ELECTRONIC GADGETS FOR THE EVIL GENIUS

By SARAH GONZALEZ

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OUR FIRST PROJECT 1 CHAPTER 2 INFRARED BEACON 15 CHAPTER 3 MOTION ALARM 25 CHAPTER 4 SOUND CARD BASED OSCILLOSCOPE 35 CHAPTER 5 CALIBRATED RF SOURCE 57 CHAPTER 6 RF POWER METER HARDWARE 77 CHAPTER 7 RF POWER METER SOFTWARE 89 CHAPTER 8 CREATING A ZIGBEE NETWORK OF SENSORS 109 INTRODUCTION OUR FIRST PROJECT IN THIS BOOK WE LL BUILD SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WILL GET PROGRESSIVELY MORE CHALLENGING RXVKRXOGEHDEOHWREXLOGWKH UVWIHZSURMHFWVLQDQDIWHUQRRQ QLVKHGSURGXFW MAY TAKE YOU A WHILE LONGER DEPENDING ON HOW PROFESSIONAL YOU WANT IT TO LOOK QRUGHUWREXLOGWKH UVWIHZSURMHFWVLQWKLVERRN RXZLOOQHHGDIHZEDVLF ASSEMBLY SKILLS AND TOOLS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS THE RF PROJECTS WILL REQUIRE DFFHVVWRDQGNQRZOHGJHRI5 VSHFWUXPDQDO HUVDQGRU5 SRZHUPHWHUV YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SOLDER THROUGH HOLE PARTS YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE A SOLDER REMOVAL TOOL SUCH AS A SOLDER SUCKER OR SOLDER WICK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ THE COLOR CODES OF RESISTORS YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ VOLTAGE RESISTANCE AND CURRENT WITH A MULTIMETER 7KDW VLWIRONV QRUGHUWREXLOGDQGXVHWKH UVWIHZSURMHFWV RXGRQ WKDYHWRNQRZ HOW TO WRITE A SINGLE LINE OF CODE 1 INTRODUCTION OUR FIRST PROJECT BASIC TOOLS THE BASIC TOOLS THAT YOU LL NEED ARE AS FOLLOWS SOLDERING IRON OR SOLDERING STATION DIAGONAL CUTTERS 2 CHAPTER 1 NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS JEWELERS SCREWDRIVER SET 3