, then posted their finding on the Internet. Right now, thousands of people worldwide are tracking environmental...

Making Things See: 3D vision with Kinect, Processing, Arduino, and MakerBot

by Greg Borenstein

This detailed, hands-on guide provides the technical and conceptual information you need to build cool applications with Microsoft’s Kinect, the amazing motion-sensing device that enables computers to see....