Official Component Kits for Make: Electronics Books
Charles Platt — Author of Make: Electronics
You picked up the book. Now get the parts — matched exactly to every experiment.
Over 1 million copies sold. Three editions. One philosophy that changed how the world learns electronics: build it first, understand it after.
About the Educator
Charles Platt has revolutionized electronics education with his famous "learning through discovery" philosophy. Instead of boring students with dry formulas and theory up front, Charles' guides encourage you to burn things out, build real circuits, and see how they work first — theory follows naturally from observation.
A former senior writer for Wired magazine — writing for the publication from its very third issue, contributing over 30 features — and a contributing editor for Make: Magazine since 2005 with more than 50 published articles, Charles brings a uniquely accessible voice to technical subjects.
His fascination with electronics began at age 15, when he built a telephone answering machine from military-surplus relays. That same hands-on curiosity has now shaped the electronics education of makers in over 100 countries. The Make: Electronics series has sold over 1 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling electronics education series of its generation.
"A magnificent and rewarding book — hands-down the best way to learn electronics."
— Kevin Kelly, Founding Executive Editor of Wired magazine & founder of Cool Tools
"This is teaching at its best!"
— Hans Camenzind, inventor of the 555 timer IC
Best-selling handbooks that revolutionized electronics education.Best-Selling Book Collections
Make: Electronics (3rd Edition)
The gold standard beginner's guide. Completely updated in 2021, the 3rd Edition features over 100 new full-color diagrams, 80% rewritten content, expanded Arduino and microcontroller projects, and experiments ranging from basic switches up to logic gates.
Adopted by MIT, NYU ITP, FIRST Robotics teams, and homeschooling curricula worldwide.
→ Shop Official 3rd Edition Component Kits
Easy Electronics
Perfect for absolute beginners, younger students, and hobbyists wanting a fast start. Easy Electronics features 12 simple, non-soldering projects that can be built in under 30 minutes with absolutely zero math or prior knowledge required.
The easiest on-ramp into electronics — no soldering iron, no equations.
→ Shop Easy Electronics BundleMake: More Electronics
The acclaimed sequel for readers who've completed Make: Electronics. Dives into advanced analog and digital territory — optical sensors, comparators, signal processing, multiplexers, operational amplifiers, and audio amplification.
→ Shop Make: More Electronics KitsEncyclopedia of Electronic Components
The ultimate workbench reference — three full-color volumes co-authored with Fredrik Jansson, documenting every resistor, capacitor, sensor, IC, and transistor a maker will encounter. The book serious builders keep within arm's reach.
ProTechTrader & Charles Platt — Official Kits
"ProTechTrader worked directly with me to ensure that the kits match my experiments perfectly. The components are high quality, organized, and highly recommended for all readers." — Charles Platt, Author of Make: Electronics
For over a decade, ProTechTrader has worked directly with Make: Electronics readers and instructors to curate matched component kits that align exactly with each experiment in the book. As a family-owned business in Pine Hill, New Jersey, we sort and organize every kit by hand.
Unlike generic component assortments, our kits are pre-sorted by experiment — exactly the right parts for Experiment 1, Experiment 2, and so on. You spend your time building, not hunting through unlabeled bags wondering if that's a 10kΩ or a 100kΩ resistor.
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Meet the Author Online:
- Browse his full bibliography on the Official Amazon Author Profile
- Read his life history, writing catalog, and biography on Wikipedia
- Check out Charles' editorial writing on Make: Magazine
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