Electronics Primer

Abstract

In the last chapter, we covered the basics of microcontrollers and how to set up a development environment. To really use microcontrollers, however, we need to interface them to the outside world. This will require a basic understanding of electronics. While it would be impossible to fully cover this vast and complicated field in a single chapter, let alone an entire book, this chapter provides an introduction to the principles of electronics and an overview of some of the components you’ll be using with your microcontroller.