Earl Boysen, Harry Kybett

Complete Electronics

Self-Teaching Guide with Projects

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Produktbeschreibung

An all-in-one resource on everything electronics-related!

For almost 30 years, this book has been a classic text for electronics enthusiasts. Now completely updated for today's technology, this latest version combines concepts, self-tests, and hands-on projects to offer you a completely repackaged and revised resource. This unique self-teaching guide features easy-to-understand explanations that are presented in a user-friendly format to help you learn the essentials you need to work with electronic circuits.

All you need is a general understanding of electronics concepts such as Ohm's law and current flow, and an acquaintance with first-year algebra. The question-and-answer format, illustrative experiments, and self-tests at the end of each chapter make it easy for you to learn at your own speed.
Boasts a companion website that includes more than twenty full-color, step-by-step projects
Shares hands-on practice opportunities and conceptual background information to enhance your learning process
Targets electronics enthusiasts who already have a basic knowledge of electronics but are interested in learning more about this fascinating topic on their own
Features projects that work with the multimeter, breadboard, function generator, oscilloscope, bandpass filter, transistor amplifier, oscillator, rectifier, and more

You're sure to get a charge out of the vast coverage included in Complete Electronics Self-Teaching Guide with Projects!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 4. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 187mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1207g
• ISBN-13: 9781118217320
• ISBN-10: 1118217322
• Artikelnr.: 35061228

Autorenporträt

Earl Boysen is a veteran engineer who maintains two technology-focused websites, www.buildinggadgets.com and www.understandingnano.com. He is coauthor of the first edition of Electronics For Dummies as well as Electronics Projects For Dummies and Nanotechnology For Dummies, all published by Wiley. The late Harry Kybett wrote the bestselling first and second editions of Electronics Self-Teaching Guide. He was director of engineering operations at Columbia Pictures Corporation. He built many studios and video systems for the broadcasting industry, and created training programs for Sony Corporation of America.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction xvii CHAPTER 1 DC Review and Pre-Test 1 Current Flow 2 Ohm's
Law 5 Resistors in Series 10 Resistors in Parallel 10 Power12 Small
Currents 15 The Graph of Resistance 16 The Voltage Divider 18 The Current
Divider 24 Switches 30 Capacitors in a DC Circuit 33 Summary 41 DC Pre-Test
43 CHAPTER 2 The Diode 47 Understanding Diodes 48 Diode Breakdown 70 The
Zener Diode 75 Summary 86 Self-Test 87 CHAPTER 3 Introduction to the
Transistor 91 Understanding Transistors 92 The Junction Field Effect
Transistor (JFET) 123 Summary 129 Self-Test 129 CHAPTER 4 The Transistor
Switch 135 Turning the Transistor On 136 Turning Off the Transistor 142 Why
Transistors Are Used as Switches 146 The Three-Transistor Switch 161
Alternative Base Switching 166 Switching the JFET 172 Summary 181 Self-Test
182 CHAPTER 5 AC Pre-Test and Review 187 The Generator 188 Resistors in AC
Circuits 193 Capacitors in AC Circuits 195 The Inductor in an AC Circuit
202 Resonance 204 Summary 207 Self-Test 207 CHAPTER 6 Filters 211
Capacitors in AC Circuits 212 Capacitors and Resistors in Series 214 Phase
Shift of an RC Circuit 239 Resistor and Capacitor in Parallel 246 Inductors
in AC Circuits 250 Phase Shift for an RL Circuit 258 Summary 260 Self-Test
260 CHAPTER 7 Resonant Circuits 267 The Capacitor and Inductor in Series
268 The Output Curve 286 Introduction to Oscillators 309 Summary 314
Self-Test .314 CHAPTER 8 Transistor Amplifiers 319 Working with Transistor
Amplifiers 320 A Stable Amplifier 330 Biasing 334 The Emitter Follower 350
Analyzing an Amplifier 356 The JFET as an Amplifier 361 The Operational
Amplifier 370 Summary 380 Self-Test .380 CHAPTER 9 Oscillators 385
Understanding Oscillators 386 Feedback 396 The Colpitts Oscillator 402 The
Hartley Oscillator 414 The Armstrong Oscillator 421 Practical Oscillator
Design 422 Simple Oscillator Design Procedure 423 Oscillator
Troubleshooting Checklist 426 Summary and Applications 432 Self-Test .432
CHAPTER 10 The Transformer 435 Transformer Basics 436 Transformers in
Communications Circuits 447 Summary and Applications 451 Self-Test 452
CHAPTER 11 Power Supply Circuits 455 Diodes in AC Circuits Produce
Pulsating DC 456 Level DC (Smoothing Pulsating DC) 474 Summary 490
Self-Test 490 CHAPTER 12 Conclusion and Final Self-Test 493 Conclusion 493
Final Self-Test 495 APPENDIX A Glossary 509 APPENDIX B List of Symbols and
Abbreviations 513 APPENDIX C Powers of Ten and Engineering Prefixes 517
APPENDIX D Standard Composition Resistor Values 519 APPENDIX E Supplemental
Resources 521 Web Sites 521 Books 522 Magazines 522 Suppliers 523 APPENDIX
F Equation Reference 525 APPENDIX G Schematic Symbols Used in This Book 529
Index 533