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Getting Started with Electronic Circuits

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Most of this book involves connecting circuits to a Raspberry Pi, but before you actually plug anything into the Raspberry Pi, you will need a basic understanding of electronic circuits. This chapter provides a gentle introduction to simple electronic circuits without using the Raspberry Pi.

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    Much of the early research into electric current and magnetism was pioneered by the French scientist André-Marie Ampère. His surname is also used for the measure of current known as an ampere, which is usually abbreviated to amps.

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Watkiss, S. (2016). Getting Started with Electronic Circuits. In: Learn Electronics with Raspberry Pi. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1898-3_1

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