15 unique designs from mechanics to electronics. Crazy Genius

Create unique gadgets that will surprise everyone!

There are plenty of shops with unusual and surprising toys on the net. However, nothing will give you such satisfaction as building your own gadget! Find out how to build an attractive electronic system quickly and cheaply using ready-made components! Ready? Get Ready!

Amaze your friends! Use one of the 15 great projects that are not included in any other "do-it-yourself" guide. Each of these proposals is described in detail - numerous instructions and illustrations will guide you step by step from the concept to the working device.

What projects do you have to choose? A Gaussian cannon, a ping-pong ball carabiner, a laser turret, a flash bomb, a laser sight. Little? On top of that, you can build a radio eavesdropping, laser gun or microrobot. Nice, right? This book is an excellent reading for any DIY enthusiast who would like to build his own advanced electronic toy!

Thanks to this book:

• you will build an advanced electronic system
• you will have a great time for many hours
• You will know electronic components and their markings
• you will fulfill your dreams

Be devious! Build devices that will enchant your friends and make embarrassing your enemies:

• Gauss cannon
• laser anti-theft alarm
• spy eavesdropping
• flash bomb
• robot guard

And many others! Great fun for long hours!

Table of Contents

About the author (9) Acknowledgments (9) Introduction (11) 1. Gauss's cannon (15)

• What will you need? (16)
• Assembly (17)
• Trial shots (22)
• Theory (27)
• Summary (28)

2. Trebuche (29)

• What will you need? (thirty)
• Assembly (30)
• Fire! (36)
• Treble adjustment (36)
• Theory (36)
• Summary (37)

3. Ping-pong ball carabiner (39)

• What will you need? (40)
• Assembly (41)
• Theory (46)
• Summary (46)

4. Mini laser beam (47)

• What will you need? (47)
• Assembly (48)
• Ideas (55)
• Theory (58)
• Summary (60)

5. Laser gun piercing balloons (61)

• Assembly (62)
• Laser pistol (62)
• Balloon piercing (65)
• Down shooter (69)
• Theory (77)
• Summary (78)

6. Touch sensitive laser pointer (79)

• What will you need? (79)
• Mounting the viewfinder (80)
• Testing and calibration (83)
• Theory (83)
• Summary (84)

7. Laser anti-burglar alarm (85)

• What will you need? (85)
• Assembly (86)
• Testing (89)
• Installation (90)
• Theory (91)
• Summary (91)

8. Spectral display (93)

• Arduino (93)
• Spectral display (94)
• Engine controller (105)
• Platform (108)
• Connecting modules (108)
• Changing the displayed content (110)
• Theory (111)
• Summary (114)

9. Spy wireless eavesdropping (115)

• Bedbug (115)
• Assembly (116)
• Using a Bedbug (121)
• Bedbug detector (121)
• Assembly (124)
• Theory (127)
• Summary (128)

10. Laser transmitter transmitting voice (129)

• Receiver (129)
• Assembly (131)
• Laser transmitter (135)
• Transmitter installation (135)
• Using the device (141)
• Theory (142)
• Summary (145)

11. Flash bomb (147)

• What will you need? (147)
• Assembly (148)
• Using the device (152)
• Theory (152)
• Flashlights (152)
• Summary (153)

12. Diode strobe (155)

• What will you need? (155)
• Assembly (156)
• Theory (162)
• Summary (163)

13. Levitation machine (165)

• What will you need? (165)
• Assembly (165)
• Theory (174)
• Summary (180)

14. Microrobot following in the direction of light (181)

• What will you need? (181)
• Robot assembly (182)
• Charger installation (186)
• Theory (188)
• Summary (188)

15. Robot Guard (189)

• Assembly (189)
• Installation of engine controllers (189)
• Assembling the whole (193)
• Theory (201)
• Summary (207)

A. Element for electronic circuits (209)

• Circuits (209)
• Components (211)
• Tools (215)
• Summary (219)

Index (221)