--- product_id: 284409232 title: "Make: Electronics" price: "6251F" currency: XPF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://newcaledonia.desertcart.com/products/284409232-make-electronics store_origin: NC region: New Caledonia --- # Make: Electronics **Price:** 6251F **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Make: Electronics - **How much does it cost?** 6251F with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [newcaledonia.desertcart.com](https://newcaledonia.desertcart.com/products/284409232-make-electronics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The first edition of Make: Electronics established a new benchmark for introductory texts. The second edition enhanced that experience, and now this third edition includes all-new diagrams throughout, new photographs, and completely rewritten text. Learning by Discovery is a system developed by Charles Platt to enable an experience that is fascinating, fun, and memorable. You learn by building your own circuits--and by making your own mistakes. In fact, mistakes are an important part of the experience. The book encourages you to "burn things out and mess things up" to find out for yourself the limits of electronic components. You'll blow a fuse and watch an overloaded LED, and you can cut open a relay to see how it works inside. Affordable Component Kits are available from independent suppliers (on desertcart), or the book explains how to shop online yourself. Illustrations are in full color throughout , so you'll see exactly what you need and how to use it. While Make: Electronics minimizes the amount of theory that you need, it does show you how to figure out Ohm's Law and do the simple math to calculate the time constant of a capacitor. A buying guide shows basic tools ranging from pliers to a low cost multimeter. A simple "finger test" demonstrates how transistors switch or amplify current. You can solder wires, if you wish, to build a permanent circuit, although soldering is not necessary to build all the circuits in the book. You'll see how to use integrated circuit chips to create a simple circuit that tests the speed of your reflexes. Other circuits include a combination lock for a computer, or a game in which players compete to be the first to press a button. All the basic concepts are demonstrated quickly and simply with affordable components. You'll discover resistance, capacitance, voltage, amperage, inductance, and the relationship between electricity and magnetism. Ideal for Beginners This book assumes that you have no prior knowledge. It explains each concept in meticulous detail, and is friendly, patient, and fun. Positive reader feedback has been received from people ranging in age from 8 to 84. If you only buy one book about electronics, this should be the one. Review: Excellent Introduction to Analog Circuits by Fantastic Author - Having learned a bit about Arduino, microcontrollers, etc. I was curious about the bare essentials. Despite having built all sorts of fun circuits before, I had no idea what a capacitor actually did, nor what the purpose of a relay was. I bought this book after careful review and could not be happier! I had a lot of the components needed for the book laying around, so getting started was no issue. Charles writes in an informative and fun way that does not dissuade the reader from moving forward, experimenting, and learning. While I have not really read other books on this subject, I would have to say that it is not dry in style. If you read the prologue, you will notice that Charles gives out his email and encourages readers to write in if they run into problems. I have done so a few times and he has always gotten back to me with useful insight. My favorite project in the book so far is the reaction timer. It makes for a fun drinking game if you don't tell anyone the countdown value. If you are curious at all about how analog circuits work, then I highly recommend this book! Review: Outstanding Clarity, Illustrations & Teaching By Charles Platt - This is the Starting Book you want! - For many years I have been interested in learning electronics, and I have purchased what feels like over a dozen different books, kits or online courses. The material in nearly all of them were written by engineers and it felt like for engineers. Just could not get into them. Additionally, many of the other kits and courses force your to learn Arduios, which I am not against at a future date, but for right now, I want to understand the basics of schematics and working with breadboards. I want to learn the components, what they do and how to plan to use them. I want instruction using a basic multi-meter. Happy to learn about Arduino's later. Just not what I am still wrapping my mind around the basics. Determined, I decided to just start buying all of the beginner books out there until I found an instructor whose style resonated with me. THIS IS THE BOOK! Just WOW! Such clarity and simplicity to understand. Charles Platt clearly understands how to take a complex subject matter and make it palpable for a beginner like me. That is also not to say his understanding is surface level, he has a very DEEP understanding of electronics and has many additional books on the subject. Suffice it to say, I study his book EVERY MORNING now and am LOVING it. There are some things I need to re-read, but I definitely am having much more success with Make:Electronics 3rd Edition. (Always get the latest editions!) Also, there is an electronics component kit that comes with this book. I highly, HIGHLY recommend getting this kit as well, so you can physically create the breadboards and learn hands on as you go. You will be at a huge learning disadvantage if you do not do these experiments. Thank you Charles Platt! As a teacher myself, I appreciate the effort you have taken to make this difficult subject matter so accessible- I appreciate you! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #9,750 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Circuit Design #1 in C & C++ Programming | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 938 Reviews | ## Images ![Make: Electronics - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81OBRdEGW0L.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Introduction to Analog Circuits by Fantastic Author *by B***S on February 19, 2026* Having learned a bit about Arduino, microcontrollers, etc. I was curious about the bare essentials. Despite having built all sorts of fun circuits before, I had no idea what a capacitor actually did, nor what the purpose of a relay was. I bought this book after careful review and could not be happier! I had a lot of the components needed for the book laying around, so getting started was no issue. Charles writes in an informative and fun way that does not dissuade the reader from moving forward, experimenting, and learning. While I have not really read other books on this subject, I would have to say that it is not dry in style. If you read the prologue, you will notice that Charles gives out his email and encourages readers to write in if they run into problems. I have done so a few times and he has always gotten back to me with useful insight. My favorite project in the book so far is the reaction timer. It makes for a fun drinking game if you don't tell anyone the countdown value. If you are curious at all about how analog circuits work, then I highly recommend this book! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Outstanding Clarity, Illustrations & Teaching By Charles Platt - This is the Starting Book you want! *by M***R on February 11, 2024* For many years I have been interested in learning electronics, and I have purchased what feels like over a dozen different books, kits or online courses. The material in nearly all of them were written by engineers and it felt like for engineers. Just could not get into them. Additionally, many of the other kits and courses force your to learn Arduios, which I am not against at a future date, but for right now, I want to understand the basics of schematics and working with breadboards. I want to learn the components, what they do and how to plan to use them. I want instruction using a basic multi-meter. Happy to learn about Arduino's later. Just not what I am still wrapping my mind around the basics. Determined, I decided to just start buying all of the beginner books out there until I found an instructor whose style resonated with me. THIS IS THE BOOK! Just WOW! Such clarity and simplicity to understand. Charles Platt clearly understands how to take a complex subject matter and make it palpable for a beginner like me. That is also not to say his understanding is surface level, he has a very DEEP understanding of electronics and has many additional books on the subject. Suffice it to say, I study his book EVERY MORNING now and am LOVING it. There are some things I need to re-read, but I definitely am having much more success with Make:Electronics 3rd Edition. (Always get the latest editions!) Also, there is an electronics component kit that comes with this book. I highly, HIGHLY recommend getting this kit as well, so you can physically create the breadboards and learn hands on as you go. You will be at a huge learning disadvantage if you do not do these experiments. Thank you Charles Platt! As a teacher myself, I appreciate the effort you have taken to make this difficult subject matter so accessible- I appreciate you! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Clearly written and easy to understand. *by M***S on July 5, 2026* Clearly written and easy to understand, I would recommend this book if you are just starting or looking to farther your understanding of electronics, well worth the price. ## Frequently Bought Together - Make: Electronics: Learning by Discovery: A hands-on primer for the new electronics enthusiast - Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition - Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://newcaledonia.desertcart.com/products/284409232-make-electronics](https://newcaledonia.desertcart.com/products/284409232-make-electronics) --- *Product available on Desertcart New Caledonia* *Store origin: NC* *Last updated: 2026-09-18*